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
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Proposed project:
machine learning techniques in object categorization and scene analysis.
2000 Current ph.D candidate Caltech, USA
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Developed a
computational model based on statistical Bayesian inference theories for object
recognition.
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Conducted human
psychophysics experiments for object recognition and natural scene
categorization.
2002 2003 winter Visiting scholar Oxford University, UK
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Developed a
computational model based on statistical Bayesian inference theories for object
recognition.
2000 2002 Teaching
assistant Caltech, USA
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Assisted courses in
Electrical Engineering, and Computational And Neural Systems at Caltech.
1997 summer Research intern U.C.Berkeley, USA
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Involved in
developing signal processing theory for reconstruction of neuronal signals in
primary visual pathway.
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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 Deans List, Princeton
University
·
Dec, 2003 New
York University, USA
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Oct, 2003 Louvain Univserity, Belgium
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Oct, 2003 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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May, 2003 U.
of California, Los Angeles, USA
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Feb, 2003 Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA
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Jan, 2003 Plymouth University, UK
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Dec, 2002 CNRS,
France
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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)
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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.
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Assisted ethnographic/anthropological
field research in investigating impact of health intervention in rural Tibet.
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Trained Tibetan
doctors on research methodology, including clinical statistics, setting up
database and computer skills.
1999 - 2000 Principal Investigator, Tibetan Medicine
Hospital Lhasa, Tibet
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Designed, initiated
and led team of four Tibetan medicine doctors in year-long clinical research
project on gastric disease.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Li, F-F.,
VanRullen, R., Koch, C. & Perona, P. Rapid natural scene categorization
without attention. Society for
Neuroscience meeting, San Diego (California, USA). 2001.
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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