Game Design Faculty

PH.D., Computer Science, The University of Alabama, 2005
M.S., Computer Science, The University of Alabama, 2002
B.S., Computer Science, Wuhan University, China, 1992

My research interests revolve around the problem of software metrics selection, software quality and reliability, and defect prediction. I am also interested in data mining, machine learning, big data analytics, and bioinformatics.

2012-present, Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University
2006-2012 Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
2005-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor, Tennessee Technological University
2001-2005 Graduate Assistant, The University of Alabama

Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part A: Systems and Humans; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part B: Cybernetics; IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine; and International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, etc.

Program committee member over the past five years: International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (2012-2017); International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (2012-2017); IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (2012, 2014, 2015), etc.