Dr. Jinglan ZHANG, Lecturer
Teaching Research Publications CV
About Me
Dr. Jinglan ZHANG
received her Ph.D. on 10th
April, 2003. Her Ph.D thesis is entitled “Fuzzy Shape Representation,
Construction, Evolution and Retrieval to Support Conceptual Shape Design”. Her principal
and associate supervisors are Prof. Binh Pham (Director of Research in FIT) and Dr. Phoebe Chen
in Queensland University of
Technology, Australia.
She holds an ongoing lecturing position as a Lecturer in the Faculty of
Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology and started
teaching from 1th July 2002.
Keywords for this page: Jinglan
ZHANG (Ph.D.), CAD, CAE, Solid Modelling, Database, Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Theory,
Genetic Algorithms, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer
Graphics, Programming Languages, Programmer, computer science, information
technology, Ph.D. Thesis.
Ø Research Interests
Ø Research Experience
Ø Publications
Ø Teaching Experience
Ø CV
Ø Education
Ø Employment
Ø Family
Ø Contact me
Research Interests:
I am interested in any thing which I still do not
know or do not know well. Followings are
some of my research interests but not limited to:
(1) User Modelling/Profiling.
(2) Concurrent and Distributed Systems and
Applications.
(3) Game Development using Java.
(3) Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided
Engineering (CAD/CAE), especially in Solid Modelling area.
(4) Artificial Intelligence techniques,
including Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, Expert Systems and Knowledge
Engineering.
(5) Database
Systems.
(6) Computer
Graphics, Game Development, Programming Languages.
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RESUME 
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Name
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Jinglan
ZHANG
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Gender
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: Female
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Highest Degree
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: Ph.D (Doctor of
Philosophy)
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Family Status
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: Married
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Nationality
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: China
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Languages
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: English and Chinese
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Education 
Sep.
1982 to Mar. 1990
Studied in Department of Manufacture Engineering ,
Beijing University of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China.
Received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1987
and Master of Science in 1990.
Majored in Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided
Manufacture (CAD/CAM) and specialised in the development of solid modelling
systems using FORTRAN 77 programming language.
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July 1998 to
April 1999
Studied as a Master of Computing by Coursework in
Department of Computing, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and
Electronics, Macquarie University, Australia.
Completed three units: Concepts of Database,
Advanced Graphics, and Software Engineering.
Programming
Language/Software used: Java, OpenGL, and Oracle Database.
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April 1999 to
Jan 2000
Studied as a PhD student in the School of Information
Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of Ballarat, Australia.
Research interest: Computer Aided Design.
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Jan. 2000 to
Jun. 2002
Studied as a PhD student in the Faculty of
Information Technology, Queensland
University of Technology, Australia.
Research interest: Application of Fuzzy Set
Approach in Computer Aided Design.
Received my Ph.D in Apr. 2003.
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Employment 
Mar. 1990 to
Jul. 1998
Programming
languages used:
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JAVA
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Visual
C++
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FORTRAN
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MSC/ARIES
MACRO commands
Major
platforms used:
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SUN
workstation with SOLARIS (UNIX) operating system.
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Personal
Computer with DOS and WINDOWS operating system.
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VAX/11
780 with VMS operating system.
Familiar
with following software packages:
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MSC/ARIES,
MSC/XL and MSC/NASTRAN: MSC is the
acronym of the Macneal-Schwendler Corporation, American. NASTRAN, developed
originally by NASA- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, America,
is a general large scale Finite Element Analysis software. ARIES and XL are
the pre-processing and post-processing
software of NASTRAN. MSC/ARIES is a solid modelling system which is
originally developed for mechanical design.
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GTSTRUDL:
a general Finite Element Analysis software developed by Georgia Institute of
Technology, America.
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AutoCAD:
a well-known CAD software developed by Autodesk Corporation, America.
April.
1999 to Jul. 2000
Received
scholarship from University of Ballarat, Australia and
enrolled as a Ph.D student.
Feb. 2000 to Jun. 2002
Received
scholarship from Queensland University of Technology,
Australia and enrolled as a Ph.D student.
Feb.
2001 to Oct. 2001 (two semesters)
Worked
as a tutor for the subject “Concurrent and Distributed Operating Systems”
(ITB/ITN 427) in Queensland University of Technology.
Jul. 2002 to Jul. 2004
Worked as
an associate lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland
University of Technology, Queensland, Australia.
Jul. 2004 to Present
Worked as a
lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of
Technology, Queensland, Australia.
