Ziying (Katherine) Tang
Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science
University of Texas at Dallas
Lab: ECSS 4.416 or ECSS 4.620
Email: ziying.tang "at" utdallas.edu

• Ziying Tang has received her Ph.D. degree in the Computer Science Department of The University of Texas at Dallas. She worked in the Multimedia System and Network Lab, the Vitual Reality Lab and the Computer Graphics and Animation Lab, under the guidance of Professor B. Prabhakaran and Professor X. Guo. Before that, she received the Master degree in Information and Communication Technology from the International University in Germany, and the Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Zhejiang University.

• Multimedia System
• Multimedia Streaming
• Computer Graphics and Animation
• Virtual Reality and Virtual Environment
• Human Computer Interaction
• Health Informatics System

• Ph.D. (present) in Computer Science,
  The University of Texas at Dallas
  
• M.S. in Information and Communication Technology,
  The International University in Germany
• B.S. in Computer Science,
  Zhejiang University

• Teaching Assitant,
  The University of Texas at Dallas, USA (2011)
  
• Research Assitant,
  The University of Texas at Dallas, USA (2006-2010)
  
• Senior Researcher,
  Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (Institut f黵 Graphische Datenverarbeitung), Darmstadt, Germany (2005-2006)
  
• Senior Researcher,
  Fraunhofer Institute for Graphic Interfaces, Seoul, Korea (2005-2006)
  
• Researcher,
  German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)), Heidelberg, Germany(2004)
  

• Ziying Tang, Yin Yang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "Collaborative Haptic Interactions with Physically-Based 3D Deformable Models over Lossy Networks ," in IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement, under 2nd round review.
• Ziying Tang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "Receiver-Based Loss Tolerance Method for 3D Progressive Streaming," in International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 779-799, 2010.
• Ziying Tang, Yin Yang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "On Supporting Collaborative Haptic Interaction with Physically-Based 3D Deformations," in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games (HAVE 2010), pp. 19 - 24, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2010.
• Ziying Tang, Guodong Rong, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "Streaming 3D Shape Deformations in Collaborative Virtual Environment," in Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR 2010), pp. 183 - 186, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010. [ paper]
• Ziying Tang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "A Comprehensive Approach for Streaming 3D Progressive Meshes," in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2009) , pp. 263 - 268, San Diego, California, December 2009. [paper]
• Ziying Tang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "Virtual Rehabilitation System," in Proceedings of ACM International Health Informatics Symposium (IHI 2010), pp. 833 - 836, Arlington, VA, November 2010, demo paper.
• Ziying Tang, Anant Patel, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "A Multimodal Virtual Environment for Interacting with 3D Deformable Models," in Proceedings of ACM Multimedia Conference (MM 2010), pp. 1303 - 1306, Firenze, Italy, October 2010, video paper.
• Ziying Tang, , Guodong Rong,Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "Streaming 3D Deformations in Collaborative Learning Applications," Technical Report, UTDCS-14-09, the University of Texas at Dallas, 2009.
• Hui Li, Ziying Tang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, "Loss Tolerance Scheme for 3D Progressive Meshes Streaming over Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME 2008), pp. 501 - 504, Hannover, Germany, June 2008. [paper]
• Arne Schilling, Seokryul Kim, Daniel Weissmann, Ziying Tang and Sangsu Choi, "CAD-VR geometry and meta data synchronization for design review applications," in Journal of Zhejiang University - Science A , Vol. 7, No. 9, pp.1482 - 1491, Sept. 2006. ISSN 1673-565X.

• Streaming 3D Shape Deformations in Collaborative Virtual Environment: in Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR 2010), pp. 183 - 186, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010.

• 3D Streaming on iphone: Special thanks to Orkun Ozbek.

• Virtual Rehabilitation System: in Proceedings of ACM International Health Informatics Symposium (IHI 2010), pp. 833 - 836, Arlington, VA, November 2010.