Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
High EQ agents, Cognitive modeling, agent architecture, (HCI) human-computer interaction, robotics, distributed artificial intelligence, distributed constrain satisfaction problem, multiagent systems, software agents, limited rationality, Educational Cloud Computing, Open Source Software in Education.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
· PhD. Computer Science and Engineering, (Aug. 2007)
Dissertation title: From Rational to Emotional Agents
PhD. Committee: José M. Vidal, Michael N. Huhns, Larry M. Stephens, Marco Valtorta, Joseph E. Johnson.
· M.E. Computer Engineering (May 2005)
Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
· M.S. Analytical Chemistry, Modern Instrument Analysis (Jun. 2000)
Thesis title: Auto-Analysis on Graphite Morphology of Gray Cast Iron Based on Artificial Neural Network
· B.E. Precise Instrument (Jul. 1997)
Programming: Visual C++, MFC, C++, Java, Python, HTML&CSS, JavaScript, FORTRAN, COBOL, MatLab, Mathematica, Netlogo, SQL
Applications: Microsoft Office including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Visio, Project, etc.
Operation Systems: Windows, Linux, Macintosh.
Hohite Fetene, Mohammed Abdi, and Hong Jiang. Modelling Well-Mannered Society with Emotional Agents to Promote Students’ Learning. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, October, 2015. Vol. 5, No. 10, p147-151.
Everlyne Kimani, Hong Jiang. Emotional Agent Based Game Setting: In Accessing Science Self-Efficacy. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, September, 2015. Vol. 5, No. 9, p10-15.
Chandani Shrestha, Hong Jiang. Customized Multimedia Google form for Education – A User Friendly Approach. In proceeding of 16th International Conference on Internet Computing, July, 2015, USA. p91-94. [Program Book, Proceeding Content, Proceeding Papers]
Everlyne Kimani, Hong Jiang. Emotional Intelligent Agents: In Improving Science Self-efficacy. 2014 Tapia Conference. Seattle, WA. February 5-8, 2014.
Everlyne Kimani, Hong Jiang. Emotional Math Tutors: Applying Emotional Virtual Agent in Education. In proceeding of 2012 Conference on Education and Training Modeling & Simulation (ETMS12), as part of 2012 Autumn Simulation Multi-Conference. Sponsored by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. October, 2012. [Paper in PDF, Presentation Video, Program Book, Other Papers in the Proceeding]
Bethel Tarekegne, Hong Jiang, Cedrik Brown and Kory Griggs. Emotional Agents Outreach: An Undergraduate Research project. In proceeding of 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'11), July, 2011, USA. [Proceeding Content] http://world-comp.org/p2011/ICA8540.pdf
Cedrik Brown, Hong Jiang, Bethel Tarekegne and Kory Griggs. Web 2.0 + FOSS: Building Undergraduate Project Management System on Cloud. In proceeding of 7th International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'11), July, 2011, USA. [Proceeding Content] http://world-comp.org/p2011/FEC8554.pdf
Diana Perea and Hong Jiang. Emotional / Rational Agent Research Platform with NetLogo. 10th Anniversary of the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Charlotte, NC, USA, 2010, November.
Hong Jiang. Efficient Knowledge Base Management in DCSP. International Journal of Ad hoc, Sensor & Ubiquitous Computing (IJASUC) Vol.1, No.3, September 2010. p21-31.
Hong Jiang. From Complete Coverage to Unified Emotion Representation. W3C Workshop on Emotion Markup Language. October 2010. Paris, France. http://www.w3.org/2010/10/emotionml/papers/jiang.pdf
Hong Jiang. From Descriptive to Numeric Emotions in Agents. The 2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence(ICAI'10), 2010, July. http://researchr.org/publication/Jiang10-0/bibtex
Hong Jiang, Stacey Franklin Jones, Rishabh Parikh, Oluwafemi Temitope and Ericks Cuesta. Wi-Fi-Vi: a Wireless Based Cloud Computing Platform. In Proceeding of the International Conference on Cloud Computing and Virtualization (CCV), 2010, May.