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Research Experience 
1. From
September 1987 to March 1990, I studied in Beijing
University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Beijing, China as a Master of Science student. I participated in the
development of a solid modelling system called FIXCAD which is used in the
design of aeroplane fixing facilities. I was responsible for the development of
the LAYOUT module in FIXCAD. FIXCAD is still in use in the Department of
Manufacturing Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Programming
Languages/Software used: FORTRAN 77, PLOT.
2. From
March 1990 to July 1998, I worked as an engineer in Beijing
Central Engineering and Research Incorporation of Iron and Steel Industry
(CERIS). My main responsibilities include engineering calculation and
software programming. I am familiar with the world famous Finite Element
Analysis software MSC/NASTRAN and its pre-processing and post-processing
package MSC/ARIES. MSC/ARIES is a solid modelling system that is originally
developed for mechanical design. I can use another world famous FEM software
GTSTRUDL that is developed in Georgia Institute of Technology. My colleagues
and I had solved many difficult engineering calculation problems using
MSC/NASTRAN and GTSTRUDL. I have two published papers on the application of
MSC/NASTRAN in engineering calculation, “The Application of
MSC/NASTRAN in Stress Concentration Analysis of Blast Furnace Shell” and “The Application of
MSC/NASTRAN in the Design of Iron and Steel Making Plant”.
Except
the engineering calculations, I developed some professional software and ported
programs from one platform to another. A Graphical User Interface package was
developed using the MACRO commands of MSC/ARIES. This GUI can help engineers
who are not familiar with solid modelling system to use this system easily.
Programming
Languages/Software used: Turbo C, FORTRAN, BASIC, MSC/ARIES MACRO, MSC/ARIES,
MSC/XL, MSC/NASTRAN, GTSTRUDL, AutoCAD and many other small professional
software packages.
3. From
April 1999 to January 2000, I had been enrolled as a PhD student in University
of Ballarat. My project title is Investigation of Techniques for Supporting
Design for Aesthetics. This project aims to integrate a number of
technologies such as geometric modelling, fuzzy logic, database and
evolutionary computation, in order to advance the process of conceptual design.
I have done literature review on fuzzy logic, genetic algorithm and its
applications in shape evolution, different geometry models and deformation
models, cognition and visual principles, and aesthetic principles. The research
plan based on literature review has been worked out. The perceptual shape
description experimentation system has been completed. A prototype fuzzy shape
specification system has been finished based on the main framework proposed by
Prof. Binh Pham. The relevant work has been reported in the published paper “A Fuzzy Shape Specification
System to Support Design for Aesthetics”.
Programming
Language/Software used: C and MATLAB
4. At the
end of January 2000, I transferred to the Faculty
of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology
following my supervisor, Prof. Binh Pham. My project title is Fuzzy Shape Representation,
Construction and Retrieval to Support Creative Shape Design. I have
done literature review on fuzzy set theory and fuzzy information system. A
prototype fuzzy shape database has been constructed as an extension of an
existing conventional relational database. This work was reported in a
conference paper “Indexing
and Retrieval of Fuzzy Shapes”. A detailed
report about this work was presented in a technical report “Construction of a Fuzzy
Shape Database”. I have also
developed techniques for optimising fuzzy shapes using Genetic Algorithms. Corresponding work was reported in two
papers, “Fuzzy Genetic Algorithms Based on Level
Interval Algorithm” and “A Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm for Creative Shape Design”. Techniques for constructing complex fuzzy shapes by combining
fuzzy shape elements and the indexing and retrieval of fuzzy shapes in a
database system are also developed and reported in a paper “Modeling and Indexing of Fuzzy Complex Shapes”.
Programming
Language/Software used: Microsoft ACCESS, Visual Basic For Application, PROLOG
and MATLAB.
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Teaching Experience
From September
1987 to March 1990, while I studied in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Beijing, China as a Master of Science student, I performed tutoring to
undergraduate students on programming using FROTRAN and PLOT software
package.
From
March 1990 to July 1998, while I worked as an engineer in Beijing Central Engineering and Research Incorporation of
Iron and Steel Industry (CERIS), I also provided staff
training on “Introduction to UNIX” and “Application of PC in Engineering Design”.
From
February 2001 to October 2001, while I studied as a PhD student in the Faculty of
Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology,
Australia, I worked as a tutor for the subject “Concurrent and
Distributed Operating Systems” (ITB/ITN 427) in Queensland University of
Technology.
From
February 2002 to June 2002, while I studied as a PhD student in the Faculty of
Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology,
Australia, I worked as a tutor for the subject “ITB849 Introduction to Technical Computing”
(ITB849 click
ITB849.) in Queensland University of Technology.
