Education

Aug, 2008~Present 
 
 

Aug, 2004~Jun, 2008

 
Master of Science, University of Missouri-Columbia

• 3D reconstruction based on Multi-view images

• Robot path planning implemented on parallel device

B.S in Optoelectronic Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology(HIT), China 

Publications 
 
 
 

• D. Lam, R.Z. Hong, G.N Desouza, “3D Human Modeling Using Virtual Multi-View Stereopsis and Object-Camera Motion Estimation”, IEEE IROS 2009

• R.Z. Hong, G.N Desouza, “A Real-Time Path Planner for a Smart Wheelchair Using Harmonic Potentials and a Rubber Band Model”, IEEE IROS 2010 (submitted)

  Programming Skills
 
 

• Programming Tool: Eclipse, GCC, Visual Studio, FLTK, Auto-CAD,

• Libraries: CUDA, OpenGL, OpenCV, Aria, ARTookit

• Programming Language: C, MATLAB

Research Experience

March, 2009~Present 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Aug, 2008~Jun, 2009

 
 
Implemented robot path planning based on harmonic hield and optimization algorithm with CUDA

• Implemented harmonic potential algorithm to get the original path

• Built an elastic optimization model and got the optimized path

• Implemented algorithms on CUDA divide in order to achieve real-time performance

• Manipulated Arial Robot movement on simulator and real robot. Collected laser sensor data to update map information samutaniously and moved the robot in real time. For each step, allocated robot position using Artoolkit and cameras vision.

3D reconstruction based on multi-view virtual cameras

• Used Scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) algorithm to detect feature points and then recontructed 3D position of features from stereo images

• Assuming a sequence of images were taken by large amout of virtual cameras at the same time, match common features from different pairs of stereo images and calculate virtual camera positions based on common features

• Reconstructed 3D model using Patch-based Multi-view Stereo Software(PMVS) with virtual cameras data input

Course Related Projects

Oct, 2008~Dec, 2008 
 
 
 

Mar, 2009~May, 2009

 
 
Puma 260 control game based on vision

• Implement kinematic and inverse kinematic control robot arms

• Detect objects by camera vision and design attract and defense strategy

OpenGL 3D ‘Bombman’ game

• Render 3D scenes by OpenGL and control elements by user interface

• Organize AI control and design player functions of the game

Honors and Awards

• 2008  Honorable Mentioned Award, Mathematical Contest of Modeling(MCM), USA

• 2007  Honorable Mentioned Award, Interdisciplinary Contest of Modeling(ICM), USA

• 2007  Second Award, National Mathematical Contest of Modeling, China

• 2007  AUO Company Scholarship, Awarded to top 5%

• 2005  Excellent Student of the University

• 2004  Excellent Student of the University