Hong Jiang. Book: From Rational to Emotional Agents: A Way to Design Emotional Agents. Publisher: Vdm Verlag. ISBN: 3639110986. December 2008. http://www.flipkart.com/rational-emotional-agents-hong-jiang/3639110986-1dz3f4ckpf
Hong Jiang and José M. Vidal. The Message Management Asynchronous Backtracking Algorithm. Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, June 2008. Vol. 20, No. 2 p95-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09528130701478629
Hong Jiang, José M. Vidal, and Michael N. Huhns. EBDI: An Architecture for Emotional Agents. In Proceedings of AAMAS07: Sixth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2007. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1329139
Hong Jiang and José M. Vidal. From rational to emotional agents. In Proceedings of the AAAI Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Agent-based Social Simulation, 2006. http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2006/WS-06-02/WS06-02-002.pdf
Hong Jiang, José M. Vidal, and Michael N. Huhns, Incorporating Emotions into Automated Negotiation. In Proceedings of Agent Construction and Emotions (ACE 2006): Modeling the Cognitive Antecedents and Consequences of Emotion, Vienna, Austria, April 2006. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.129.9559
Hong Jiang and Michael N. Huhns. Broadening the Semantic Coverage of Agent Communicative Acts. Agent-Oriented Information Systems III, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2006. Vol.3529, p.32-47
Ionel Muscalagiu, Hong Jiang, and Popa Andreescu Horia Emil, Implementation and Evaluation Model for the Asynchronous Search Techniques: From a Synchronously Distributed System to an Asynchronous Distributed System. In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing (SYNASC 2006), Timisoara, Romania, IEEE Computer Society Press, September 2006. p.209--216.
Hong Jiang and Michael N. Huhns. An Approach to Broaden the Semantic Coverage of ACL Speech Acts. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Klagenfurt, Austria, Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, October 2005. Vol. 3770, p.162-171
Hong Jiang and José M. Vidal. Reducing Redundant Messages in the Asynchronous Backtracking Algorithm. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning, 2005.
Hong Jiang, Libo Zeng and Jiming Hu. The Design and Performance of Optimal BP Neural Network Classifier. Computer Engineering and Applications. 2001. Vol.37, No. 5 p.122-125
Hong Jiang, Libo Zeng and Jiming Hu. Auto Classification to Graphite Morphology of Gray Cast Iron. Journal of Instrumental Analysis. 2000. Vol.19, No. 6 p.9-13
Hong Jiang, Libo Zeng, zelan Zhang and Jiming Hu. Recognizing Graphite Morphology of Gray Cast Iron by ANN. Journal of Wuhan University, Natural Science Edition, June 2000. Vol.46, No.3 p.385-388
Hong Jiang, Libo Zeng and Jiming Hu. Application of ANN in Graphite Morphology Analysis of Gray Cast Iron. In Proceedings of SPIE (the Society for Imaging Science and Technology / the International Society for Optical Engineering), Electronic Imaging 2000. Vol.3962. p.161
Hong Jiang, Libo Zeng and Jiming Hu. Review of Back-Propagation Neural Network Learning Algorithms and Applications. Image Recognition and Automation, 1999. No.1 p38-43
Hong Jiang. "FOSS and AI Based Advanced Computing", at Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Benedict College, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012
Hong Jiang. "Take the Advantage of College Resources & Prepare for Your Future Success". Yibin University, Sichuan, China. September 27, 2015.
Hong Jiang. "Current and Future Research of Emotional Quotient in Computer Decision Making". Yunnan University, China. September 23, 2015.
Hong Jiang. "A Discussion of the Impact of Research in Education." Yunnan University, China. September 21, 2015.
Chandani Shrestha, Hong Jiang. Customized Multimedia Google form for Education – A User Friendly Approach. 16th International Conference on Internet Computing, July, 2015, Las Vegas, USA. [Program Book]
Hong Jiang, "FOSS Based Undergraduate Projects to Promote Education", at Carolinas Women in Computing Conference 2012 (CWIC2012). Columbia, SC, February 17-18, 2012
Hong Jiang, “Future Is In Your Hand – Suggestions & Resources to Math & Computer Science Students”, Benedict College Freshman Institute, Freshmen Seminar, Columbia, SC, November 7, 2011
Cedrik Brown, Hong Jiang. “Web 2.0 + FOSS: Building Undergraduate Project Management System on Cloud.” Columbia Linux User Group, Columbia, SC, September 8, 2011.
Kory Griggs, Hong Jiang. “Touch Screen Representation System on OSS Project” Columbia Linux User Group, Columbia, SC, October 13, 2011.
Hong Jiang. "Learn and Serve with Free Open Source Software", at 2010 Conference ALERT: Aspiring Leaders Emerging Ready for Tomorrow, Columbia, SC, USA, 2010, November 6.
Hong Jiang. "From Descriptive to Numeric Emotions in Agents", at The 2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence(ICAI'10), Las Vegas, USA, 2010, July.
Hong Jiang. "Wi-Fi-Vi: a Wireless Based Cloud Computing Platform", at International Conference on Cloud Computing and Virtualization (CCV), Singapore, 2010, May.
Hong Jiang. "Promoting Education with Free and Open Source Software", speaker in SCCAAS 2010 conference: African American Studies in the Digital Age. Columbia, SC, USA, 2010, February.
Hong Jiang. "From rational to emotional agents", Seminar at Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, Feb., 2008.
Hong Jiang. "From rational to emotional agents", AAAI Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Agent-based Social Simulation, Boston, MA, July, 2006.
