Dr. Yaoping Hu, P.Eng.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Schulich School of Engineering

University of Calgary

2500 University Drive, NW

Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2N 1N4

 

                     Office: ICT 341    Email: huy@ucalgary.ca

Phone: ++1-403-220-4167    Fax:  ++1-403-282-6855

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Note to potential graduate students and PDFs                

Position open in Virtual Reality -- a post-doctoral fellowship (PDF):  

 

A position is open for a PDF.  The position can begin as early as July 2011.  The project under this position is in Virtual Reality and in collaboration with a Calgary company.  Any person who is interested in this position shall directly contact Dr. Hu as indicated above.

 

Due to getting many enquiries regarding graduate studies and post-doctoral fellowships, it is unfortunately not practical to respond to all of them.   For information on our graduate program (including admissions) and research activities, please check the web-page: Graduate Program.

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Teaching

Fall 2008            ENSF 545 – Introduction to Virtual Reality

Fall 2008            ENSF 602 – Virtual Environments and Applications

Winter 2009      SENG 471 – Software Requirements Engineering

 

Research

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o   Human-Computer Interaction within Virtual Environments (VEs)      

Strengths

o   Multi-sensorial (visual and haptic) interaction within VEs

o   Performance testing, analysis and validation of the usability of VR systems

o   Three-dimensional image processing and visualization

Team

o   Description: copy-image023.pngGroup name:                   Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory  

o   Number of HQP:            Ph.D. (3);  MSc (3)

o   Collaboration:                  -  Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary

-   Biofilm Engineering Research Group, University of Calgary

                                        -  neuroArm project, Foothills Medical Centre

                                        -  Computer Modelling Group, Calgary                                                                                      

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                                        -  eHealth, TRLabs

Facilities

o   Desktop graphic computers; 3D (auto- and with goggles) stereoscopic displays; 6DOF haptic devices; optic/magnetic tracking systems;  visualization software

Projects

o   VR-planSys: 3D VR surgical planning system for treating lung cancer

o   BioVista: Tools for quantification and visualization of the 3D biofilm architecture

o   neuroSim: Surgical simulator for robot-assisted neurosurgeries

o   Interactive systems for remote user interaction with object-oriented information in networked VEs

 

Selective Publications (since 2005)

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

o   Wei, Q., Hu, Y., Gelfand, G., & MacGregor, J.H., (2009), Segmentation of lung lobes in high-resolution isotropic CT images, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

o   Yerly, J., Hu, Y., & Martinuzzi, R.J. (2008), Biofilm structure differentiation based on multiresolution analysis, Biofouling, 24: 323- 337.

o   Wei, Q., Hu, Y., MacGregor, J.H., & Gelfand, G. (2008), Segmentation of lung lobes in clinical CT images, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 3: 151-163. 

o   Widmer, A. & Hu, Y.  (invited, 2007), The role of viewing angle in integrating the senses of vision and touch for perceiving object softness, Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 32: 193-198.

o   Yerly, J., Hu, Y., Jones, S.M., & Martinuzzi, R.J. (2007), A two-step procedure for automatic and accurate segmentation of volumetric CLSM biofilm images, Journal of Microbiological Methods, 70: 424-433.

o   Hu, Y. & Malthaner, R.A. (2007), The feasibility of three-dimensional displays of the thorax for preoperative planning in the surgical treatment of lung cancer, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 31: 506-511.

o   Hu, Y., Osu, R., Okada, M., Goodale, M. A., & Kawato, M. (2005), A model of the coupling between grip aperture and hand transport during human prehension, Experimental Brain Research, 167: 301-304.

Peer-reviewed Full Conference Papers

o   Widmer, A. & Hu, Y.  (2009),  Subjective perception and objective measurements in perceiving object softness for VR surgical systems, Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2009, 267-268, Lafayette, LA, USA, March.

o   Wei, Q., Hu, Y., Gelfand, G., & MacGregor, J.H.,  (2007, full-paper submission), Segmentation of lung lobes in isotropic CT images using the wavelet transformation, Proceedings of 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 5551-5554, Lyon, France, August.

o   Widmer, A. & Hu, Y.  (2007, Best Paper Award), Integration of the senses of vision and touch in perceiving object softness, Proceedings of 20th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1353-1356, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April.

o   Wei, Q., Hu, Y., MacGregor, J.H., & Gelfand, G. (2006, full-paper submission), Segmentation of lung lobes in volumetric CT images for surgical planning of treating lung cancer, Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Society Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 4869-4872, New York, NY, USA, August.

o   Hu, Y. (2005, full-paper submission), On the functional and architectural structures of human visuomotor systems, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics, 193-202, Irvine, CA, USA, August.

 

 

 

 

 

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