From
July 2002 to present, worked as an associate lecturer and lecturer in the Faculty of
Information Technology, Queensland
University of Technology, Australia.
Teaching subjects include:
- “Concurrent and Distributed Operating Systems”
(ITB/ITN 427).
- “Computer Architecture” (ITB420).
- “Software Development 2” (ITB411).
- “Introduction to Technical Computing” (ITB849).
- “Introduction to Network Technologies ” (ITB114).
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List of Publications 
(papers
available on request)
Published:
Journal Papers:
[1] J.
Zhang, "The Wheat Stone," High
School Students (in Chinese), vol. -, pp. -, 1982.
(P.S. I published my first
journal paper entitled “The Wheat Stone” in a national journal called “High
School Students”, when I was in my high school. This paper analysed the ingredients and
possible applications of a special kind of stone found in my hometown, Jixian,
Tianjin, China. That was my first trial in academic writing. As it was long time ago, I have forgotten the
volume and pages. I list it here just
for a good memory).
[2] J.
Zhang and Z. Zhang, "The Application of MSC/NASTRAN in Stress
Concentration Analysis of Blast Furnace Shell," Design of Iron and Steel Making Plant (China), vol. 5, pp. 55-58,
1996.
[3] J.
Zhang, B. Pham, and P. Chen, "Fuzzy Genetic Algorithms with Fuzzy
Solutions," Australian Journal of
Intelligent Information Processing Systems (AJIIPS), vol. 7, pp. 1-10,
2002.
Book Chapters:
[1] Pham,
B. and J. Zhang, “A Fuzzy Shape Specification System to
Support Design for Aesthetics,” in Soft
Computing in Measurement and Information Acquisition, L. Reznik, Ed.
Heidelberg, in print.: Physica-Verlag, 2000.
[2]
Zhang, J., B. Pham, and P. Chen, “Indexing and Retrieval of Fuzzy
Shapes,” in Fuzzy Logic: A paradigm for
the New Millennium, vol. 81, Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing,
V. Dimitrov and V. Korotkich, Eds. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 2002, pp. 240-250.
Conference Papers:
[1] J.
Zhang, Q. Xu, and C. Li, "The Application of MSC/NASTRAN in the Design of
Iron and Steel Making Plant," Proceedings
of Structural Engineering Software Symposium, Xi'an, China, pp. 72-76 (in Chinese),
1998.
[2] J.
Zhang, B. Pham, and P. Chen, "Construction of Fuzzy Shape Database,"
in With Fuzzy Logic in the New Millennium,
V. Dimitrov and V. Korotkich, Eds.
Australia: The University of Western Sydney, 2000, pp. 53-54.
[3]
Zhang, J., B. Pham, and P. Chen, “Fuzzy Genetic Algorithms Based on Level
Interval Algorithm,” The 10th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy
Systems, Melbourne, Australia: IEEE CS
Press, 2001.
[4]
Zhang, J., B. Pham, and P. Chen, "A Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm for
Creative Shape Design," in Proceedings
of the Fourth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive
Engineering (TMCE 2002, April 22-26). Wuhan, China: 2002, pp. 315-330.
[5] Zhang,
J., B. Pham, and P. Chen, "Modelling and Indexing of Fuzzy
Complex Shapes," the 6th IFIP Working Conference on Visual
Database System (VDB6, 29-31 May, 2002), X. Zhou and P. Pu, Eds. Brisbane,
Australia: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, pp. 401-415.
Technical report:
[1] J.
Zhang, B. Pham, and P. Chen, "A Fuzzy Shape Database for Creative Design:
Technical Report," Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland
University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, FIT-TR-2000-02, 2000.
[2] J. Zhang, “Representation,
Construction, Evolution and Retrieval of Fuzzy Shapes to Support Conceptual
Design”, Ph.D thesis in Smart Devices Laboratory, Faculty
of Information Technology. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of
Technology, 2002, in preparation.
Submitted:
[1] J.
Zhang, B. Pham, and P. Chen, "A Fuzzy Shape Database for Creative
Design," submitted, 2000.
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Family
I am married
and have a lovely, intelligent daughter, who decorates this homepage for
me.
Here are some of my pictures.
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Contact details:
Send e-mail to: jinglan.zhang@qut.edu.au
or
mail to:
Jinglan
ZHANG
Faculty
of Information Technology, Level 4, 126 Margaret St.
GPO
BOX 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia.
Phone: +61 7 3864 9374 FAX:
+61 7 3864 9390
E-Mail:
jinglan.zhang@qut.edu.au
URL: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~zhang2/
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