Yoonsuck Choe, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Computer Science Texas A&M University 3112 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3112 Curriculum Vitae [PS/PDF] (Updated: January 2008) Office: 322B Harvey R. Bright Bldg. (Directions) Phone: 979-845-5466 Fax: 979-847-8578 Email: choe@tamu.edu - Please don't attach MS-word files: send ASCII, html, ps, or pdf. - I filter away emails containing these strings.             Yoonsuck Choe's Academic Geneology

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Affiliation

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, September 2007–Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, September 2001–August 2007

Director, Brain Networks Laboratory (at Texas A&M), September 2005-Present (Member: September 2001-2004).

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, August 2001.
M.A. in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, December 1995.
B.S. in Computer Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, August 1993.

Research [interests/projects/software/demo]

• Participating laboratories:
  1. Brain Networks Laboratory (at Texas A&M), September 2001-Present.

• Interests:
  1. neural networks: self-organizing maps, pulsed neural networks.
  2. influence of feature co-occurrence statistics (from natural images) in cortical structure and functional performance.
  3. computational neuroscience: cortical modeling with neural networks.
  4. human visual perception and computer vision: role of visual analogies in visual perception, and symbol grounding.
  5. neural basis of analogical processing.
  6. the role of action and imitation in perception and concept formation.
  7. more generally, artificial intelligence and cognitive science
  8. Longer (and older) research description

• Projects/Grants:
  1. MSM: Multiscale Imaging, Analysis, and Integration of Brain Networks (funded by NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke #1R01-NS54252; Co-PIs: Louise C. Abbott, John Keyser, Bruce H. McCormick; Stanford, PI: Stephen J. Smith).
  2. Topographica Project: Cortical simulator project (funded by NIH Human Brain Project #1R01-MH66991; Subcontract PI). Page at NIMH describing the project.
  3. Knife Edge Scanning Microscope Project: Brain imaging device at the Brain Networks Lab (BNL is funded by NSF and THECB ARP/ATP).
  4. Statistical/Bio-Physical image processing project: funded by THECB ARP/ATP (#000512-0217-2001; Co-PI).

• Software
  1. PGLISSOM v1.3-beta package (README); updated 6/3/04
  2. Topographica, a cortical map simulator (NIMH Human Brain Project funded).
  3. Other Software (backprop, etc.)

• Demos:
  1. Sensory-invariance driven action demo New (9/2004)
  2. Demo of PGLISSOM (5/13/2002).
  3. More demos (at UT).

• Collaborators/Affiliated Labs:
  1. Dr. Steve Liu (TAMU CS): Image retrieval project (Texas ARP/ATP #000512-0217-2001; Co-PI).
  2. Brain Networks Lab (TAMU CS): Brain tissue scanner project (NSF and Texas ARP/ATP funded; not a PI on this project).
  3. UTCS Neural Networks Research Group: Cortical map simulator Topographica project (NIH #1R01-MH66991; PI on a subcontract from the University of Texas at Austin).
  4. Dr. Takashi Yamauchi (TAMU Psychology)
  5. Dr. Louise Abbott (TAMU Veterinary Medicine)

• Other curiosities:
  1. Visual filling-in phenomena.

Publications

• current publications (2002-current):
  1. by medium (journals, conferences, etc.)
  2. by topic
  3. by chronological order
• older publications (1995-2002):
  1. by medium (journals, conferences, etc.)
  2. by topic
• Ph.D. dissertation (August 2001): abstract and PDF, PS (compressed) download

Software

• Software
  1. PGLISSOM v1.3-beta package (README); updated 6/3/04 (See the Demo.)
  2. Topographica, a cortical map simulator (NIMH Human Brain Project funded).
  3. Other Software (backprop, etc.)

Demos

• Demos:
  1. Sensory-invariance driven action demo New (9/2004)
  2. Demo of PGLISSOM (5/13/2002).
  3. More demos (at UT).

Advising (Students et al.)

