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About Jinzhu Gao

Dr. Jinzhu Gao received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from The Ohio State University in 2004. From June 2004 to August 2008, she worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a research associate and then at the University of Minnesota, Morris, as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science. She joined the University of the Pacific (Pacific) in 2008 and is currently a Professor of Computer Science there. Her main research focus is on intelligent data visual analytics. Over the past fifteen years, Dr. Gao has been working closely with university professors, application scientists, and Silicon Valley technology companies to develop education and training applications as well as intelligent data visual analytics platforms to support collaborative science, mobile health, IoT data analytics, business operational visibility, and visual predicative analysis for industries. Her work has been published in top journals such as IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on Computers, and IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.

Positions

2012 - Present Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of the Pacific ‐ School of Engineering and Computer Science
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2008 - 2012 Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of the Pacific ‐ School of Engineering and Computer Science
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June 2010 - August 2010 Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Minnesota - Morris
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2004 - 2006 Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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June 2003 - August 2003 Summer Intern, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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June 2002 - August 2002 Summer Intern, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2016 - 2016 Video Information Extraction for Physical Therapy Analysis
University of the Pacific
Eberhardt Research Fellowship
$3,500
2012 - 2014 High-Performance Computing Education at the University of the Pacific
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Role: Co-PI
Colleague(s): Jeffrey Shafer and James Hetrick
$34,626
2010 - 2014 CDI-Type I: Development of computational algorithms and analysis tools for molecular-level understanding of complex atmospheric nucleation processes
NSF Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) program, EPSCOR funds, and NSF’s Office of International Activities
Role: Co-PI
Colleague(s): University of Minnesota
$646,112
2011 - 2011 Development of a Multi-scale Data Sketching Scheme for Large Data Analysis and Visualization
University of the Pacific
Eberhardt Research Fellowship
$3,500
2008 - 2009 An integrated computational and experimental approach to a molecular-level understanding of complex atmospheric nucleation processes
Minnesota Supercomputing Institute's Seed Grants in High-Performance Computing Research
Role: Co-PI
$49,785
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Member, ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
Present Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Present Member, Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC)
Present Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Education

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2004 Ph.D., Computer and Information Science, Ohio State University - Main Campus
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1998 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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1995 B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Contact Information

Phone: 209.946.3037
Office: Chambers 123

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Books and Book Chapters (3)

Books chapters written by Dr. Jinzhu Gao.

Articles (22)

Journal articles written by Dr. Jinzhu Gao.