Dengfeng Yao
Email:yaodengfeng@gmail.com
Lab. of Computational Linguistics, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University,
Room 306, Wenbei Building, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing ,P.R.China, 100084
EDUCATION & TRAINING_____________________________________________________________________
Ph.D Candidate/ Chinese Language and Literature 9/2012- present
Tsinghua University Beijing, P.R.China
Advised by Minghu Jiang
Master of Engineering/ Software Engineering 10/2003- 07/2006
Peking University Beijing, P.R.China
Advised by Chengfang Hang
GPA: 3.159/4.0 (10% among 400 students)
Thesis: Study and Implementation of an Algorithm (PGA) of Materialized View Selection in ROLAP Server
Bachelor of Science/ Computer Science & Technology 09/1998 – 07/2002
Hubei University for Nationalities Enshi Hubei, P.R.China
Advised by Jun Li
GPA: 3.5389/4.0 (No.2 among 75 students)
Thesis: Design and Implementation of the C/S-based Computer Management System for Laboratory
Summer Sessions/System Analyst Training 08/2007
Hunan Normal University Changsha Hunan, P.R.China
Classes: Computer Mathematics and Foundational Knowledge of Economic Management, Technical Guidelines of Systems Analyst, System Analysis and Design Techniques
Summer Sessions/ Software Project Management & IBM RPM Tools 08/2006
Fudan University Shanghai, P.R.China
Classes: Principles of Program Management, IBM Rational Portfolio Management
Summer Sessions/ Teacher Training of IBM Rational Testing Methods & Tools 07/2006
Peking University Beijing, P.R.China
Course: Principles of Software Testing for Testers, Essentials of Test Management with Rational Test Manager, Essentials of IBM Rational Functional Tester, Java Scripts
Summer Sessions/ Hubei Workshop of Rehabilitation for Deaf Children 08/2005
Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei, P.R.China
Classes: Foundational Knowledge of Acoustics & Audiology, Essentials of Speech Training for Cochlear Implanted Children, How to Select a Hearing Aid, Hearing Aids and Rehabilitation of Deaf Children, New Ideas and New Methods of Rehabilitation for Deaf Children, Methods of Pronunciation Training for Deaf Children、 Stages and Strategy of Language Development of Deaf Children、The Content and Specific Methods of Speech Rehabilitation for Deaf Children
WORKING EXPERIENCE _____________________________________________________________________
Lecturer (it’s Assistant Professor in US academic term) 07/2009-present
Teaching Assistant 07/2006-06/2009
Beijing Union University Beijing, P.R.China
– Full-time faculty member teaching undergraduate courses for deaf/hard-of-hearing students.
– COURSES TAUGHT: Web Programming and Accessibility、Software Engineering、 Software Testing Technology、Information Accessibility Technology、Object-oriented Technology 、Java Programming Language 、C Programming Language 、Assembly Language、Professional English 、Operating System
Teacher 07/2002-09/ 2003
Tianmen School of Supply & Sales Tianmen Hubei, P.R.China
– Taught C Programming Language for Technical Secondary School Students.
– Administration of faculty network (Windows servers) – 500 users.
PROJECTS________________________________________________________________________________
Web- based Oil Extraction Robotization System for DJPDS 2004.3-2004.6
As a programmer and system analyst, I developed public web services that operate the database and some modules of Web- based Oil Extraction Robotization System for Shengli Oil Field Dongsheng Jinggong Petroleum Development (Group) Stock Co.LTD. This system was used for oil extraction information collecting embedded system. — C# on .NET and Oracle was used.
Highly-skilled Workers Management Platform of MOHRSS 2004.6-2005.6
This was an e-government project of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of P.R.China (MOHRSS). I worked as a software engineer and was in charge of developing business intelligence module. This module was an Olap Server based on open source technology-Mondrian. It can read from highly-skilled workers database of MOHRSS and aggregate data in a memory cache. — Java on Eclipse and Oracle was used.
CDPF Device Management System 2005.10-2005.12
This was an e-government project of China Disabled Persons Federation (CDPF). Worked as a project manager for my C# programmer experience. –C# on .NET and Sql Server was used.
Simulation Teaching Platform for Deaf/hard-of-hearing Students 2007.1-2008.3
This was a humanities and social science research project in the Beijing’s 2007 technology development Plan sponsored by Beijing Municipal Commission of Education. I served as the technical manager and assisted Prof. Yumin Han who was the principal investigator.
Software Testing 2008.1-2009.6
This was a High Education Classic Course Project funded by Ministry of Education of P.R.China (MOE) and IBM China Human Ability & Accessibility Center (CHAAC). As the principal investigator, I did a lot of work for introducing accessibility technology in the undergraduate software testing course.
Research and Application of the Computational Linguistics of Sing Language 2013.1-2015.12
This is a research project in the New Starting Point Plan sponsored by Beijing Union University. I serve as the principal investigator.
Research on the statistical machine translation models of Chinese Sign Language which incorporate with somatosensory data 2014.1-2016.12
This is a research project in the Young Talent Program sponsored by Beijing Municipal Commission of Education. I am the principal investigator.
HONORS AND AWARDS______________________________________________________________________
2nd class of University Scholarship, Hubei University for Nationalities (1998-2002)
Awarded for academic excellence for four consecutive years
The Super Honors Scholarship for the Excellent Graduate Student, Hubei University for Nationalities (2002)
Outstanding Service Award, Beijing Union University (2007)
Excellent Coach Award, National Youth Olympic Robot Contest (2007-2008)
Awarded for my deaf/hard-of-hearing students’ winning the gold medal for two years in the contest sponsored by China E-sports Center (CESPC), China Education Association for Machinery Industry and China Association of Electronics Education.
Teaching Achievement Prize, Beijing Union University (2008)
Teaching achievement project entitled, “Teaching Computer Programming Language for Deaf/hard-of-hearing Students.”
Best Research Award, Beijing Association of Higher Education (BAHE) (2009)
Paper entitled, “Research and Application of Simulation Technology in China Higher Education for Deaf/hard-of-hearing Students.” (written by Yumin Han, Qilong Li, Dengfeng Yao, Hairui Huang)
Third price, “Intel Cup” National Computer Education Paper Competition (2009)
Awarded for the paper titled, “Study and Practice of Introducing Accessibility Technology in the Undergraduate Software Testing Course (in Chinese)” in this competition sponsored by the Computer Science and Technology Committee of Ministry of Education of P.R.China.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES___________________________________________________________________
Jan 2008 – Present Member, China Computer Federation (CCF)
May 2008 – Present Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Updated April 2013