Chia-Ling Tsai

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I'm currently a visiting research scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I'm working with Prof. Stewart and Prof. Roysam in the field of computer vision.

E-mail: tsaic@cs.rpi.edu, tsaic@rpi.edu

Education:

07/03 Ph.D., Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dissertation: Feature-Based Retinal Image Registration: Algorithms and Validation

12/95 BScHons Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Research Interests:
Biomedical image analysis, computer vision, and assistive technology.

Research Experience:

9/03-present Visiting Research Scholar, Electrical, Computer, and System Engineering Dept., RPI.

Development of general registration toolkit for CenSSIS (Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems) for research in diverse disciplines.
Integration of the registration toolkit with ITK (Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit).
Assisting in teaching a course on registration in Fall 2004, and educating the collaborator of the CenSSIS on the registration toolkit.
Research on real-time retinal image registration for laser surgery.
Monitoring the development of the web-site for the Retina Project.

5/00-7/03 Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept., RPI.

Retina project on automatic retinal image analysis for clinical trials, mass screening, monitoring progress of disease and effect of treatment, and surgical and diagnostic procedures.
A team work involving several students and some faculties.
Involving a broad study on ophthalmology, and related medical applications.
Thesis work on Dual-Bootstrap Retinal Image Registration handling images with spatial and temporal changes, with success rate of 99.5%.

8/98-5/00 Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept., RPI.

Phytoplankton classification system for semi-automatic classification of the phytoplankton to make the process less labor-intensive.

1/98-7/98 Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept., RPI.

Hip-replacement surgery project for registration between a preoperative CT model and intra-operative X-ray images with fewest implants possible.

1/95-12/95 Research Assistant Computer Science Dept., University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Prediction Strategies for Language-directed Editors to assist users with difficulties in typing.

Teaching Experience:

1/00-5/00
1/97-12/97 Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Dept., RPI.

Taught Computer Science II on C++, object orientated programming, Standard Template Library (STL), data structures, and algorithms.
Taught Computer Science I on unix, HTML and C++.
Assisted in Data Structures and Algorithms.

Publications: (Copyright statement)

Conference Articles:

C-L. Tsai. Prediction Strategies for Language-directed Editors, Student Poster Forum, ACM Computing Week, 1996
A. Perera, C-L. Tsai, R.Y. Flatland, and C.V. Stewart. Maintaining valid topology with active contours: theory and application. In Proceedings IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2000, Page(s): 496 -502 vol.1, [pdf]
C-L. Tsai, Charles V. Stewart, B. Roysam, and H.L. Tanenbaum. Covariance-driven retinal image registration initialized from small sets of landmark correspondences. In Proceedings IEEE International Symposium of Biomedical Imaging, 2002
C.V. Stewart, C.-L. Tsai and Amitha Perera, "A View-Based Approach to Registration: Theory and Application to Vascular Image Registratio", Proc. Int. Conf. on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI), 2003[pdf].
C.-L. Tsai, A. Majerovics, C.V. Stewart and B. Roysam, "Disease-Oriented Evaluation of Dual-Bootstrap Retinal Image Registration", Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, page(s) 754-761, Vol. 1, November 2003 [pdf].

Journal Papers:

I. D. Sanders, and C-L. Tsai. Word Prediction Strategies in Program Editing Environments. South African Computer Journal, 18--24, number 20, December, 1997[ps]
C-L. Tsai, C.V. Stewart, B. Roysam, and H.L. Tanenbaum. Repeatable Vascular Landmark Extraction From Retinal Fundus Images Using Local Vascular Traces. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 8(2), 2004, Page(s): 122-130 [pdf]
C.V. Stewart, C-L. Tsai, and B. Roysam. The Bootstrap Iterative Closest Point Algorithm with Application to Retinal Image Registration. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 1379-1394, Vol. 22(11), Nov, 2003, [pdf, 6.2MB]

Chapters in Books:

K. Fritzsche, A. Can, H. Shen, C-L. Tsai, J. Turner, H.L. Tanenbuam, C.V. Stewart, and B. Roysam. Automated Model Based Segmentation, Tracing and Analysis of Retinal Vasculature from Digital Fundus Images. In J. S. Suri, and S. Laxminarayan, editors, State-of-The-Art Angiography, Applications and Plaque Imaging Using MR, CT, Ultrasound and X-rays, Academic Press, 2002

Patents:

(07/02) Patent Pending. Charles V. Stewart, Chia-Ling Tsai, and Badrinath Roysam. The Bootstrap Iterative Closest Point Algorithm with Application to Retinal Image Registration

Awards:

Altech Systems Prize, for the student who wrote the best Computer Science, Honours project. 1995, University of the Witswatersrand
Colin James Young Prize, for the best project in the application of the mathematical sciences to the real world. 1995, University of the Witswatersrand
The Top Woman Graduate, 1995, South African Association of University Women.

Activities/Assets

Committee member of Taiwanese Student Association in RPI
Reviewer of faculty and graduate student applications for Computer Science Dept. RPI
Active in sports, including swimming, hiking, squash and ballroom dancing
Fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese
Experience in teaching English
Active in community service
Member of ACM
Member of IEEE

07/03	Ph.D., Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dissertation: Feature-Based Retinal Image Registration: Algorithms and Validation
12/95	BScHons Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

9/03-present	Visiting Research Scholar, Electrical, Computer, and System Engineering Dept., RPI. Development of general registration toolkit for CenSSIS (Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems) for research in diverse disciplines. Integration of the registration toolkit with ITK (Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit). Assisting in teaching a course on registration in Fall 2004, and educating the collaborator of the CenSSIS on the registration toolkit. Research on real-time retinal image registration for laser surgery. Monitoring the development of the web-site for the Retina Project.
5/00-7/03	Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept., RPI. Retina project on automatic retinal image analysis for clinical trials, mass screening, monitoring progress of disease and effect of treatment, and surgical and diagnostic procedures. A team work involving several students and some faculties. Involving a broad study on ophthalmology, and related medical applications. Thesis work on Dual-Bootstrap Retinal Image Registration handling images with spatial and temporal changes, with success rate of 99.5%.
8/98-5/00	Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept., RPI. Phytoplankton classification system for semi-automatic classification of the phytoplankton to make the process less labor-intensive.
1/98-7/98	Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept., RPI. Hip-replacement surgery project for registration between a preoperative CT model and intra-operative X-ray images with fewest implants possible.
1/95-12/95	Research Assistant Computer Science Dept., University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Prediction Strategies for Language-directed Editors to assist users with difficulties in typing.