Yong Zhang

PhD student

Operations Research

Department of Mathematics

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby BC, Canada

Email: yza30 {at} sfu {dot} ca




Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  1. PhD in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Canada 2009-present
  2. Master of Applied Science in Industry System Engineering, University of Regina, Canada 2004-2007
  3. Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering & Automation, Hunan University, China 1999-2003

Awards and Scholarships:

  1. Joint International Program Award, University of Regina, Fall 2005
  2. Joint International Program Award, University of Regina, Winter 2006
  3. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Graduate Scholarship, University of Regina, 2006
  4. Winter Joint International Program Award, University of Regina, Winter 2007
  5. Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012
  6. The Pacific Metals/Leon Lotzkar Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Simon Fraser University, Winter 2009

Publications:

  1. Zhaosong Lu and Yong Zhang, "Sparse Approximation via Penalty Decomposition Methods", submitted. [PDF], [MATLAB code]
  2. Zhaosong Lu and Yong Zhang, "Penalty Decomposition Methods for Rank Minimization", submitted. [PDF], [MATLAB code]
  3. Bin Dong and Yong Zhang, An efficient algorithm for l0 minimization in wavelet frame based image restoration, accepted by Journal of Scientific Computing [PDF]
  4. Yong Zhang, Bin Dong and Zhaosong Lu, "l0 minimization of wavelet frame based image restoration", accpted by Mathematics of Computation¡²PDF]
  5. Zhaosong Lu, Ting Kei Pong and Yong Zhang, "An Alternating Direction Method for Finding Dantzig Selectors", accepted by Computational Statistics and Data Analysis [PDF], [MATLAB code]
  6. Zhaosong Lu and Yong Zhang, "Penalty Decomposition Methods for Rank Minimization", Proceedings of Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2011: 46-54. [PDF], [MATLAB code]
  7. Zhaosong Lu and Yong Zhang, "Penalty Decomposition Methods for $L0$-Norm Minimization", Techinical Report, August 2010 [PDF], [MATLAB code]
  8. Zhaosong Lu and Yong Zhang, "An Augmented Lagrangian Approach for Sparse Principal Component Analysis", Mathematical Programming. DOI: 10.1007/s10107-011-0452-4.  [PDF], [MATLAB code]
  9. Y. Zhang and M. Mehrandezh, ¡°Visual Servoing of a 5-DOF Mobile Manipulator using a Catadioptric Vision System¡±, published by International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technolgies ISOT 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 2007 [PDF]
  10. Y. Zhang and M. Mehrandezh, ¡°Visual Servoing of a 5-DOF Mobile Manipulator using a Panoramic Vision System¡±, published by Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, April 2007 [PDF]
Employment Experience:
March 2009-Present Research Assistant
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
January 2008-Present Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
September 2005-December 2006 Teaching Assistant
Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, SK
July 2000-July 2004 Electrical Engineer
(Part time) Jinlou Industrial Co.\Ltd, Changsha, China
July 2003-July 2004 Electrical Engineer
(Part time) Tongqing Electrical & Information Co.\Ltd, Changsha, China

Computer Skills:
Programming: BASIC, PASCAL, C/C++, Prolog, Assembly
Software: Matlab, AutoCAD, Arcobat, Microsoft Office, Photoshop
Operating Systems: Windows XP/95/98/2000/NT/Me, Novell

Activities:
September 2005- April 2006 External Vice President
Regina Engineering Chinese Association
August 2005 Volunteer in 2006 Canada Games
September 1999- September 2001 Director of Sports
Engineering Student Society, Hunan University

Interests:
All kinds of sports, Chinese classical music, traveling, and Internet

Languages:
English and Chinese

 


 
   
           
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