Curriculum Vitae


Hao Ye


CONTACT INFORMATION Hubbs Hall 2115 E-mail: hye@ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography WWW: http://deepeco.ucsd.edu/~hye/
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive #0202
La Jolla, CA 92093-0202 USA
RESEARCH INTERESTS Ecosystem stability, Ecological network (food-web) structure, Nonlinear dynamics and forecasting, Ecosystem-based management, Graph theory, Machine learning
EDUCATION University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California USAGPA: 3.87/4.0
    Ph.D. Candidate, Biological Oceanography, (expected: June 2012)
      • Advisor: George Sugihara
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California USAGPA: 3.89/4.0
    M.A., Psychology (Experimental - Psychophysics), December 2007
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USAGPA: 3.75/4.0
    B.S. (honors), Computer Science, June 2006
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California USA
Graduate Student September, 2006 - present
Includes current Ph.D. research, graduate level coursework and research/consulting projects.
Teaching Assistant September, 2006 - present
Duties included holding office hours and teaching in weekly discussion sections.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA
Teaching Assistant September, 2003 - December 2005
Duties included holding office hours and leading twice weekly lab sections.
Summer Research Assistant June, 2004 - September 2004
Includes developing and implementing methods for counting junctions in complex scenes.
PUBLICATIONS Sugihara G. and H. Ye. Cooperative Network Dynamics. Nature 458>: 979-980 (2009).
Changizi, M.A., Q. Zhang, H. Ye, and S. Shimojo. 2006. The structures of letters and symbols throuhgout human history are selected to match those found in objects in natural scenes. American Naturalist 167: E117-139 (2006).
PAPERS IN PREPARATION Sugihara G., Ye H., Glaser S., and C. Hsieh. Multivariate nonlinear forecasting for short ecological time series.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UCSD Infant Vision Lab, La Jolla, California USA
Programmer Analyst July, 2008 - present
Performed data analysis for multiple pro jects. Developed programs to present visual stimuli for the purposes of scientific research. Provided general computer support to the lab.
Laserfiche, Long Beach, California USA
Software Engineering Intern June, 2006 - September, 2006
Investigated the use of the Rsync algorithm for database synchronization. Developed an application to rapidly view and search through database event logs.
Mitsubishi Electric Advanced R&D Center, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Japan
Summer Intern June, 2005 - September, 2005
Investigated the use of machine learning algorithms to search for optimal write strategies for optical disks.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland USA
Summer Intern June, 2002 - September, 2002
Used x-ray crystallography to determine orientation of a hybrid crystal. Calibrated interferometers.
United States Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland USA
Research Intern August 2001 - May, 2002
Developed a three-dimensional mass-consistent wind flow model. Debugged code and performed data analysis.
SKILLS   • Languages: English (native), Mandarin Chinese (first), French, Japanese
  • Proficient: C/C++, Lisp (Scheme), Matlab
  • Familiar: Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, Basic, Pascal, Fortran, Modula-3, Eiffel, x86 Assembly, Logo, Visual Basic, Hypercard, S (R programming environment)
  • Programming Libraries: Psychtoolbox (Matlab), CRS VSG (Matlab), Open GL, MySQL, WTL, GSL
  • Applications: LATEX, HTML, CAD
  • Algorithms: Computer Vision, Machine Learning (various methods), Search/Optimization Algorithms, Nonlinear forecasting
  • Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS X, Unix/Linux
SERVICE   • Volunteer Instructor, San Diego Math Circle September 2006 - present
  • Coach, San Diego ARML Math Teams January 2007 - present
  • Volunteer, La Jolla Surf Bowl September 2008 - present
  • Mentor, The Preuss School UCSD Oceanography Club September 2006 - May 2008
  • Mentor, The Preuss School UCSD Middle School Math Club September 2007 - March 2008

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