Supervision

Master's Students

S. Adnan, Flexible Software Design with SOA

L. Bian, Virtual Reality in Social Services

G. Liu (part-time), Dynamic Document Organization and Generation

	Q. Zou and G. Liu, Chinese Localization of Evergreen -- An Open Source Integrated Library System, Journal of Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 43(1):49-61, 2009.
	G. Liu, ERM System Implementation in a Consortium Environment, Journal of Library Management, 30(1-2):35-43. 2009. (also in Proc. Shanghai International Library Forum, pp. 16-21, Oct. 2008.
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (2nd Place), 2009.

S. Raghuraman, Emotion with Personal Identification

	S. Sriram, R. Vijayarangan, S. Raghuraman, and X. Yuan, Implementing a No-Loss State in the Game of Tic-Tac-Toe using a Customized Decision Tree Algorithm, Proc. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, June 2009 (to appear).
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (Honors), 2009.

S. Rahim, Security and Confidentiality in Virtual Assistance

S. Sathulla, Intent-based Dialogue Management

	J. Liang, Y. Zhang, J. Lu, S. Sathulla, D. Chen, and S. Wang, A Rental Advising System Based on Service Oriented Architecture, Proc. 2008 IEEE Congress on Services, pp.184-190, July 2008.
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (Honors), 2009.

M. Sud, Mobile Computing with SOA

S. Sriram, Vision-based Text Input

	S. Sriram, R. Vijayarangan, S. Raghuraman, and X. Yuan, Implementing a No-Loss State in the Game of Tic-Tac-Toe using a Customized Decision Tree Algorithm, Proc. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, June 2009 (to appear).
	S. Sriram and S. Ramesh, E-Touch: A Hardware Keyboard for Visually Impaired, Proc. 2007 International Conference on Embedded Systems & Applications, pp. 134-140, June 2007.
	S. Sriram and C. Nadadur, PRATYUG -- The Total Security System, Proc. 7th International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Image Processing, Oct. 2006.
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (3rd Place), 2009.

S. Tripathi, Mobile-Device-Based Virtual Reality

R. Vijayarangan, Emotion-Based Facial Expression

	S. Sriram, R. Vijayarangan, S. Raghuraman, and X. Yuan, Implementing a No-Loss State in the Game of Tic-Tac-Toe using a Customized Decision Tree Algorithm, Proc. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation, June 2009 (to appear).
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (Honors), 2009.

Ph. D Students

S. Duan, CASE for Service-Oriented Software Development

	S. Duan and X. Yuan, Software IC Revised: A New Approach of Component-Based Software Design with Software Slots, Proc. 6th IEEE International Conference on Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS)-Based Software Systems, pp. 73-81, Feb. 2007.
	X. Yuan, S. Duan, and T. Huang, Analysis of Service-Oriented Architectures with Sensitivity Analysis, Proc. 2006 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information, pp. 372-376, May 2006.
	X. Yuan, S. Duan, and Z. Liu, Exploring Robust Component-Based Software, Proc. ACM Fourth Workshop on Software Quality, pp. 75-80, May 2006.
	S. Duan and X. Yuan, Exploring Hierarchy Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks Management, Proc. 3rd IEEE and IFIP International Conference on wireless and Optical Communications Networks, April 2006.
	CS Ph.D. Student Achievement Award (3rd Place), 2008.
	Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), 2007.

Former Students / Post Doctorial Fellow:

G. Kumar

	X. Yuan and G. Kumar, An Automation for Robust Design of Multimodal Biometric Systems, Proc. International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, July 2009 (to appear).
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (3rd Place), 2009.

G. Wei

	X. Yuan and G. Wei, A Statistical Approach towards Performance Analysis of Multimodal Biometric Systems, Proc. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 877-882, Feb. 2009.
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (3rd Place), 2009.

C. Ji

	X. Yuan and C. Ji, Performance Analysis of Service-Oriented Architectures with Multi-Factor Sensitivity Analysis, Proc. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, pp. 241-247, May 2007.
	CS Master's Student Achievement Award (2nd Place), 2008.
	Outstanding Paper Award (2nd Place) at 2007 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology
	Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), 2003

J. Lu

	X. Yuan and J. Lu, A Vision-Based Approach of Bare-Hand Interface Design in Virtual Assembly, Proc. 7th IFIP International Conference on Information Technology for Balanced Automation Systems in Manufacturing and Services, pp. 281-290, May 2006.
	X. Yuan and J. Lu, Virtual Programming with Bare-Hand-Based Interaction, Proc. 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, pp. 896-900, July 2005.

T. Huang

X. Yuan, S. Duan, and T. Huang, Analysis of Service-Oriented Architectures with Sensitivity Analysis, Proc. 2006 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, pp. 372-376, May 2006.

Z. Liu

	X. Yuan, S. Duan, and Z. Liu, Exploring Robust Component-Based Software, Proc. ACM Fourth Workshop on Software Quality, pp. 75-80, May 2006.
	X. Yuan and Z. Liu, Performance Evaluation of Computer Products with Selectable Factors, Proc. 2005 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Jan. 2005.

Dr. Y. Zhong

	Y. Zhong, X. Yuan, W. Ma, and B. Shirinzadeh, A Constraint-based Methodology for Product Design with Virtual Reality, International Journal of Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 15(2):151-165, 2009
	Y. Zhong, X. Yuan, W. Ma, and B. Shirinzadeh, Virtual Modeling of Solid Objects with Constraint-based Manipulations, International Journal of Modeling and Simulation, 26(3):212-218, 2006.
	Y. Zhong and X. Yuan, 3D Visualization of Discrete Event Simulation and Its Applications in Virtual Manufacturing, International Journal of CAD/CAM, 4(1):19-32, Dec. 2004.
	Y. Zhong, B. Shirinzadeh, X. Yuan, G. Alici, and J. Smith, A Cellular Neural Network for Deformable Object Modelling, Proc. 7th IFIP International Conference on Information Technology for Balanced Automation Systems in Manufacturing and Services, pp. 329-336, May 2006.
	Y. Zhong, X. Yuan, and W. Ma, Virtual Reality Based Solid Modeling, Proc. 5th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 3214-3218, June 2004.
	Y. Zhong, X, Yuan, and W. Ma, A Virtual Environment for Intuitive and Precise Solid Modelling, Proc. International Conference on Virtual Concept, pp. 214-221, Nov. 2003.

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