• Ph.D. student(s)
  1. Yingwei Yu: PhD student (CS). Graduated, 8/2006. Now at Seismic Micro-technology, Houston, TX.
  2. Heejin Lim: PhD student (CS).Graduated, 8/2006. Now at University of Texas Medical School at Houston (Post doc).
  3. Ji Ryang Chung: PhD student (CE).
  4. Choon Seog Park: PhD student (CE).
  5. Jae Rock Kwon: PhD student (CE).
  6. Huei-Fang Yang: PhD student (CS).
  7. Hao Xiong: PhD student (CS).
  8. Donghyeop Han: PhD student (CS).
  9. Paul Corey: PhD student (CS).
  10. Heeyoul "Henry" Choi: PhD student (CS).
  11. Timothy Mann: PhD student (CS).
• Master students
  1. S. Kumar Bhamidipati (CE): graduated 5/2004. Now at Microsoft.
  2. Sejong Oh (CS): graduated 8/2004. Now at the Republic of Korea Airforce.
  3. Subramonia P. Sarma (CS): graduated 12/2004. Now at Amazon.com.
  4. Navendu Misra (CS): graduated 8/2005. Now at Visa International.
  5. Hari Shankar Muddana (CS; Co-advised by Bruce H. McCormick): graduated 8/2006. Now at Penn State U. (Ph.D. student)
  6. Bumsoon Jang (CS): graduated 8/2007. Now at Korea Military Academy.
  7. Jyothi Swaroop Guntupalli (CS; Co-advised by Bruce H. McCormick): graduated 12/2007. Now at Seismic Microtechnology, Inc., Houston.
  8. Yoon H. Bai (CS):
  9. Daniel C.-Y. Eng (CS):
  10. Others (MCS): Helga Kocurek (CS/Philosophy: graduated 12/2007); Noah Smith (CS: graduated 8/2007):
• Undergraduate students
  1. Brad Busse (CS): Summer 2003.
  2. Jeff Cheak (CS): Summer 2003.
  3. Josh Elkin (CE): Spring 2004.
  4. Gabriel Marquez (UT El Paso, CS): Summer 2003 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant program (TAMU College of Engineering sponsored).
  5. J. Perry Evans (Rose-Hulman Inst. Tech., CS): Summer 2004, NSF REU.
  6. Maritza Johnson (U of San Diego, CS): Summer 2004, CRA-W DMP (co-supervisor: Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna).
  7. Stuart Heinrich (U of Vermont, CS): Summer 2005, NSF REU.
  8. Andrew Jones (CE): Summer 2005, TAMU COE USRG.
  9. Tim Mann (SUNY Potsdam, CS): Summer 2006, NSF REU.
  10. Erica Bolan (Carlton U, CS): Summer 2006, CRA-W DMP.
  11. Daniel Eng (CS): Fall 2006, CPSC 485 student

Teaching

Current (TAMU Calendar)

• Spring 2008: 636-600 Neural Networks. TR 12:45pm-2:00pm HRBB 126. [Registration status]

Future

• TBA

Past

• Fall 2007: 625-600 Artificial Intelligence. MWF 12:40PM-01:30PM HRBB 126 [Registration status]
• Fall 2007: 420-500 Artificial Intelligence. MWF 10:20AM-11:10AM HRBB 113 [Registration status]
• Spring 2006: 633-600 Machine Learning MWF 10:20am-11:30am HRBB 104. [Registration status]
• Spring 2006: 644-600 Cortical Networks MWF 1:50pm-2:40pm HRBB 126. [Registration Status]
• Fall 2006: 420-500 Artificial Intelligence. TR 12:45PM-02:00PM ZACH 105B [Registration status]
• Spring 2006: 633-600 Machine Learning, [Registration status]
• Spring 2006: 420-500 Artificial Intelligence, [Registration status]
• Fall 2005: 625-600 Artificial Intelligence (T/Th 11:10am--12:25pm, ZACH 105B) [Registration Status]
• Spring 2005: CPSC 689-603 Computations in Neural and Biological Systems
• Spring 2005: CPSC 420-200 (honors) Artificial Intelligence
• Fall 2004: CPSC 625-600 Artificial Intelligence TR 12:45PM-02:00PM HRBB 113
• Spring 2004: CPSC 420-200 Artificial Intelligence (honors).
• Spring 2004: CPSC 689-603 Special Topics in Intelligent Neural Systems. (graduate seminar).
• Fall 2003: CPSC 420-502 Artificial Intelligence: T/TH 9:35-10:50am, ZACH 105B.
• Spring 2003: CPSC 689 Intelligent Neural Systems (Graduate Seminar)
• Fall 2002 : CPSC 625 Artificial Intelligence (Graduate)
• Fall 2002 : CPSC 420 Artificial Intelligence (Undergraduate)
• Spring 2002 : CPSC 320-400 Artificial Intelligence (Undergraduate Honors)

Service

• Editorial board: Neural Information Processing - Letters and Reviews
• Reviewing: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (1997, 2002, and 2003). Neurocomputing (2002,2004). Neural Networks (2003). Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2004). Neural Computing Surveys (2001). Cogsci (2002, 2004). Jounral of Computational Neuroscience (2005).
• Program committees: WSOM 2003, NCI 2004, ICML 2004. IEEE CIS 2004. CI 2005. WSOM 2005.

Resources

• Research, tools, learning material, journals, and conferences.

Personal

• This is how I write my name in Hangul:
• Fun Stuff (inversions)
• Extracurricular stuff: linux, etc.

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