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  Phone: +1 (646) 259-3421 
Email: livia (at) csie (dot) org
Mail Address:  139, E 30th St, Apt 4C,
New York, NY10016, USA

About

    Livia Li-Wei Chang received a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE) from National Taiwan University (NTU). Now, she is a first year student of MS in Computational Finance (MSCF), a Financial Engineering program, in Carnegie Mellon University. In the future, she plans to apply quantitative and computer skills into financial fields.

 

Education

  • 2007-2008 (expected) , Master's Degree in Computational Finance, Carnegie Mellon University.
    MSCF is an interdisciplinary program including finance, mathematics, statistics    , and programming.
    Member of Graduate Finance Association Club.
    GRE Quant: 800 / 800 

 

Experience

  • NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY (Taipei, Taiwan)
    Research Assistant / Teaching Assistant    05/05 – 06/07

    ·          Analysis: Analyzed statistical frame data to model the foreground objects for tracking their positions. Redesigned software pipeline and restructured the immersive interface system, resulting in 30% improvement in the efficiency of image synthesis.

    ·          Software Development: Applied camera calibration and computer vision techniques using MATLAB, C++, OpenCV Library, and Intel Integrated Performance Primitives Libraries.

    ·          Teamwork: Cooperated with a 30-person research team and integrated the immersive interface into a complete surveillance system, including scenario development and prototype design.

    ·          Communication: Taught one graduate level course and graded students’ homework and examinations.

  • GROUNDHOG TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Taipei, Taiwan)
    Part-time Research Engineer    05/05 – 06/07

    ·          Analysis: Analyzed the complexity of algorithms and designed an approximation algorithm for structuring the resources in the wireless telecom system.

    ·          Software Development: Implemented both greedy and branch-and-bound algorithms for general assignment problems, using Perl to preprocess data, C++ and Standard Template Library for system development.

 

Skills

    Programming Language:  C/C++, Matlab, Excel/VBA, R/S-Plus, SQL, and Latex
    Operating System: MS-Windows, Linux
    Language: English (fluent), Mandarin (native)

 

Publication

  • Li-Wei Chang, Kuan-Wen Chen, Wei-Ting Peng, Yi-Ping Hung. “Real-Time View Transition
    between Cameras Having Different Perspectives,“ Computer Vision, Graphics, and
    Image Processing (CVGIP), 2006. [pdf_file]
    (     This paper also receives the outstanding award of the conference.) 

 

Extra Curricular Activities

 

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