Chia-Tien Dan Lo
Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio
6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone (210) 458-7433 FAX (210) 458-4437
Email: danlo@cs.utsa.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, December 2001.
Ph.D. Thesis: A Multithreaded Concurrent Generational Garbage Collection for Java
Advisor: J. Morris Chang. Thesis Committee: Martha Evens, Gruia Calinescu, (Computer Science) and Albert Z. Wang (Electrical and Computer Engineering).
M.S. Thesis: Optimization by Neural Networks, 1992.
Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
B.A. in Computer Science,1990
Applied Mathematics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
RESEARCH STATEMENT
My research interests include FPGA-Based reconfigurable computing, Computer Security, embedded systems, program language implementations such as concurrent automatic dynamic memory management. I work on practical hardware/software solutions that enhance the performance of the computer systems.
EXPERIENCE
From 1994 to 1995, he worked for Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. His major research is pertaining to computer aided verification using timed temporal logic.
Starting from 1996, he managed a computer system company, Taichung, Taiwan. Products and services include database design, network integration and proprietary digital system design and implementation.
In 1998, he joined the Department of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been an instructor and a Ph.D. candidate since 1999. Courses taught include assembly language and computer architecture, VHDL design, operating system, Java programming, queuing theory and Unix system programming.
In September 2002, he joined the department of computer science, University of Texas at San Antonio as an assistant professor. Courses taught include Java programming, Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance and Testing, Programming Languages and Compilers, and Microcomputer Applications.
AWARDS AND INVITED TALKS
Graduate Dean's Scholarship (01/98), Illinois Institute of Technology
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges Year 1999 Winners
Invited Talk on Unix Specific Programming - Crash-Course, for the ACM Codewar (IIT Chapter), Nov. 1999
Up to now, he has published papers in international journals and conferences. Most publications are available online.
TEACHING
8/99 - 7/02. Instructor of Unix Systems Programming and Computer Networks, with Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology.
8/02 - present. Instructor of Java programming, Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance and Testing, Programming Languages and Compilers, and Microcomputer Applications, with Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Reviewer for IEE Proceedings – Computers and Digital Techniques, Journal of Systems and Software, IEEE Transactions on Computer Systems, Journal of Systems Architecture (The EUROMICRO Journal) and numerous conferences. Serving on the conference committee of the International Conference on Advanced Science and Technology (ICAST) in 2001 and 2002.
