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Yuan Li

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Email: Yuan.Li2@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas, 2021
    Major: Computer Science and Engineering
    Dissertation: Integrating Multiple Deep Learning Models to Classify Disaster Scene Videos
  • MS, University of North Texas, 2015
    Major: Computer Science
  • BE, Tianjin Polytechnic University, 2010
    Major: Pharmaceutical Engineering

Professional Positions

    Professional

  • Lecturer, Georgia State University. Georgia State University. (2021 - 2021).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Adult Mental Health First Aid Certification, Texas of Women University. (2021 - 2024).

Development Activities

  • Other (ABCA Training), ABCA Training: Autism Spectrum Differences, 2e Twice Exceptional and Dyslexia, UNT. United States of America. (October 14, 2022 - October 14, 2022).
  • Other (ABCA Training), ABCA Training: The promise and practice of inclusive classrooms, UNT. United States of America. (February 14, 2022 - February 14, 2022).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • CSCE 1045 - Computer Programming II, 4 courses.
  • CSCE 2100 - Foundations of Computing, 80 courses.
  • CSCE 3110 - Data Structures and Algorithms, 1 course.
  • CSCE 4110 - Algorithms, 2 courses.
  • CSCE 4999 - Senior Thesis, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5150 - Analysis of Computer Algorithms, 12 courses.
  • CSCE 5200 - Information Retrieval and Web Search, 3 courses.
  • CSCE 5222 - Feature Engineering, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5640 - Operating System Design, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Georgia State University, CSC 4520 & 6520: 002 & 006 Design & Analysis: Algorithms, Fall 2021.
  • Georgia State University, CSC 4999 Directed Readings, Fall 2021.
  • Georgia State University, CSC 4320 & 6320: 002 Operation Systems, Fall 2021.
  • Texas Woman’s University, Introduction to Algorithms, Spring 2020.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (2022).

Awards and Honors

  • Faculty First Flight (FFF), UNT. (February 13, 2023).
  • Thank-a-Teacher Program Recognition, UNT. (December 15, 2023).
  • Thank-a-Teacher Program Recognition, UNT. (July 28, 2023).
  • MSCS Consortium: Capacity Funding Grant, Northeastern University. (May 20, 2022).
  • Faculty Diversity Award, UNT. (May 18, 2023).
  • Thank-a-Teacher Program Recognition, UNT. (May 12, 2023).
  • Google Cloud Research Credits Award, Google. (March 31, 2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Jiang, B., Cheng, X., Li, Y., Fu, S., Yang, Q., Liu, M., Olvera, A. (2023). Output-Directed Dynamic Quantization for DNN Acceleration. 645-654. International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP).
  • Wang, H., Li, Y., Buckles, B. (2021). A Variety of Deep Learning Models to Classify Disaster Scene Videos. Proceedings of the International Conference on Science, Innovation and Management (ICSIM).
  • Li, Y., Wang, H., Buckles, B. (2020). Integrating Multiple Deep Learning Models to Classify Disaster Scene Videos. IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference (HPEC).
  • Tang, S., Hochstetler, J., Li, Y., Fu, S. (2019). Low-latency High-level Data Sharing for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Internet (ICII). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9065176
  • Li, Y., Wang, H., Buckles, B. (2019). Traffic Congestion Assessment Based on Street Level Data for On-Edge Deployment. Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3318216.3363368

    • Journal Article

  • Alhumud, W., Alenezi, A., Bryce, R.C., Li, Y., Alshammari, N. (2023). Bug Battles: A Competition to Catch Bugs in Different Programming Languages. Other. 38 (7) 36-45.

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Li, Li, Y., "North Texas Coding Academy," sponsored by Sponsored by Texas Workforce Commission, State, $5166 Funded. (2021 - 2022).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Bryant, B.R., Keathly, D.M., Li, Y., Ludi, S.A., "Capacity Building for the M. S. Pathways to Computing at UNT (Unrestricted Gift)," sponsored by Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Private, $20000 Funded. (2022).

Service

University Service

  • Member, Student Assessment Team. (July 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, CSE Intro Sequence Committee. (2023 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, Course Coordinator. (2022 - Present).
  • Program Coordinator, Course Coordinator. (2022 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Monthly Faculty Meeting. (January 2022 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, NTT Faculty. (2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Diversity, Inclusion, Retention (DI). (2022 - July 31, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Teaching Faculty Hiring. (2022 - July 31, 2023).
  • Other (Mentor), Hack UNT. (April 2022 - April 2022).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, The National Center for Women & Information Technology(NCWIT). (June 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP2024). (November 2023 - January 2024).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, The 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023). Taormina (Messina), (October 2023 - October 2023).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, 42nd IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference(IPCCC'23). Anaheim, California. (July 2023 - July 2023).
  • Committee Member, Grace Hopper Celebration(GHC 23). (May 2023 - May 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP2023). (November 2022 - January 2023).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE Cloud Summit. (2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. (2022 - 2022).