Speaker: Xiao-Ping Zhang, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.B.A., SMIEEE Professor, Director of Communication and Signal Processing Applications Laboratory (CASPAL) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Ryerson University, Canada

Title: Critical Thinking and Presentation in Research Work

Time: 7th July, 3:00pm

Abstract:

In this talk, I will discuss the general methodology for critical thinking in research work as well as the presentation of the research work, i.e., writing a research paper.  I will go through criteria for evaluating reasoning, and identify general structure of research papers and key review criteria.

Short Bio:

Xiao-Ping (Steven) Zhang received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Tsinghua University, in 1992 and 1996, respectively, all in electronic engineering. He holds an MBA in Finance, Economics and Entrepreneurship with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Since Fall 2000, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, where he is now Professor, Director of Communication and Signal Processing Applications Laboratory (CASPAL) and Program Director of Graduate Studies. Prior to joining Ryerson, he was a Senior DSP Engineer at SAM Technology, Inc., at San Francisco, and a consultant at San Francisco Brain Research Institute. He held research and teaching positions at the Communication Research Laboratory, McMaster University, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Beckman Institute, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Texas, San Antonio. His research interests include multimedia communications and signal processing, sensor networks and electronic systems, multimedia content analysis, computational intelligence, and applications in finance, marketing and economics. He is a frequent consultant for biotech companies and investment firms. He is cofounder and CEO for EidoSearch, an Ontario based company offering a content-based search and analysis engine for financial data.

Dr. Zhang is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada, a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society. He is the publicity co-chair for ICME'06 and program co-chair for ICIC'05 and ICIC'10. He served as guest editor for the Multimedia Tools and Applications Journal, and the International Journal of Semantic Computing. He is currently an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Signal Processing letters and for Journal of Multimedia.