Hongbin Chen, Ph.D. Candidate


EDUCATION:

 

 

University of California, Irvine Ph.D. program, 2000 to present, Biomedical Engineering

Tsinghua University,China  MS, 1999, Electrical Engineering

Tsinghua University,China BS, 1997, Electrical Engineering

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 

June 2001 to present, Research assistant, Hearing and Speech Lab, University of California, Irvine

·         Pitch perception and melody recognition in Cochlear implant users

·         Research and developing new speech strategy for Cochlear implant users

·         Speech processing and DSP programming

 

Apr. 1996 to Aug. 1999, Research assistant, Medical Informatics Lab, Tsinghua University

·         The research and completion of the "Patient Oriented " multimedia database system (mini-PACS), chief designer and programmer.

·         Beijing Tianqiao community medical information and telemedicine system, chief designer and programmer.

·         Guixi thermal power plant data collection and management system, designer and programmer.

·         The sino-japan friendship Hospital Information System (HIS), designer and programmer of inpatient module.

·         CHIS (China Hospital information System), designer and programmer of statistics module.

·        The design and construction of China Aviation Hospital Information System (HIS), chief designer and programmer.

 

 

 

AWARDS:

 

2003 Scholarship to attend the Conference on Implants and Auditory Prostheses

 

2000 to present, Research fellowship at the University of California, Irvine

 

1997 to 2000, Research fellowship at Tsinghua Universty

 

1995, 2nd Prize of Distinguished Student Fellowship of Tsinghua University

 

PUBLICATIONS:      

 

Chen, H.B., Zeng, F-G., “Frequency modulation detection in cochlear implants listeners”. (in Progress)

 

Chen, H.B., Gao, S.K. (2001). “The Research and Implementation of patient oriented Multimedia computer patient record,” Beijing Biomedical Engineering, 20 (1), 32-35. (in Chinese)

 

Chen, H.B., Gao, S.K. “Querying methods in ‘patient oriented’ multimedia database,” The first joint meeting of BMES and EMBS, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, USA, Oct. 13-16, 1999

 

 

CONFERENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

 

Chen, H.B., Zeng, F-G (2003).  Improving Pitch Perception to Cochlear Implant Users. Presented at the 2003 Conference

on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Pacific Grove, CA

 

Liu, J., Chen, H.B., Feth, L. and Zeng, F-G (2003). Melody Recognition with Synthetic Spectral Pitch. Presented at the

2003 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Pacific Grove, CA

 

 

 

Chen, H.B., Zeng, F-G (2003). Restoring Pitch Perception to Cochlear Implant Users. Presented at the 2003 UC

Systemwide Biomedical Engineering Symposium, UC San Diego, CA

 

Chen, H.B., Zeng, F-G. (2003).  Frequency modulation detection in cochlear implants listeners.

 Presented at the26th mid-winter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona, FL.

 

Chen, H.B., Nie, K-B, Zeng, F-G (2002). Signal Processing in Cochlear Implants. Presented at the 2002 UC

Systemwide Biomedical Engineering Symposium, UC Berkeley, CA

 

 

 

7pt">       Developed different programs to testify the hearing models 
o       Designed psychoacoustics and speech experiments to further current research


o       Used almost all program languages in the experimental design


o       Used TDT system II and III software and hardware packages as the platform


 


v     Designed the CMOS De/encoder, ALU and SRAM in class projects 


o       Used PSPICE and IRSIM for simulations and Magic for layouts


o       Designed CMOS current references and OP-AMPs by using the same tool sets


o       Designed several simple RF circuits   


 


 


 


                               Research Assistant, Biomedical Ultrasonic Engineering Lab, USTC, (1996-2000)    


 


v     Implemented ultrasonic image processing and real-time image/sound transmission 


o       Implemented H.263 and G.730 ITU-T standard over TCP/IP Internet 


o       Designed specific image enhancing algorithms improve the accuracy of B-ultrasonic diagnosis


o       The image/sound were compressed in real-time transmission.


 


v     Designed an automatic peak-detecting system for BAEP 


o       BAEP is the acronym of Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential


o       Implemented a match-filter technology to detect peaks


o       Increased detection accuracy by 5% comparing to traditional detection methods. 


 


v     Participated in the development of CAI (Computer Aid Instruction) system 


o       Focused on real-time high-speed data acquisition. 


o       Used the VXD programming technology to acquire data from different peripherals in real time.  


 


 Software Engineer, HuaWei Ltd. Shanghai, China (1999)


 


v     Developed a specific PACS system for the real-time image/sound transmission


o        Implemented H.263 and G.730 ITU-T standard over PSTN 


o       Trained other engineers in TCP/IP and database programming


                            


 


AWARDS:               Research fellowship at UCI, (2000 to present)


                               Fellowship for 2004 International Hearing Aid Conference (IHCON), (2004)


                               Fellowship for 2003 34th Neural Prosthesis Workshop, (2003)


                               Fellowship for 2003 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), (2003)


                               Fellowship for 2003 International Hearing Aid Conference (IHCON), (2003)


                               Research fellowship at USTC, (1997-2000)


                               Guanghua Scholarship at USTC, (1998)


                               Excellent Student Scholarship at USTC, (1997)


 

PUBLICATIONS:   ·  Liu, S., Del Rio,  E., Bradlow, A., and Zeng, F.-G. Clear speech perception in acoustic and electric hearing. (in press)

·  Zeng, F.-G., Nie, K., Liu, S. et al. On the dichotomy in auditory perception between temporal envelope and fine structure cues. (in press)

·  Chen, X., Zhou, K., and Liu, S. (2002) PSTN-based Point-to-Point Remote Database Query System. Computer Engineering and Applications, 38(5), P185-188 (in Chinese)

·  Zhou, K., and Liu, S. (2000) The development of a PACS system for B mode ultrasonic image. Computer Engineering, 26(4), P4-6 (in Chinese)

·  Bai, Y.-S., and Liu, S. (2000) Real-time communication between Vxds and application program in Win95 GUI. Microcomputer Applications, 21 (6) P371-374 (in Chinese)

 

REFERENCES:       Available upon request

 

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