Professional Activities:

.Professional Experience:

1. UNC (University of North Carolina) System (16 campuses) Representative at China, 2012-2013.
2. Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2012 - now.
3. Director of China Program, College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2013 - now.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Char-lotte, 2007 - 2012.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Char-lotte, 2001-2007.
6. Visiting Professor, Department of Information System, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 7/1/09-8/20/09, 2009.
7. Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, 1/1/08-4/30/08, 2008.
8. Visiting Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan, 5/16/05-6/30/05, 2005.
9. Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 6/1/02-7/30/02, 2002.
10. Researcher, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1999-2001.
11. JSPS Researcher, Department of Information System and Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 1998-1999. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Fudan University, Shang-hai, China, 1997-1998.

Honors:

1. Chinese national award for promotion of science and technology: three degree 1995, second degree 1996.
2. Outstanding PhD thesis award from Chinese Academy of Science, 1998.
3. Excellent researcher award from Northwestern University, 1994.
4. Shanghai city award for promotion of science and technology: first degree, 2004.
5. Best Paper Runner-ups, ACM Multimedia, 2004. Shaanxi province award for promotion of science and technology: first degree, 2012.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS):

1. Department of Homeland Security, “Regional visualization center”, $ 742,507, 2005-2008 (Co-PI, PI: Bill Ribarsky).
2. Department of Homeland Security, “Visual Analytics for Homeland Security Protec-tion”, $ 496,000, 2007-2008 (Co-PI, PI: Bill Ribarsky).
3. Department of Homeland Security, “Proposal to establish the southeastern visualiza-tion and analytics center”, founed by Department of Homeland Security, $71,983, 2007-2008 (Co-PI, PI: Bill Ribarsky).
4. Department of Homeland Security, “Proposal to establish the southeastern visualiza-tion and analytics center”, $196,001, 2007-2008 (Co-PI, PI: Bill Ribarsky).
5. Department of Homeland Security, “Proposal to Establish the Southeastern Regional Visualization and Analytics Center”, $338,000, 2008-2009 (Co-PI, PI: Bill Ribarsky).
6. Department of Homeland Security, “Visual Analytics Applied to Automated Multi-media Content Analysis”, $231,743, 2008-2009 (Co-PI, PI: Bill Ribarsky).
7. DHS Center of Excellence, “Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoper-ability (VACCINE)”, $600,000, 8/01/2009-7/31/2015 (Co-PI, PI: Bill Ribarsky).
8. DHS Scholarship, “Career Development Grant Advanced Data Analysis and Visualiza-tion”, $192,778, 8/16/2008 - 8/14/2011 (Co-PI, PI: B. Tolone)