EDUCATION:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Expected graduation in May 2004

Master of Science in Computer Science

GPA: 4.80/5.00

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Graduated December 2000

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Computer Science

GPA: 3.78/4.00

Courses: Software Engineering, Database Systems, User Interface Design, Computer Networks, Object-Oriented Languages & Environments, Computer Architecture, Numerical Methods, Combinatorial Algorithms, Programming Languages & Compilers, Artificial Intelligence

EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Programming, August 2002-December 2003

University of Illinois at Chicago, Computer Science Department

http://logos.cs.uic.edu/102

• Teach up to 30 students in weekly lab sections (C/C++/Java).

• Develop online material, quizzes, lab assignments. Assist in writing exam problems.

• Proposed and implemented new hands-on approach to labs, causing students to become visibly more engaged in the material.

• Designed assignment in which students programmed an image manipulation application which included convolution and distortion filters.

Teaching Assistant, Computer Literacy, January 2004-Present

University of Illinois at Chicago, Computer Science Department

http://wiggins.cs.uic.edu/cs100

• Most duties are similar to above.

• Propose course topics and determine direction of the course

Research Assistant, Team Engineering Collaboratory (TEC), May 2000-December 2001

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Speech Communications Department

http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/Projects/TECLAB/

• Continued development of Blanche, a modeling and simulation environment for the study of social networks.

• Managed two undergrad programmers. Maintained project web page and distributions.

• Implemented network metric functions, matching much of the functionality of the UCInet network analysis package.

• Reimplemented core classes using the object-oriented paradigm, increasing maintainability and extensibility. Introduced unit tests to improve quality of code.

• Tools used: Visual C++, Lex & Yacc

Consultant, One-to-One Service.Com, October 1999-December 1999

Champaign, IL

http://www.1to1service.com/

• Assembled presentation for company demo CD using Macromedia Director.

SKILLS:

Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, SQL, Visual Basic, Smalltalk, Lingo

Operating Systems: Windows 9x/2000/XP, UNIX (Solaris, Linux), DOS

Packages: Visual C++, Mathematica, Director, Netbeans, Eclipse

Databases: Oracle8i, Access, MySQL

Web: HTML, XML, RDF, RDQL, SeRQL, XQuery, Jena

Miscellaneous: Jython, SAX, DOM, C++ STL, MFC, wxWindows, Tkinter, Lex & Yacc, Squeak

AWARDS:

Outstanding TA of the Year Award, May 2003

PUBLICATIONS:

Reed, Dale, John, Sam, Aviles, Ryan, and Hsu, Feihong. CFX: Finding Just the Right Examples for CS1. In ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Norfolk, Virginia, Mar. 2004.

Cruz, Isabel, Xiao, Huiyong, and Hsu, Feihong. An Ontology-based Framework for XML Semantic Integration. In International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium (IDEAS), Coimbra, Portugal, July 2004. (Accepted)

PROJECTS:

RDQL-Front

• Graphical frontend for querying RDF models.

• Load model through URL or file path. Revisit past queries. Quickly evaluate and clear queries using keyboard shortcuts.

• Tools used: Jython, Jena, Swing

Implementation of Weak Line Simplification Algorithm

Course: Database Management Systems, Instructor: Ouri Wolfson

• Prototype implementation of algorithm that reduces the number of points in a path while keeping within a certain error tolerance of the original path. Catch: Reduction does not include points from original path.

• Group project with 2 other grad students.

• Tools used: Visual C++, gnuplot, CPython, Tkinter

PDA Ordering Interface for Japanese Restaurant, Fall 2002

Course: User Interface Design, Instructor: Andrew Johnson

• Design and implement PDA user interface for ordering items at Matsuya, a Japanese restaurant located in downtown Chicago.

• Collaborated with 2 other grad students.

• Presentation, demo, and Q&A for rest of class.

• Tools used: Visual C++, g++, fltk

Abstract Strategy Game, Fall 2002

Course: Software Engineering, Instructor: John Bell.

• Implemented computer version of Focus, a board game which incorporates 3D strategic thinking.

• Collaborated with 3 undergrad students.

• Generated user requirements, system requirements, and other reports.

• Helped group members learn Smalltalk, which was used to implement the game.

• Tools used: Smalltalk, Squeak, Morphic