Xiaohua Yan





CONTACT INFORMATION

  • 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh
  • xiaohuay@cs.cmu.edu
  • +1 412 230 6988
  • www.cs.cmu.edu/~xiaohuay

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computational Biology | Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

EDUCATION

Aug 2012 -Present

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Master in Language Technologies

Sep 2008 - Jun 2012

Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China
Bachelor of Science in Information and Computing Science

Sep 2005 - Jul 2008

Suzhou High School, Suzhou, China
Preparatory years for Chinese National College Entrance Examination (Physics/Chemistry section)

COURSES

MATHEMATICS

Mathematical Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Data Analysis, Probability Theory and Statistics, Discrete Mathematics, Optimization and Operation Research.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Data Structure, Operating Systems, Databases, Natural Language Processing.

ENGINEERING

Digital Signal Processing, Statistical Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Information Theory.

PUBLICATIONS

Year 2012

SNR of DNA sequences mapped by general affine transformations of the indicator sequences. Jianfeng Shao, Xiaohua Yan, Shuo Shao.
Journal of Mathematical Biology

3-periodicity of DNA sequence signals (in Chinese). Jianfeng Shao, Xiaohua Yan, Wei Shao and Guoqing Liu.
Journal of Nanjing University of Technology

EXPERIENCE

Aug 2011

Shenzhen Zhongxing Information Technology Co, Ltd, Nanjing Branch
Software Engineer Intern

Jul 2011

Nanjing University of Technology, China
Research on Identification of Coding Regions of DNA Sequences

  • Designed a new algorithm about Gene Prediction based upon the 3-base periodicity.
  • Conducted the Spectrum Analysis and Statistics on all kinds of base sequences including elegan, rattus, human, yeast and so forth with MATLAB.

Mar 2011

Nanjing University of Technology, China
The Broad Design of File System

  • Designed and realized an easy FAT system, including Catalogue Files, Ordinary Files and some commands on the file and catalogue operation.
  • Imitated DOS to design an easy File System with FAT layout in the C++ context.

SKILLS

Software Knowledge

  • C++
  • Java
  • MATLAB
  • SAS
  • SPSS
  • LINGO

Languages

  • Mandrin Chinese (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
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