Johnny Chih-Chieh Chen

Johnny Chen

2556 Morning Glory Dr.

Richardson, TX 75082

(972)680-1268

chen@isi.edu

COMPUTER LANGUAGES AND OTHER TOOLS

C, C++, Java, C*, Perl, LISP, Prolog, Fortran, Pascal, BASIC, Assembly Languages, 6502 Machine Language, sh, csh, TCL/TK, Mathmatica, CLIPS, Unix, DOS, Win 3.x, Win 95, NT, VMS

WORK EXPERIENCE

Programmer Analyst, USC Information Sciences Institute (1996 - 1997)

Enhance ModSAF/Soar, the battlefield simulation software, 1.8+ million lines of code
Develop Soar-ModSAF Interface (SMI)
Port ModSAF from IRIX 5.3 to IRIX 6.2, SunOS, and Solaris
Install and configure software at National Simulation Center for CT (Combat Training) Exercises
System administration: SunOS, Solaris, IRIX, Linux
Webmaster: maintain the httpd server and CGI for Soar Archive
Used C, C++, sh, csh, TCL/TK, Perl, Soar, Unix

Research Associate, Nuclear Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (1993 - 1996)

Employ statistical, signal processing, and AI techniques to recognize features in SPECT and MRI images
Create utility libraries for medical image processing, including signal processing, image format conversion, and data compression
Develop gated 3-D image segmentation software using C++/Motif
System administration: SunOS
Used C, C++, sh, csh, X, Motif, Unix, VMS

Pool Pro, Westside Billiards Cafe, (part-time 1994 - 1996)

Pool cue repair, instructor, tournament director

Computer Programmer, The Johns Hopkins University (1992)

Translated neural network from Turbo Pascal to ANSI C and X

Tutor, The Johns Hopkins University (1990 - 1991)

Hired by the university for courses in mathematics and computer science

EDUCATION

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Master of Science in Computer Science, 1992
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1991
Bachelor of Art in Mathematics, 1991
Completed the Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 1991

Berkner High School, Richardson, Texas

Graduated with Highest Honor, 1988

SPECIAL HONOR AND RECOGNITION

Achieved top finishes in Hopkins Programming Contest, including highest ranking among undergraduates

Elected to Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society

PUBLICATIONS

"Operator-less Processing of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT studies." Germano G; Kavanagh PB; Chen J; Waechter P; Su HT; Kiat H; Berman DS. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. November 1995, 36(11):2127-32.

"Efficient Priority-First Search Maximum-Likelihood Soft-Decision Decoding of Linear Block Codes." Han YS; Hartmann CRP; Chen C. IEEE Transaction on Information Theory, September 1993, 39(5) 1514-23.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Real-time machine vision in medical images

Linear block codes decoding using AI techniques

Parallel implementation of Bayesian belief network

Massively parallel implementation of shape-from-shading algorithm

Natural constraint using expert system shell

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Treasurer of IEEE, Hopkins Chapter, 1990-1991

President of the Hopkins Computer Club, 1988-89

Member of IEEE Computer Society and ACM

Founder and President of Hopkins Pool (Pocket Billiards) Club

CITIZENSHIP

Immigrated from Taiwan in 1982

Naturalized in 1997

Fluent in English and Chinese

LIST OF COURSES

Computer Science

Algorithms	Computer Vision	Operating Systems
Artificial Intelligence	Expert System	Parallel Computing Lab
Automata and Languages	Natural Language	Problem Solving and Search
Biomedical System Modeling	Neural Networks	Solid Modeling
Computational Geometry	Neurobiology

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Microprocessor Lab	Digital System	Integrated Electronics
Circuit	Field, Matter, and Waves	Signal and System
Computer Architecture	Information Theory and Coding	Theory of Iterative Algorithms

Mathematics

Abstract Algebra	Graph Theory	Probability
Differential Equations	Mathematical Analysis
Discrete Mathematics	Number Theory