I'm a PhD student at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
of Rice University, working with
Ashok Veeraraghavan.
My research lies at the intersection of computer vision and computational photography.
I believe future healthcare, intelligent systems, and interactive medium rely on the full visual sensing and understanding of the environment and the subjects. Therefore, my research aims to 1) build computational cameras with co-designed optics and learning-based algorithms to achieve the imaging modality, performance or efficiency beyond conventional cameras. 2) leverage both physics-based image formation model and data-drvien deep learning to solve problems in visual understanding and reconstruction.
I'm partially supported by a Texas Instruments Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship. Thank you, TI!
Academic Experience
Rice University - Houston, TX
Research Assistant, Ashok Veeraraghavan Lab, Sep 2013 - Present Deep Learning Powered Computational Photography and Computer Vision
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
Visiting Student, Oliver Cossairt Lab, Mar - May 2016
Compressive Spatial-temporal Multiplexing ToF Camera and Video Holography
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
Visiting Student, Alyosha Molnar Lab, Sep - Nov 2015 Optically Compute the First Layer of CNNs with ASP Sensor
Brown University - Providence, RI
Undergraduate Research Intern, James Hays Lab, Jun - Sep 2012 Internet-scale Image Geo-localization
Created and managed SenseWatch with Rice OwlSpark program at Texas Medical Center Accelerator (TMCx). SenseWatch is a startup focused on utilizing wearable devices for human-computer interaction via gesture recognition and vital sign interpretation.
Musical Works
Colorspace
by Chen, Huaijin, Hope Cowan and Emma Wine, Live harp and computer music
performance, 15th LaTex Electrionic Music Festival, Rice University, Houston, TX Nov 20-21, 2015
Yuzhong Huang, B.S. ECE, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 18’ Jiyue Yang, B.S. ECE, Cornell University 16’, now at UCLA ECE
Judy Stephen, B.S. ECE, Cornell University 16’
Yixin Chen, B.S. ECE, Rice University 18’
Professional Services
Volunteer Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography 2016
Reviewer: OSA Optics Letters, OSA Applied Optics, IEEE CVPR, IEEE ICCP, CHCCS/SCDHM Graphics Interface
Teaching
Lead TA, ELEC/COMP 576 Intro to Deep Learning, Rice University, 2017
TA, ELEC 345/546 Introduction to Computer Vision, Rice University, Spring 2017
Invited Instructor, ELEC 681 Fundamentals of Machine Learning, Rice University, Spring 2016
TA, BIOE 451/452, ELEC 494 Senior Design, Rice University, Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
TA, ELEC 241 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I, Rice University, Spring 2014
Curriculum Vitae
Personal
I lived in the beautiful city of Shenzhen
before I came to the United State.
Shenzhen Experimental School had been my school for 12 years from elementary school to high school.
In my spare time, I enjoy playing piano, writing wired music, rock climbing, driving and traveling with my camera. I opened a small bar Nakama with my high school roommates in Shenzhen.