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Education:

Ph.D. student in Computer and Information Sciences at University of Delaware, 2009 - Present
B.E. in Computer Science and Technology at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, 2002 - 2006
Additional graduate level courses:

Computer Science at University of Texas at San Antonio, 2008 - 2009

Computer Science and Technology at BPUT, 2006 - 2008

Research Interest:

High performance computing; Distributed and parallel systems; MapReduce paradigm.

Professional Experience:

Research Assistant - Global Computing Lab, University of Delaware, June 2009 - Present

Design and implement a modularized framework based on MapReduce for RNA secondary structure prediction workflows.

Implement octree-based clustering algorithm in MapReduce using Hadoop.

Study the scalability of the Octree-based clustering program on Terabytes datasets on Dash, Trestles, and Gordon.

Design and implemented two variations of Octree-based clustering in MapReduce-MPI.

Performance profiling and analysis of the two variations.

Teaching Assistant - University of Texas at San Antonio, September 2008 - May 2009

Gave recitation twice per week on mathematical foundations of computer science.

Research Assistant - National Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, BUPT, June 2007 - May 2008

Key member in design and implementation of an asset evaluation system.

Publications:

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Professional Skills:

Proficient in Java, C/C++, Perl, Python, Bash, and Matlab
Expertise in programming against Hadoop APIs and MapReduce-MPI APIs
Profound understanding of MapReduce paradigm and runtime libraries
Proficient in common Linux commands
Bilingual: Chinese as first language and fluent in English.

Summer Internships:

Student engagement summer 2012 program, June 4th - August 12th, 2012

Design and implement two variations octree-based clustering algorithm using MapReduce-MPI.

Study the performance of the two variations using data with different distributions.

Scholarships and Travel Awards:

Google scholarship to attend the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration, Baltimore, 10/04 - 09, 2012
Travel award to attend the 2012 XSEDE conference, Chicago, 07/16 - 20, 2012
Travel award to attend the 2011 Gordon Summer Institute, San Diego Supercomputer Center, 08/08 - 11, 2011
Travel award to attend the 2011 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop, Boston, 04/01 - 02,2011
Travel award to attend the CRA-W/CDC multi-core systems workshop, Newport Beach, 03/06,2011
Travel award to attend the IEEE Cluster 2010, Crete, Grace, 09/20 - 09/24, 2010
Travel award to attend the 2010 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop, Bellvue, 04/23 - 04/24, 2010
Travel award to attend the Google 2010 Graduate CS Forum, San Francisco, 01/21 - 01/24, 2010
Scholarship from University of Texas at San Antonio, 2008 - 2009 academic year

Services

Student volunteer in SC11, Seattle, WA, USA, 11/14 - 17, 2011
Student volunteer in SC10, New Orleans, LA, USA, 11/13 - 19, 2010
President of CISters@UD, Feb 2011 - Present
Steering Committee Member of the WIE - Women in Engineering at UD, Feb 2011 - Present

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