Xiaofen Zheng

Xiaofen Ph.D.
Faculty of Computer Science
Dalhousie University
Halifax, N.S., B3H 1W5
Canada

Email: xzheng (at) cs (dot) dal (dot) ca
Phone: 902-494-6438 (office)

Hi, my name is Xiaofen Zheng. I obtained my Ph.D. from Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University in Canada in 2007. I was a member of the IPAMI research group at Dalhousie. Dr. Qigang Gao was my supervisor. Dr. Norman Scrimger and Dr. Evangelos Milios were my supervisory committees. Here are a slideshow of the work that I had participated in, and a Demo of content-based image retrieval using perceptual shape features based on my Ph.D. Now I am working as a postdoc in School of Medicine in University of Pennsylvania.

In my spare time, I like to study a variety of dances, such as ballroom and belly dance. My best memories in Nova Scotia are skiing, canoeing and hiking in the excellent natural areas. I also enjoy cooking and creating new and (hopefully) delicious dishes.

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science Sep 2001 - Sep 2007
Dalhousie University, Canada
Thesis: Perceptual Organization Based Curve Partitioning, Classification and Grouping
M.Sc. Computer Science Sep 1998 - Mar 2001
Taiyuan University of Technology, China
B.Art English Language Sep 1996 - Jul 1998
Taiyuan University of Technology, China
B.Sc. Computer Science Sep 1994 - Jul 1998
Taiyuan University of Technology, China

Research Interests

Computer Vision
Low-level Vision
Image Processing
Computer Graphics
Machine Vision and Applications

Publications

Xiaofen Zhang, Scott A. Sherrill-Mix and Qigang Gao, Perceptual Shape-based Natural Image Representation and Retrieval. 1st IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC2007), pp 622-629, Irvine, CA, U.S.A., 2007
Xiaofen Zheng, Q. Gao. Efficient Edge Noise Removal and Perceptual Feature Classification. International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing. Special Issues on Edge Detection and Tracking. pp 1-8. March 2006
Xiaofen Zheng, Q. Gao. Image Noise Removal Using Perceptual Edge Features. ICGST International Conference on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing (GVIP-05). Cairo, Egypt, Dec 2005
Xiaofen Zheng, Q. Gao. Detection of Perceptual Junctions by Curve Partitioning and Grouping. 1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'04), pp 347-353, London, Canada, 2004
Xiaofen Zheng, Q. Gao. Generic Edge Tokens: Representation, Segmentation and Grouping. 16th International Conference on Vision Interface (VI 2003), pp 423-430, Halifax, Canada, 2003
Xiaofen Zheng, M.Q. Cheng and P.W. Liu. Frequency Location of Periodic Signal with AR Spectral Estimation. 3rd International Symposium on Test and Measurement, pp 693-696, 1999 ISBN7-80003-441-0