Hong Jiang. "An Approach to Broaden the Semantic Coverage of ACL Speech Acts", (in DVD) at the 24th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Klagenfurt, Austria, October, 2005.
Ayse Turhan-Comert, "Comparison Of Differences In Cell Work On Titanium-Based Substrates", 2019 NSF EPSCoR National Conference, Columbia, SC, October, 2019. (Poster Presentation)
Betelhem Shefnie, "School Effectiveness Model for NSLB: a Diagnosing & Learning System", 2018 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2018. (Oral Presentation)
V'Aira Harris, "3D Game Component Design for NSLB: a Diagnosing & Learning System", 2018 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2018. (Poster Presentation)
Hana Hailu, "Designing a Game System to Embed Educational Questions and Measure Self-efficacy" (updated), 2017 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, Washington, D.C., March 2-4, 2017. (Accepted, Poster Presentation)
Hana Hailu, "Designing a Game System to Embed Educational Questions and Measure Self-efficacy", at 2016 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2016. (Poster Presentation)
Abubeker Abdullahi, "Annotating Corals Using Vatic and Python Environment Setup for Coral Classification", at 2016 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2016. (Poster Presentation)
Hana Hailu, "Designing educational game for children by using Blender Game Engine", at Journal Club of 2016 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2016.
Abubeker Abdullahi, "Shallow Coral Classification Using Deep Learning", at Journal Club of 2016 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, June, 2016.
Hohite Fetene, “Modeling Well-Mannered Society with Emotional Agents to Promote Students’ Learning”, at 2016 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, Washington, D.C., February 25-27, 2016. (Poster Presentation) (Conference Abstract)
Geovanni West, “BC-Live: A Web 2.0 Based Low Cost Digital Signage Service”, at 2015 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2015. (Poster Presentation: 1st prize)
Kyianna Jones, “Simulating Multi-Agent Systems to Detect “Hot Spots” in Embedded Fiber”, at 2015 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
Everlyne Kimani, “Emotional Agent Based Game Setting: In Accessing Science Self-Efficacy”, at 2015 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
Chandani Shrestha, “Customized Multimedia Google form for Education – A User Friendly Approach”, at 2015 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2015. (Oral Presentation)
Hohite Fetene, “Modeling Well-Mannered Society with Emotional Agents to Promote Students’ Learning”, at 2015 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2015. (Poster Presentation)
Everlyne Kimani. "Emotional Intelligent Agents: In Improving Science Self-efficacy" (updated). 2015 Alpha Chi National Convention: "Harmonious Hemispheres: The Nexus of Science and the Arts", Poster Presentation. Chicago, Illinois March 19-21, 2015 (Program Book)
Chandani Shrestha, “IT Innovation for Education: Customized Multi-Format Google Form”, The 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Poster Presentation. Phoenix, Arizona. October 8-10, 2014. (Program Book)
Everlyne Kimani. "Emotional Intelligent Agents: In Improving Science Self-efficacy". 2014 Tapia Conference. Poster presentation. Seattle, WA. February 5-8, 2014. (Program Book)
Ludwig Murillo, “Efficient Content Sharing in a Web-based Digital Signage Service”, at 2013 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2013. (Poster Presentation)
Chandani Shrestha, “IT Innovation for Education: Customized Multi-Format Google Form”, at 2013 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2013. (Poster Presentation)
Everlyne Kiman, “Emotional Intelligent Agents: In Improving Science Self-efficacy”, at 2013 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2013. (Poster Presentation: 3rd prize)
Kory Griggs. "BC-Live: A Web Based Digital Signage Service", at 2012 LS-SC AMP Conference, Columbia, SC, October, 2012. (Oral Presentation: 3rd place)
Everlyne Nyambura Kiman, “Emotional Math Tutors: Applying Emotional Virtual Agent in Education”, at 2012 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2012. (Oral Presentation: 3rd prize)
Kory Griggs. "BC-Live: A Web Based Digital Signage Service", at 2012 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2012. (Poster Presentation: 5th place)
Everlyne Nyambura Kimani, “A Virtual Village In Kenya”, at Carolinas Women in Computing Conference 2012 (CWIC2012). Columbia, SC, Feb. 17-18, 2012
Diana Paola Perea Palacios. “Emotional / Rational Agent Research Platform with NetLogo”, poster presentation at Carolinas Women in Computing Conference 2012 (CWIC2012). Columbia, SC, February 17-18, 2012
Cedrik Brown. “Web 2.0 + FOSS: Building Undergraduate Project Management System on Cloud”, poster presentation at 2011 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2011.
Kory Griggs. “Touch Screen Representation System on OSS Project”, poster presentation at 2011 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2011.
Bethel Tarekegne. Emotional Agents Outreach: An Undergraduate Research project, poster presentation at 2011 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2011.
