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RESUMENational Laboratory of Pattern Recognition (NLPR)Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA)Name: Huazhong NingPhone: 86-21-50554550-7252URL: http://nlpr-web.ia.ac.cn/english/irds/homepage/hzningAddress: FMSD A700, Bldg 3, No. 388 NingqiaoRd., Pudong District, Shanghai 201206, ChinaEmail:Huazhong.NING@alcatel-sbell.com.cnResearchInterests:• Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Human Computer Interaction• Video Computing, Tracking / Human Motion Analysis• Image Processing, Object RecognitionEducation: M.S. Candidate in Pattern Recognition & Intelligent Systems, 09/2000-07/2003.National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition (NLPR), CASIA.Thesis: Model-based Tracking of Walking People.Advisor: Professor Tieniu Tan, Director of NLPR, Prof., Presedent, CASIA.Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, 09/1996-07/2000.Special Class for Gifted Young, Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China (USTC), HefeiThesis: Protocol Conformance Testing Based on Labeled Transition System.Advisor: Professor Fan Jiang, Director of Network Lab, Prof., USTCResearch Research Assistant With Prof. Tieniu Tan, Aug. 2000 to Aug. 2003Experiences: NLPR, Institute Of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing• Study the theory of computer vision and image processing.• Developed a model based human tracking system. Designed a 3D human bodymodel and tracked people employing the kinematical approach to reduce thehigh-dimensional solution space.• Advanced the tracking system. Learnt motion model and explored motion constraints,and then used them to track people in probabilistic framework.• Develop a gait recognition system collaborating with Dr. Liang Wang. Design themodule of feature extraction. We established the NLPR gait database.• Develop the multi-camera project. Focus on motion detection.Research Assistant With Prof. Fan Jiang, Apr. 1999 to Aug. 2000Network Lab, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei• Developed a protocol conformance testing system. Designed the framework of thesystem, presented an advanced algorithm to generate test suite, and implementedthe core module: TTCN interpreter, 1999-2000.• Developed a information security system. Analyzed the attack behaviors of hackersusing algebra of processes, 2000.• Developed a Distance Education Project for JPEG algorithm, 2000.Research Assistant With Prof. Zhenxi Zhao, Sep. 1998 to Apr. 1999Comp. Architecture Lab, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei• Developed a Firmware Project. Designed the words management module.Internship With Prof. Xiaoping Chen, Feb. 1999 to Oct. 1999Artificial Intelligence Lab, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei• Developed a simulated soccer team for the First Competition on RoboCup of China.Designed and implemented the module of passing ball and shooting.• Designed decision rules for team players.WorkExperiences:3G Software Engineer, Sept. 2003 till now.3G Reality Center, Alcatel Shanghai Bell Company, Shanghai(http://www.alcatel-sbell.com.cn)• Alcatel is leading in the research & development of 3 rdGeneration of MobileCommunication and its 3G Reality Center in Shanghai is focusing on 3G IntelligentPage 1 of 2

APPLICANT: Huazhong Ning BIRTH DATE: Sep. 26, 1977INTENDED PROGRAM: Ph.D. in Computer Science Proposed Quarter: Fall 2004JournalPublications:ConferencePublications:Network and Mobile Multimedia Services. My work is to develop the GPRS part of 3Gtechnologies.• H. Ning, T. Tan, L. Wang, and W. Hu, People Tracking Based On Motion Model andMotion Constraints with Automatic Initialization, submitted to Pattern Recognition.• L. Wang, T. Tan, H. Ning and W. Hu, Silhouette Analysis Based Gait Recognition forHuman Identification, IEEE Trans. on PAMI, 25 (12), 2003.• L. Wang, T. Tan, H. Ning and W. Hu, Vision-based gait recognition for humanidentification at a distance, IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems for Video TechnologySpecial Issue on Image- and Video-Based Biometrics (accepted).• L. Wang, T. Tan, W. Hu and H. Ning, Automatic Gait Recognition Based on StatisticalShape Analysis, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, 12 (9), 2003.• H. Ning, T. Tan, L. Wang and W. Hu, Model-based tracking of human walking inmonocular video sequences, Submitted to Image and Vision Computing.• Fan Jiang and Huazhong Ning, Automatic Test Suite Generation Based on LabelledTransition System, Journal of Computer Research and Development, vol. 38, No. 12,pp. 1435-1445, 2001 (in Chinese).• L. Wang, H. Ning, T. Tan and W. Hu, Fusion of static and dynamic body biometrics forgait recognition, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), France, 2003.• H. Ning, L. Wang, W. Hu and T. Tan, Articulated Model Based People Tracking UsingMotion Models, the 4 th IEEE Int. Conf. of Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI), 2002. (Oral)• Huazhong Ning, Liang Wang, Weiming Hu, Tieniu Tan, Model-based Tracking ofHuman Walking in Monocular Video Sequences, the 17 th IEEE Region 10 TechnicalConf. on Comp, Communication, Control & Power Engineering (TENCON’02). (Oral)• Liang Wang, Huazhong Ning, Weiming Hu, Tieniu Tan, Gait Recognition Based onProcrustes Shape Analysis, IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing (ICIP), 2002.Electronic Version: http://nlpr-web.ia.ac.cn/english/irds/homepage/hzningAcademic • Undergraduate Total GPA: 3.8/4(90.1/100); Major GPA: 3.9/4(91.6/100); top 4%Records: • Graduate Total GPA: 3.7/4 (89.5/100); Major GPA: 3.8/4 (90.3/100); top 3%• GRE General: V: 710 (98%) Q: 800 (98%) A: 800 (99%), Test Data: 04/2001.• GRE Subject (Computer Science): 840 (91%), Test Data: 11/2001.• TOEFL: 653 (61/68/67), TWE: 4.0, Test Data: 08/2002.Honors: • Award of Most Outstanding Student in Institute of Automation, CAS, 2002.• Award of Most Outstanding Student in Institute of Automation, CAS, 2001.• Honor of Most Outstanding Graduate in Anhui Province, 2000.• Honor of Most Outstanding Graduate, USTC, 2000.• First Class Fellowship of the East Communication Company, 1999.• Champion of the First Competition on RoboCup of China, 1999.• Second Award of Most Outstanding Student, USTC, 1998.• First Class Fellowship of the Huawei Company, 1997.Comp. Skills:• C/C++, C#, PASCAL; OpenGL; VC++, ATL, Matlab UNIX, LINUX, MS-WINDOWS.Activities: • Oral presentation of my paper at ICMI’02, Pittsburgh, USA, Oct. 14-Oct. 16, 2002.• Oral presentation of my paper at TENCON’02, Beijing, China, Oct. 29-Oct. 31, 2002.• One of the organizers of the 1st Chinese Workshop on Intelligent Visual Surveillance(CWIVS’02), appointed the Workshop Chinese-Eng Interpreter, Dec. 2001-Jun. 2002.• Member of the CASIA Soccer Team, Sep. 2000-Sep. 2002.NOTE: Please refer to my STATEMENT OF PURPOSE to get additional information.Signature_________________ Date_________Page 2 of 2