Dr.Xiaohui Yuan - Technical Committee Co-Chair

Dr.Xiaohui Yuan received B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Hefei University of Technology, China in 1996 and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Tulane University in 2004. After his graduation, he worked at the National Institutes of Health on medical imaging and analysis till 2006. He joined the University of North Texas (UNT) as an Assistant Professor in 2006 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2012. His research interests include computer vision, data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. He served as PI and co-PI in projects supported by Air Force Lab, National Science Foundation (NSF), Texas Advanced Research Program, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and UNT. His research findings are reported in over 70 peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Yuan is a recipient of Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement award in 2008 and the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship in 2011, 2012, and 2013. He also received two research awards and a teaching award from UNT in 2007, 2008, and 2012, respectively. He served in the editorial board of several international journals and served as session chairs in many conferences, as well as panel reviewer for funding agencies including NSF, NIH, and Louisiana Board of Regent's Research Competitiveness program. He is a member of IEEE and SPIE.