Fei-Fei Li

 

California Institute of Technology

MC 136-93, Pasadena, CA  91125

Telephone: 626-676-0857

Email: feifeili@vision.caltech.edu

Homepage: http://www.vision.caltech.edu/feifeili

 

Research Interests

Computational Vision   ·   Machine Learning   ·   Visual Psychophysics   ·   Perception

 

Education

2000 - Current CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY                  Pasadena, CA

                   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (expected in summer/fall 2004)

                   Master in Electrical Engineering (2001)

                   Thesis Project: Visual Recognition of categories: Computational Model and Human Psychophysics

                        Advisors: Dr. Pietro Perona & Dr. Christof Koch

                  

1995 – 1999                    PRINCETON UNIVERSITY                                                                            Princeton, NJ

                         B.A. in Physics Major GPA: 3.9. Graduated with honors

                    Certificates (minors) in Engineering Physics,

                              Applied and Computational Mathematics

                       

Professional and Research Experiences

2004 summer                   Research Intern                                                                                                                      Microsoft, UK

·              Advisor: Dr. Christof Bishop

·              Proposed project: machine learning techniques in object categorization and scene analysis.

2000 – Current                   ph.D candidate                                                                                                                               Caltech, USA

·              Developed a computational model based on statistical Bayesian inference theories for object recognition.

·              Conducted human psychophysics experiments for object recognition and natural scene categorization.

2002 – 2003 winter                    Visiting scholar                                   Oxford University, UK

·              Developed a computational model based on statistical Bayesian inference theories for object recognition.

2000 – 2002         Teaching assistant                                                        Caltech, USA

·              Assisted courses in Electrical Engineering, and Computational And Neural Systems at Caltech.

1997 summer                   Research intern                                                                                                                        U.C.Berkeley, USA

·              Involved in developing signal processing theory for reconstruction of neuronal signals in primary visual pathway.

·              Participated in mammalian electrophysiology experiments.

 

Honors and awards

1999 – 2002                                         National Science Foundation Postgraduate Fellowship, USA

1999 – 2002                                         Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, USA

1999 – 2000                                         Martin Dale ’53 Fellowship, Princeton University           

1999                                                     Kusaka Memorial Prize in Physics, Princeton University       

1999                                                     Elected member of the Society of Sigma Xi, USA

1995 – 1998                                           Dean’s List, Princeton University

 

Invited Presentations

·              Dec, 2003        New York University, USA

·              Oct, 2003               Louvain Univserity, Belgium

·              Oct, 2003               Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

·              May, 2003        U. of California, Los Angeles, USA

·              Feb, 2003        Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

·              Jan, 2003               Plymouth University, UK

·              Dec, 2002        CNRS, France

·              Oct, 2002               Princeton University, USA

 

Other work experiences

2002 – Current                   Researcher, One H.E.A.R.T. Foundation            Utah, USA --- Tibet                    (NGO for maternal health aid and research in rural Tibet)

·              Led field research in clinical investigation in Lhasa, Tibet on comparative study of Tibetan and western medicines. Project is funded by National Institute of Health.

·              Assisted ethnographic/anthropological field research in investigating impact of health intervention in rural Tibet.

·              Trained Tibetan doctors on research methodology, including clinical statistics, setting up database and computer skills.

 

1999 - 2000                   Principal Investigator, Tibetan Medicine Hospital         Lhasa, Tibet

·              Designed, initiated and led team of four Tibetan medicine doctors in year-long clinical research project on gastric disease.

·              More than three months of field work in remote nomadic pastures and rural villages with native Tibetan nomads and farmers.

 

Publications

Journal and Conference papers

 

((*)) News and Reviews of the PNAS paper

 

Book and Book Chapter

 

Conference abstracts

·           Fei-Fei, L, Iyer, A., Koch, C and Perona, P. What do we see when we glance at a scene? Vision Sciences Society, Sarasota, 2004.

·           Li, F-F., VanRullen, R., Koch, C. and Perona, P. Natural scene categorization in the near absence of attention: further explorations. Proceedings of the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, Sarasota, 2003.

·           S. Savarese, L. Fei-Fei, and P. Perona. Can we see the shape of a mirror? Proceedings of the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, Sarasota, 2003.

·           VanRullen, R., Reddy, L., Li, F-F., Perona, P. & Koch, C. A neural framework for visual search and attention. Munich Visual Search Symposium, Munich, Germany. 2003.

·           F.F. Li, R. VanRullen, C. Koch & P. Perona. Rapid natural scene categorization in the near absence of attention. Proceedings of the Vision Sciences Society annual meeting, Sarasota, 2002.

·           Li, F-F., VanRullen, R., Koch, C. & Perona, P. Rapid natural scene categorization without attention. Society for Neuroscience meeting, San Diego (California, USA). 2001.

·           F.F. Li, L. Luobu, Duoji, C. Pincuo and Bazhu. A Preliminary Study on Tibetan Medical Treatment of Symptomatic Patients with H. pylori Infection. Alternative Therapies, 7(3):S-20, 2001.

 

Other interests and skills

Reading, writing (published in numerous Chinese magazines), painting (watercolor, oil, pen and ink, pastel, Chinese ink), pottery, native speaker in Mandarin, some Tibetan, Travel (Australia, Europe, South-east Asia, China, North America)

 

 

References available upon request

 

Dr. Pietro Perona                             Professor, Electrical Engineering Department

California Institute of Technology                       Mail Code 136-93, Pasadena, CA 91125

Tel: 626-395-3695                   Email: perona@vision.caltech.edu

 

Dr. Christof Koch                                Professor, Computation and Neural Systems

California Institute of Technology                       Mail Code 139-74, Pasadena, CA 91125

Tel: 626-395-3643                   Email: koch@klab.caltech.edu

 

Dr. Stefano Soatto                             Professor, Computer Science Department

U.C.L.A.                           3531 Boelter Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095

Tel: 310-825-4840                   Email: soatto@cs.ucla.edu

 

Dr. Jochen Braun                               Professor, Institute of Neuroscience & School of Computing

University of Plymouth                   12 Kirby Place, Plymouth Devon PL4 8AA, UK

Tel: (011)-44-1752232711                   Email: achim@pion.ac.uk