Diana Paola Perea Palacios. “Emotional / Rational Agent Research Platform with NetLogo”. 10th Anniversary of the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Charlotte, NC, USA, November, 2010.
Diana Paola Perea Palacios. “Simulating Tileworld In Netlogo For Emotional / Rational Agent Research”, poster presentation at 2010 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2010.
Cedrik Brown. “Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Educational Tutorial System”, poster presentation at 2010 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2010.
Tyrome Sweet. “An Approach to Learn Cloud Computing: Google App engine + Python”, poster presentation at 2010 Benedict College Summer Undergraduate Research Institute, Columbia, SC, July, 2010.
2009 Summer Research: Oluwafemi Temitope (currently Intel), Ericks Cuesta
2010 Summer Research: Diana Paola Perea Palacios (2011 Fermilab Summer Intern), Cedrik Brown, Tyrome Sweet
2011 Summer Research: Bethel Tarekegne (2012, 2013 MIT Summer Intern), Cedrik Brown, Kory Griggs
2012 Summer Research: Everlyne Nyambura Kimani, Kory Griggs, Jarvis Taylor
2013 Summer Research: Everlyne Nyambura Kimani (2014 MIT Summer Intern), Ludwig Murillo, Chandani Shrestha (Spring 2014 Pass-It-On Award Winner), Hohite Fetene (2014 Princeton Summer Intern, currently IBM), Mohammed M. Abdi (2016 APS/IBM Research Intern)
2015 Summer Research: Everlyne Nyambura Kimani, Chandani Shrestha (2015 Grace Hopper Scholar), Hohite Fetene, Geovanni West, Kyianna Jones
2015 CoursePower Ambassador: Dane Acena (2016-2017 SC-ADAR Summer Intern)
2016 Summer Research: Hana Hailu (2017-2018 SC-ADAR Summer Intern), Abubeker Abdullahi
2018 Summer Research: V'Aira Harris, Betelhem Shefnie
Technical Committee member for International Conference on Digital Technology in Education (ICDTE), 2017, 2018, 2019.
Technical Committee member for 2019 5th International Conference on Education and Training Technologies (ICETT), Seoul, South Korea, May 27-29, 2019.
Technical Committee member for International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning (IC4E), 2017, 2018, 2019
Program Committee member for 2016 IEEE Smart Word Congress, Smart World Education Track, Toulouse, France, July 18-21, 2016.
Program Committee member for The International Conference on Education & Learning in Mobile Age 2011, Lake District, UK.
Member of SCCAAS (South Carolina Council for African American Studies), 2010
Member of AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence), 2007
Member of the National Scholars Honor Society, 2007 - now
Chair for Session: Communication And Networks + Multimedia + Web Services & Accessibility, ICOMP'15 (The 16th International Conference on Internet Computing), 2015
Chair for Session: E-Learning + Educational Concepts And Tools, And Academia Related Issues, EEE'15 (The 14th International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government), 2015
Chair for Session: Big Data Search, Mining Methods, Clustering, Knowledge Extraction And Engineering, ABDA'15 (The 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data Analytics), 2015
Chair for Session: General Topics: Internet Computing and WWW, ICOMP'10 (The 2010 International Conference on Internet Computing), 2010
Technical Program Committee member for International Conference on Advances in Distributed and Parallel Computing 2010
Reviewer for 2014 Tapia Conference
Reviewer and judge for SCJAS (South Carolina Junior Academy of Science), 2013
Reviewer for International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems (IJRIS), 2015
Reviewer for International Journal of Advancements in Computer Science & Information Technology (IJACSIT), 2012
Reviewer for Journal of SuperComputing, 2010 - 2018
Reviewer for CIT2008 (IEEE 8th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology), 2008
Reviewer for IJCIS (International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems), 2006
SC EPSCoR/IDeA GEAR Collaborative Research Program (CRP), 2018
Course Power / Applied Computing Minor Program, 2013 - Now
Service-Learning Mini-grants, 2009
MISC Scholarship, 2002-2007
“Outstanding Graduate Student”, 1999
CAIA Fellowship, by China Association for Instrumental Analysis, 1999, 1996, 1994
Second Place, Female team, in Campus Ping-Pong Game, Wuhan University, 1998
Third Place, in First College Go Game, sponsored by Go Association of Hubei Province, 1998
“Outstanding Individual”, in Vacation Society Practice, 1996
Third Prize in Spare-time Scientific Research Competition of Wuhan University, 1996
“Outstanding Undergraduate”, 1994
Renmin Fellowship, Wuhan University, 1994
One of the winners in National Olympic Mathematics Competition, Hubei, China, 1992
· Member of Department Graduate Student Government, Wuhan University.
· President of Department Graduation Association, Wuhan University.
· Member of Department Student Government, Wuhan University.
· Member of Department female volleyball team, Wuhan University.
1997-2000
1996
1993-1996
1993-1997