2014 Annual Convention Advanced Program Draft

Draft
2014 Annual Convention
Advanced
Program*
Convention Theme
Expand Emerging Technology Frontiers
through Research and Innovation
以研究創新擴展科技領域
以研究創新擴展科技領域
12:00 PM
1:00 PM –
2:30 PM
Phoenix
Ballroom
“Impact of BIM (Building Information
Modeling) on Construction Industry”
Dr. Tien-Jen Cheng (鄭天人) Convention Chair
Mr. Michael Lew (劉兆亮)
IBM Microelectronics
Head of Communications, National Alliance for Advanced
Technology Batteries
Dr. Yuying Gosser Program Chair
Research Assistant Professor
Director of Student Research and Scholarship
The Grove School of Engineering, CCNY
Dr. Yew-Huey Liu (劉玉慧) President
Chair – Dr. Yu-Dong Yao (姚育東)
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stevens Institute of
Technology
Dr. Xiang Zhang (張翔)
Director, NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center
University of California, Berkeley
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/index.html
*
CIE-USA/GNYC is a non-profit organization.
2:40 PM –
4:00 PM
AT&T Research Labs
“Statistical Ensemble Learning for Mobility
Data Analysis“
Dr. Yingying Chen (陳迎迎)
Dr. Xiaowei Zhuang (莊小威)
“Detecting Driver Phone Use To Reduce Driver
Distraction”
“Illuminating Biology at the Nanoscale with
Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy”
Saturday, December 06, 2014
Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel
Flushing, NY 11354
Dr. Rensheng Wang (王仁生)
“Creating Materials Properties that Do Not
Exist in Nature”
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Professor of Physics , Harvard University
2:30 PM
Session II – Wireless and Optical
Communication: Research and
Innovation (Boardroom East)
Plenary Session
Co-Founder, ConnectiLife
http://www.cieusa-gnyc.org
“Green Technology - Electric Cars and
Batteries”
IBM Research
Dr. Ming-Yee Lai (賴明毅) Chairman
Chinese Institute of Engineers – USA
Greater New York Chapter
Dr. Zhigang Shen (申志剛 )
Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering and
Construction, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Registration
Opening Remarks
State of the Institute
美洲中國工程師學會大紐約分會
“WTE (Waste-to-Energy) Technology and
China Perspectives”
Tea & Coffee Break
Parallel Session
Session I – Innovative Technology in
Environmental & Civil Engineering
(Ballroom West)
Chair – Dr. Weihua Jin (金偉華)
Industry Professor of Civil Engineering, New York
University
Dr. Hanwei Zhang (張漢威)
Director, Covenant Energy
Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Naresh Chand
Huawei USA R&D Center
“ Flexible Passive Optical Networks”
Dr. Xin Jiang (姜新)
Professor in Computer Science, City University of New
York
“Optical System Performance Evaluation
Using Analytical Gaussian Noise Model ”
Session III – Panel Discussion:
Leadership and Technical Skills in
Science & Engineering Education
(Phoenix Ballroom)
Chair – Ms. Joyce Moy
Executive Director, the CUNY Asian American/Asian
Research Institute
Panelist:
Dr. Jizhong Xiao
(Boardroom West 4:10 PM – 6:00 PM)
Chair –Dr. I-Hsin Chung (鍾一新)
Berkeley
Research Staff Member, IBM Watson Research Center
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Professor of Physics Harvard University
Dr. Xiaowei Zhuang (莊小威)
Professor of Robotics, CCNY
Mr. Florian Pinel
Dr. Jeremy Wang
Senior Software Engineer, Watson Group, IBM
College adviser, Stuyvesant High school
“Chef Watson and Cognitive Cooking”
Institute Service Award
Dr. Howard Chen (陳浩)
Teacher and Research Director, Brooklyn Tech
Dr. Ching-Huei Tsou (鄒慶暉)
CIE-USA/GNYC President (2013)
Dr. Hao Tang
Research Scientist, IBM Watson Group
High School Student Scholarship Session
Chair – Dr. Howard Chen (陳浩)
Dr. Macrae Maxfield
“Automated Problem List Generation from
Electronic Medical Records in IBM Watson”
Professor of Computer Science, BMCC
Mr. Jie Zhang
Principal, Stuyvesant High school
Mr. Chin-Sung Lin
Dr. Neng-Fa Zhou (周能法)
Engineer and Teacher, Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Professor, CUNY
CIE-USA/GNYC Scholarship Committee Chair
9:00 PM –
10:00 PM
Entertainment
Phoenix
Ballroom
Performance by scholarship recipients
“The Picat Language and System”
4:00 PM
4:10 PM –
5:30 PM
Tea & Coffee Break
Session VI – Student Poster
Presentation
Parallel Sessions
Session IV – Translational Biomedical
Research (Ballroom East)
Chair – Dr. Sihong Wang (
(Boardroom Hallway 4:10 PM – 6:00 PM)
Co-Chairs: Dr. Kun-Lung Wu (吴坤龍)
王思红)
Manager, IBM Research
Dr. Ming-Yee Lai (賴明毅)
Professor, Biomedical engineering CCNY
謝政道)
Co-Founder, ConnectiLife
Dr. James Hsieh (
Oncologist and Member/professor
Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
“Translational Kidney Cancer Research for a
Cure”
Dr. Robert Alfano
CUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, The
City College of New York, CUNY
5:30 PM
6:00 PM –
9:00 PM
Phoenix
Ballroom
Social
Banquet
MC – (
)
Welcome Address
Dr. Yew-Huey Liu (劉玉慧)
President, CIE-USA/GNYC
“Seeing Vessels through Thick Tissue
Scattering Walls ”
Keynote Speech
Dr. Wen-Hann Wang (王文漢)
Alvin Lu, Professor Hao Wu’s group
Vice President, Intel Corporation
Harvard Medical School and Children's hospital
“Structural and Mechanistic Studies of the
Inflammasome Assembly”
王思红)
Dr. Sihong Wang (
“Inventing a Smarter Future ”
Awards Ceremony
Chair – Dr. Jun-Min Liu (劉主民)
Award Committee Chair, CIE-USA/GNYC
Professor, Biomedical engineering CCNY
“Thermal Regulation of Bone Marrow Stem
Cell Differentiation”
Distinguished Achievement Award
Session V – Cognitive Computing and
Newly Emergent Technology
Vice President, Intel Corporation
Dr. Wen-Hann Wang (王文漢)
Prof. Xiang Zhang (張翔)
Ernest S. Kuh Chaired Professor, University of California,
Chair – Mr. Fred Yan (顏為民)
(performed during Dinner banquet)
David Chang, Pianist
Hotel Parking:
Parking for guests attending 12/06/2014 event is $10.
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Registration Web Site
http://www.cieusa-gnyc.org/2014reg/CIEREG/reg.php
Registration Fee* (Including Dinner Banquet):
Regular: $65 (before 11/30/14), $70.00 (on-site)
Student: $30 (before 11/30/14), $35.00 (on-site)
*CIE member receive $20 discount on registration fee. Please contact
Chiao-Wei Lee at [email protected] for membership benefit.
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CIE-USA/GNYC President
Dr. Yew-Huey Liu ([email protected])
Convention Chair
Dr. Tien-Jen Cheng ([email protected])
Convention Vice Chair
Mr. Fred Yan ([email protected])
Program Chair
Dr. Yuying Gosser ([email protected])
Secretary
Dr. Eric Wu ([email protected])
Registration : [email protected]
Dr. YaJuan Wang
Dr. Eric Wu