Jiyan Pan
Newell-Simon Hall 4106, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 512-9817
jiyanpan@cs.cmu.edu
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jiyanpan/
Education
08/2008 ~ present
07/2008
09/2005 ~ 07/2008
07/2005
09/2001 ~ 07/2005
Ph.D. student, Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
University
Received M.S. Degree in Electronic Engineering from Fudan University
M.S. student, Digital Signal Processing and Transmission Laboratory, Department
of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University
Received B.S. Degree in Electronic Engineering from Fudan University
Undergraduate, Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University
Publications
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Journal Papers
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "Robust and Accurate Object Tracking under Various Types
of Occlusions," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (T-CSVT),
vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 223-236, February 2008.
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Michael H. Fischer, and Jiyan Pan, " A Novel Visual Tracking Algorithm based on Adaptive
Three-Step Search, Hybrid Correlation, and Adaptive Template Renewal," Stanford
Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ), vol. 5, pp. 54-60, spring 2006.
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, ”Adaptive Initial Searching Point Prediction in Object
Tracking,” Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 409-413, March
2008. (in Chinese)
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "Drift-Inhibitive Object Tracking Algorithm," Acta Electronica
Sinica, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 622-627, March 2009. (in Chinese)
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Jiyan Pan, and Bo Hu, "Video Compression with Adaptive GOF Residual Operation," Journal of
Circuits and Systems, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 89-94, December 2007. (in Chinese)
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Conference Proceedings
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Jiyan Pan, Takeo Kanade, and Mei Chen, "Learning to Detect Different Types of Cells under Phase
Contrast Microscopy," 2009 Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications in Biology
(MIAAB'09), Bethesda, MD, September 2009.
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Jiyan Pan, and Takeo Kanade, "Robust Cell Detection in Microscopy Images for Automated
Quantitative Cell Analysis Systems," 2009 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting
(BMES'09), Pittsburgh, PA, October 2009.
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Jiyan Pan, Gustavo Sudre, Mark Palatucci, Robert Gaunt, Wei Wang, Dean Pomerleau, and Tom
Mitchell, “Decoding cognitive state using magnetoencephalography,” 2009 Biomedical
Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting (BMES'09), Pittsburgh, PA, October 2009.
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Jiyan Pan, and Bo Hu, "Robust Object Tracking against Template Drift," 2007 IEEE Int. Conf. on
Image Processing (ICIP’07), vol. 3, pp. III-353-III-356, San Antonio, Texas, September 2007.
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Jiyan Pan, and Bo Hu, "Robust Occlusion Handling in Object Tracking," 2007 IEEE Conf. on
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR’07), pp. 1-8, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June
2007.
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "An Efficient Object Tracking Algorithm with Adap tive
Prediction of Initial Searching Point," 2006 IEEE Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video
Technology (PSIVT’06), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4319/2006, pp. 1113-1122,
Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 2006.
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Jiyan Pan, and Bo Hu, "Adaptive GOF Residual Operation Algorithm in Video Compression," 2005
Int. Conf. on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP’05), Proc. SPIE, vol. 5960,
pp. 661-670, Beijing, China, August 2005.
Theses
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, “Visual Object Tracking with Adaptive Occlusion Handling and Template Drift
Inhibition,” M.S. Thesis, Fudan University, May 2008. (in Chinese)
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, "Wavelet-Based Image Compression Utilizing HVS Characteristics," B.S. Thesis,
Fudan University, June 2005. (in Chinese)
Patents
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Jiyan Pan, and Bo Hu, "A Video Compression Algorithm based on Adaptive GOF Residual
Operation," China patent No. ZL 200510024305.7.
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "A Visual Tracking Algorithm based on Adaptive Kalman
Selection of Initial Searching Position," China patent No. ZL 200610024305.1.
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, “Variant-Mask Template Matching in Visual Tracking," China
patent application No. 200810034548.2. Approval pending.
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "Content-Adaptive Progressive Occlusion Analysis in Visual
Tracking," China patent application No. 200710045941.7. Approval pending.
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Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "Effective Drift Inhibition in Visual Tracking," China patent
application No. 200710045939.X. Approval pending.
Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "A Visual Tracking Algorithm with Adaptive Prediction of
Initial Searching Point," China patent application No. 200710045940.2. Approval pending.
Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "A Visual Tracking Algorithm Handling Complete Occlusions,"
China patent application No. 200710043465.5. Approval pending.
Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Michael H. Fischer, "A Visual Tracking Algorithm based on Hybrid
Correlation Similarity," China patent application No. 200610024303.2. Approval pending.
