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Faculty Publications

Du Zhang

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Journal Papers (1998 – present)
  • "Fixpoint Semantics for Rule Based Knowledge Bases", in preparation.
  • "Machine Learning and Software Engineering", submitted to Annals of Software Engineering (with J. Tsai).
  • "Mining California Vital Statistical Data", submitted to Data and Knowledge Engineering (with Q. Ha, M. Lu).
  • "GAPS: A Genetic Programming System", to appear in the International Journal on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (with M. Kramer).
  • "Approximate Declarative Semantics for Rule Base Anomalies", Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol.12, No.7, November 1999, pp.341-353. (with Luqi).
  • "Knowledge Acquisition through Automated Facts Derivation", to appear in the Science of Computer Programming, (with V. Lee, J. Friedel and R. Keyser)
  • "ANDES: An Antenna Diagnostic Expert System", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol.17, No.4, November 1999, pp.327-352. (with V. Lee, J. Friedel, and R. Keyser).
  • "Verification and Validation of Knowledge-Based Systems", IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering,Vol.11, No.1, January/February 1999, pp.202-212 (with W.T. Tsai, R. Vishnuvajjala).
  • "Automated Facts Generation from Raw Data: A Perspective from the ANDES Project", Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol.25, 1998 (with V. Lee, J. Friedel and R. Keyser).
Book Chapters (1998 - present)
  • "Knowledge Verification", to appear in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with J.J.P. Tsai).
Conference Proceedings Papers (1998 – present)
  • "pSlash: A Web Content Management System", to appear in the 17th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, San Francisco, CA, April 2002 (with D. Leuong).
  • "Mining California Vital Statistical Data", the Proceedings of First IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, San Jose, CA, November 2001, pp.671-672 (with Q. Ha, M. Lu).
  • "Learning Gaussian Functions for Audio Compression in Synthesized Music", the Proceedings of ISCA Third International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las Vegas, NV, November 2001, pp.48-53 (with J. Lewis, M. Lu).
  • "Applying Machine Learning Algorithms in Software Development", the Proceedings of 2000 Monterey Workshop on Modeling Software System Structures, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, June 2000, pp.275-285.
  • "GAPS: A Genetic Programming System", the Proceedings of 24th IEEE International Conference on Computer Software and Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2000, pp.614-619 (with M. Kramer).
  • "A Framework for Natural Language Agents", the Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Louisville, Kentucky, June 2000, pp. 57-60 (with J. Gregory and M. Lu).
  • "Protein Secondary Structure Prediction Using Data Mining Tool C5", the Proceedings of the Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Tools with AI, Chicago, November 1999, pp.107-110. (with M. Lu, H. Xu, K. Lau and L.Lu).
  • "A Plug-in Software for Image Processing in the Web Environment", the Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, Nanjing, China, August 17-20, 1999, pp. 836-843 (with L. Zhao).
  • "Experimental Results in Protein Secondary Structure Prediction Using C4.5/C5", the Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, Nanjing, China, August 17-20, 1999, pp. 474-479 (with M. Lu, H. Xu, K. Lau and L.Lu).
  • "An Intelligent Agent Program for Firewall Environment", the Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Denver, Colorado, June 24-26 1999, pp.169-172 (with M. Dinnauer).
  • "Automated Facts Generation from Raw Data: A Perspective from the ANDES Project", the Proceedings of 1998 Monterey Workshop on Engineering Automation for Computer Based Systems, Carmel, CA, October 26-29 1998, pp.125-134 (with V. Lee, J. Friedel and R. Keyser).
  • "Experience on Analyzing Phased-Array Antenna Range and Diagnostic Data through an Expert System", the Proceedings of IEEE AUTOTESTCON, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 24-27 1998, pp.615-623 ( with J. Friedel, V. Lee and R. Keyser).

MS Projects/Thesis Supervision back to top
Principal Advisor for Completed/Soon-to-Complete MS Projects
(July 1998 - present)
(MS PROJECT/THESIS SUPERVISION)
  • Thao P. Nguyen, PC power management tool, Spring 2002 (graduation form submitted).
  • Andy Son Le, AuthorizePay: an online internal payment system, Spring 2002 (graduation form submitted)
  • Alek Davis, A comparative study of DCOM and SOAP, Spring 2002 (graduation form submitted).
  • Weilin Gaby, Design and simulation of a data link layer protocol using STREAMS under Linux, Spring 2002 (graduation form submitted).
  • Harjot Bains, Java applets for scheduling algorithms: an aid to understand operating system principles, (graduation form submitted).
  • Xu Cheng, File transfer agent using Java, Spring 2002 (graduation form submitted).
  • Diminique Tran, Java applet animation for concurrent programming problems, Spring 2002 (graduation form submitted).
  • Peng-Liang Wang, Protein secondary structure prediction with Bayesian learning method, Fall 2001.
  • Joseph Warrior, Web based project management tool: PROMAN, Fall 2001.
  • Ryan Cheng, A wireless mobile E-commerce web application using J2ME technology, Fall 2001
  • Derek Leung, PSLASH: A web content management system, Summer 2001.
  • Yan-Ping Zuo, An on-line program submission and grading system using Java RMI and applet, Summer 2001.
  • Quoc Luan Ha, Knowledge discovery on the state of California health statistical data, Spring 2001.
  • Juhsun Wang, An on-line animation package for concurrency control problems, Spring 2001.
  • Paras Shah, Web based retail savings portal, Spring 2001.
  • Shingo Katamura, An on-line job fair web application, Fall 2000.
  • Abdulsalim Ingalgi, Online assignment submission and grading system, Fall 2000.
  • Yizhong Lin, Web based application for insects classification, Summer 2000.
  • John Vu, Study of different heuristic functions in solving the Pentomino problem, Summer 2000.
  • John Gregory, Natural language agents, Fall 1999.
  • HongJun Xu, Accuracy improvement in prediction of protein secondary structure, Fall 1998.
  • Fang Gu, Design and implementation of interactive online house brokerage using Java, Fall 1998.
  • Vo Lee, ANDES: A phased-array antenna diagnostic expert system, Summer 1998.
Committee Member/Second Reader
  • for additional 6 completed MS projects during the period of July 1998-present.


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