• Develop or co-develop new policy direct search algorithms for reinforcement learning (Java, Python, TensorFlow, Theano, PyTorch)
• Develop a deep Convolution Neural Networks based image classification system for accurately and automatically detecting false alarms from low-quality raw images collected from remote cameras deployed in many bushes of Wellington. (Keras)
• Mentor and supervise students including both undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Collaborate with colleagues from ECRG research group to organize two international conferences: AI 2018 and CEC 2019
• Develop and maintain the two conference websites: AI 2018 and CEC 2019 (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript).
• Manage social media channels of CEC 2019 for publicity including Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and Google+.
  

• Design and develop a decentralized network analysis system with real-time visualization that can automatically detect anomaly packets from online network traffic (J2SE, Java Agent Development Framework (JADE), Unity3D and MySQL).
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop algorithms for financial data analysis (stock market and crude oil market) (MATALB).
• Deploy and maintain three real-time Darknet traffic monitoring systems “NICTER”, “NIRVANA” and “NIRVANA Rev. 2” within Unitec internal network environment.
• Write and edit research reports for National Institute of Communication and Technology (NICT), Japan (Latex)
• Mentor and supervise undergraduates in their final-year projects.
  

• Develop new Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) algorithms for face recognition tasks (MATLAB)
• Implement existing LDA algorithms for experiments (MATLAB)
• Write and edit research reports for National Institute of Communication and Technology (NICT), Japan (Latex)
  

• Develop and maintain the core web-based Content Manage System (CMS) (HTML, CSS, ASP based CMS, Microsoft Access 2000)
• Develop and maintain the internal Office Automation (OA) system (HTML, VB.net and SQL Server 2000).
• Manage the content updates for the website and the OA system
  

• Develop and maintain the core web-based Content Manage System (CMS) (HTML, CSS, ASP based CMS, SQL Server 2000).
• Develop and maintain a technical web-based forum (HTML, CSS, C#, SQL Server 2000).
• Manage the content updates for the website and the forum
  

Courses include:

• COMP309 – Machine Learning Tools and Techniques

  • Designed the course contents, collected data (6000 images), developed program templates based Keras and 5 weeks of tutorial demos (Jupyter Notebooks)
  • Designed one practical assignment (i.e., Regression Analysis) and one final project (i.e., Image Classification)
  • Evaluated assignments and projects with course coordinators

• NWEN243 – Network Applications

  • Designed and developed two assignments (An Android image retriever app and A J2EE WebService application)
  • Provided technical support in weekly lab sessions for approximately 50 students

• NWEN301 – Operating Systems Design

  • Evaluated assignments and projects with course coordinators
  • Led weekly lab sessions, graded practical projects and provided feedback for approximately 40 students
    

Courses include:

• ISCG 4505 – Introduction to Programming (Course Coordinator: 2011–2015

  • Redesigned the entire course contents in Python by removing complicated contents, adding more in-class guided practice and more practical assignments.
  • Graded all assignments and projects with detailed feedbacks and suggestions for approximately 30 students.

• ISCG 5420 – Programming Fundamentals (Course Coordinator: 2013–2015

  • Redesigned the entire course contents by changing the Java edition from 5.0 to 7.0, removing outdated knowledge, and adding more guided practical sessions meanwhile reducing lecturing sessions.
  • Graded all assignments and projects with detailed feedbacks and suggestions for approximately 100 students.

• ISCG 5421 – Programming Principle and Practices (Course Coordinator: 2013–2015

  • Redesigned the entire course contents by adding more contents about Data Structures and Algorithms, adding the concepts about System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and adding a more practical final project where student would have experienced a complete SDLC from the initial plan stage to the deployment stage and then to the final stage of presenting the product professionally.
  • Graded all assignments and projects with detailed feedbacks and suggestions for approximately 80 students.

• ISCG 8042 – Data Mining and Industrial Applications (Co-lecturing: 2011–2014

  • Designed and Delivered 4 lectures on introducing basic concepts of Machine Learning and Data Mining for approximately 15 postgraduate students

• ISCG 8029 – Computational Finance (Co-lecturing: 2011–2012)

  • Designed and Delivered 6 lectures out of 12 in total on introducing machine learning background and applications in financial domain for approximately 7 postgraduate students

• ``She#” – Outreach Teaching Project (Core Member: 2013–2015)

  • Developed 6 Android apps as well as video tutorials for educational purposes to encourage more girls joining technical industry and to connect women in technology.
  • Visited 5 colleges with other 6 team members to deliver practical tutorials about Android Development to 12-Grade girls.
    

Courses include:

• Art & Math

  • Designed and Delivered 2 lectures on “The Mathematics behind Design”
  • Designed and Delivered 2 in-class tutorials on “The Mathematics behind Design”