Jiyan Pan, Bo Hu, and Jian Q. Zhang, "A Visual Tracking Algorithm based on Adaptive Multi -Step
Search," China patent application No. 200610024304.7. Approval pending.
Projects
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Detection, Recognition and Tracking of Stem Cells Research Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon Univ. & Intel Research
Develop computer vision and machine learning algorithms that detect, recognize, track and analyze
large-scale stem cell populations in time-lapse microscopy images
Cognitive State Classification using Magnetoencephalography Data Ph.D. student @ Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Developed signal processing and machine learning algorithms that successfully decoded human cognitive
states from Magnetoencephalography data, and moreover, revealed some important phenomena of human
brain activities.
Object Recognition by Discreet and Continuous Search
Research Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Design object detection and recognition algorithms that integrate discreet and continuous search to enhance
robustness to noise and occlusion while reducing computational complexity.
Visual-Tracking Robot
R&D Intern @ National Instruments China
Designed and implemented a robot which could keep its eye (a video camera) gazing at any designated
moving object with high robustness and low latency (in cooperation with a Stanford CS student)
Robust Visual Object Tracking against Drift and Occlusion
Research Assistant @ Fudan Univ.
Proposed a set of algorithms that make computers capable of inhibiting template drift and handling various
types of occlusions robustly.
DSP-Based Real-Time Visual Tracking System
Research Assistant @ Fudan Univ.
Designed a real-time visual tracking algorithm tailored to a TI DM642 DSP board and implemented the
algorithm on the DSP board
Intelligent Platform Management System
R&D Intern @ IBM China Development Lab
Developed a novel server power management strategy that enables a server to automatically choose optimal
throttling settings over time by adaptively learning the relationship between power consumption and CPU
throttling states under various workloads.
Integrated Medical Image Processing Platform
Research Assistant @ Fudan Univ.
Investigated and evaluated various medical image registration algorithms
Multimedia Platform for Human Psycho-Visual Modeling
Research Assistant @ Fudan Univ.
Designed and implemented the entire platform based on Matlab GUI, organized experiments, and analyzed results
Adaptive GOF Residual Operation in Video Compression
Research Assistant @ Fudan Univ.
Proposed a novel improvement on a state-of-the-art 3D-DWT video coding algorithm by proposing a GOF
residual operation which is adaptive to video contents.
Real-Time Video Compression and Transmission System
Research Assistant @ Fudan Univ.
Implemented 3D-DWT video compression algorithm on an ADI BF533 DSP and designed camera interface
Awards
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Graduate
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Intel Summer Fellowship, Intel Research Pittsburgh, 2009
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Carnegie Institute of Technology Dean’s Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
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Best Project Award of CMU Machine Learning course, Fall 2008
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Fudan Team led by me won the First Prize in 2007 National TI DSP Contest by developing a
highly-reliable real-time visual tracking system
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Chinese Academy of Sciences-Fudi Scholarship (the highest honor for Fudan science and
engineering graduate students with extraordinary research achievements)
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First Class Scholarship of Fudan University for academic year 2006
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First Class Scholarship of Fudan University for academic year 2005
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New Graduate Student Scholarship of Fudan University in 2005
Undergraduate
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Wang-dao Scholar (Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher) for outstanding performance in
the Undergraduate Academic Research Program of Fudan University in 2005
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First Class Scholarship of Fudan University for academic year 2004
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First Class Scholarship of Fudan University for academic year 2003
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First Class Scholarship of Fudan University for academic year 2001
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Second Class Scholarship of Fudan University for academic year 2002
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Excellent Student Scholarship of Fudan University for academic years 2004, 2003, 2001
High School
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First Class Award in Scientific Paper Contest for Shanghai High School Students in 2001
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Second Class Award in National Physics Contest in 2000
Computer Skills
Programming language: C/C++; Unix Shell; Matlab; VB; Perl; HTML; Java; assembly for x86, MCU and DSP; VHDL
Programming environment: Matlab; Visual C++; Unix; LabVIEW; Orcad; Foundation; VisualDSP++; CCS
Activities & Membership
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Selected as Chinese Delegate of Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES) and
participated in On Common Ground 2006 Conferences held at Stanford University and Fudan University
Selected as Chinese Fellow of Stanford Asia Technology Initiative (Stanford ATI) and organized
Stanford ATI Entrepreneurship Conference 2005 at Shanghai International Convention Center
Student Member of IEEE, Member of IEEE Computer Society, Member of IEEE Communications Society