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Expertise:

Computer Vision, Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing Algorithms and Implementation, Parallel Processing and Computer Architectures.

Education:
Ph.D. of Engineering (E.E.), Jan. 1988, the City University of New York
Master of Engineering (E.E.), May 1985, the City College of New York
Bachelor of Science (Electronics), Feb. 1982, Shandong University, China

Professional Experience:
8/2007---Present, Acting Dean and Associate Vice President for Research,
           College of Graduate Studies and Research, Towson University
99---2007, Chairperson of Computer & Information Sciences Department, Towson University
98---Present, Professor of Computer Science, Towson University
97---2003, Consultant on Computer Vision at US Naval Research Lab (NRL)
94---98, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Towson University
96---97, Sabbatical Leave at NRL, research on Computer Vision
95---96, Research Associate, UMBC, working on ONR Grant
90---94, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Towson University
91---94, Research Scientist, Aware, Inc. at Cambridge on Parallel Computing, DARPA Grant
91---92, Guest Researcher, NIST at Gaithersburg on Crystallographic Computing
Summer 90, Visiting Scientist, IBM Watson Research Center
88---90, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engr, CCNY

Recent Grants:

PI of a grant "Efficient Ways to Compute the Exponential of a Rational Matrix Using P-adic Exact Scientific Computational Library", $39,659 from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, July 1, 2009 to Nov. 30, 2009.

Chao Lu and Wei Sun, "Establishing an Institute of Chinese language Teaching at Towson University, MD, USA", $517,608 from The Office of Chinese Language Council International, China (Hanban), April 16, 2009 to Oct. 14, 2012.

PI of an industry grant "Human Activity Detection Using Radar", $16,000 from Signal Processing, Inc. (US Navy STTR Project) July 15, 2008 to June 14, 2009.

PI of a grant "Computation of rational Matrix Exponential Using P-adic Exact Scientific Computational Library", $34,104 from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, April 1, 2008 to Nov. 30, 2008.

PI of a grant “Extension of P-adic Exact Scientific Computational Library to Compute Exponential of Rational Matrix”, $29,390 from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Feb. 15 to Nov. 14, 2007.

PI of a grant from the US Naval Research Laboratory “Micro-Doppler Radar Algorithms & Implementation”, $15,000, May 15, 2007 to May 14, 2008.

PI of a grant “Algorithms and Implementation for P-adic Cyclic Codes Using Exact Arithmetic Library Developed for Quantum Computing”, $27,487 from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dec. 1, 2005 to Nov. 14, 2006.

PI of a grant “Feasibility Study of Recognizing Handwritten Simplified Chinese Characters”, ZNAC Technology, Inc. $10,000, 2006-2007.

PI of a grant from the US Naval Research Laboratory, “Micro-Doppler Radar Algorithms & Implementation” $20,000, 2006.
PI of a grant “P-adic Arithmetic Computing”, $22,471 from Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dec. 1, 2004 to Nov. 14, 2005.

PI, NRL Grant on “Micro-Doppler Radar System Modification”, $37,000, 2005.

Ramesh Karne, Chao Lu, Goran Trajkovski, Alexander Wijesinha and Marius Zimand, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant,  $223,764, 2004-2007.

PI of a grant,  “Simulation of Quantum Time-Frequency Transform Algorithms”, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $19,909, July 1, 2004 to Nov. 30, 2004.

Former Grants:
7/2000---12/2001, Co-PI, MAITI grant
Summer 2001, NIST Summer Undergraduate Research
9/98 --- 8/2000, Co-PI, FIPSE Grant on US-EU Joint Accreditation
9/96 --- 9/98, NSF Grant, Distributed and Parallel Computing Laboratory                                                                1/88---8/90, Co-PI, DARPA Grant at CUNY
9/90---11/91, DARPA Grants (subcontract through CUNY)
1/92---12/94, DARPA Grants (subcontract through Aware)
3/91---9/91, NIST Research Consulting Contract on Crystallographic Computing
7/94---10/94, Summer Research Contract, Loral Federal System Co. on Parallel Comp.
4/95---6/95, Consulting Contract from AAI, Inc.
95---96, Research Subcontract at UMBC, ONR Grant on DSP Algorithm Design
96---97, Sabbatical Research at NRL on Computer Vision

Awards:
2001 “Excellence in Technology Transfer”, Federal Laboratory Consortium, US Federal Government
2001 “Alan Berman Research Publications Award”, The US Naval Research Laboratory

Books:
[1] Richard Tolimieri, Myoung An and Chao Lu, Algorithms for Discrete Fourier Transform and Convolutions,
Springer-Verlag, 1989, 2nd Ed, 1997.
[2] Richard Tolimieri, Myoung An and Chao Lu, Mathematics of Multi-dimensional Fourier Transform Algorithms, Springer-Verlag, 1993, 2nd Ed, 1997.
[3] Book Chapters in Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Academic Press, 1995.


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