yonggaoyangjoinedthedepartmentofcomputerscience,texasprairieviewa&muniversityasaprofessor(tenuretrack)in2002.hewasanassociateprofessorandthevicedeanintheschoolofcomputerandcommunicationengineering,southwestjiaotonguniversityuntil1998.hereceivedhisfirstph.d.degreeinelectricalengineeringfromsouthwestjiaotonguniversityin1998,andhissecondph.d.degreeininformationtechnologyfromgeorgemasonuniversityin2002.healsoworkedforthenationalacademyofscience(usa)in1999.heisservicingasamanuscriptreviewerofieeemultimedia,ieeecg&a,andaproposalreviewerofthekentuckyscienceandengineeringfoundation(ksef)forfunding.

contactinformation
.email:yonggaoyang@lycos.comoryonggao_yang@pvamu.edu.webpage:http://cs3.pvamu.edu/yyang/research/
researchinterests
.networkedvirtuallearning/trainingenvironments
.scientificvisualization
.computernetworks
.computergraphics
.animation&simulation
currentresearchprojects
.sewerpipelinenetworkmaintenancesystem(waitingforapproval)
.pdf2xml:convertingdocumentsinpdftoxml(.3m)
.thestudyandvisualizationoftheradiationeffectstothebraininanastronaut’shelmet:
thepurposeofthisproposedprojectisto
(1)re-constructa3dbrainmodel;
(2)placeitavirtualastronaut’shelmet;
(3)virtuallysenddifferentmeasurementsofradiationthroughtheanatomicalhead;
(4)studyandvisualizetheeffectsorexposureofradiationtothebrain.(cooperatewithaprofessorfromphysicsdepartmentatpvamu)
.3dfingerprintsandrelatedcomparisonalgorithms
.opticalrouter/switch
.raindropbehavioranimationonvehiclewindshield
selectedrecentpublications
."real-timesimulation:waterdropletsonglasswindows,"acceptedforpublicationatieee
cise.toappearinjuly/august2004.
."pdf2xml:convertingpdftoxml,"acceptedforpublicationbythe2004international
conferenceoninformationandknowledgeengineering(ike'04:june21-24,2004,lasvegas,
nevada,usa).
."nonlinearprojectionsandmagiclenses:3dviewdeformation,"acceptedforpublicationat
ieeecomputergraphics&applications.toappearin2004.
."simulationofraindropbehaviorsonvehiclewindshields,"acceptedforpublicationbythe
2004internationalconferenceonmodeling,simulationandvisualizationmethods(msv'04:
june21-24,2004,lasvegas,nevada,usa).
."geneexpressionclusteringand3dvisualization,"ieeecomputinginscienceand
engineering,sep./oct.,2003,pp.37-43.
."muvees:apc-basedmulti-uservirtualenvironmentforlearning,"proc.ieeevirtual
reality2003(vr'03),march2003,pp.163-170.
."nonlinearprojection:usingdeformationsin3dviewing,"ieeecomputinginscienceand
engineering,vol.5,no.2,march/april2003,pp.54-59.
."renderingavatarsinvirtualreality:integrating3dmodelwith2dimages,"ieeecomputing
inscienceandengineering,vol.4,no.1,jan/feb2002,pp.86-91.
."physics-basedmodelingandreal-timesimulation,"ieeecomputinginscienceand
engineering,vol.3,no.3,may/june2001,pp.98-102.
."impostors-basedreal-timeavatarbehavioranimationinvirtualrealitysystems,"proc.ieee
distributedinteractivesimulationandrealtimeapplications(dis-rt'2001),august2001,
pp.37-44.
."distributedinteractivevirtualsurgerysystem,"secondconferenceonsimulationmethodsand
applications(csma'2000),october29-312000,orlando,florida,usa.
."3dgraphicsformatsandconversions,"ieeecomputinginscienceandengineering,vol.2,
no.5,september/october2000.pp.82-87.
."nearreal-timesimulationofparticlesystems,"proc.ieeedistributedinteractivesimulation
andrealtimeapplications(dis-rt'99),october1999,pp.33-40.
."distributedinteractivelearningenvironment,"proc.ieeedistributedinteractivesimulation
andrealtimeapplications(dis-rt'99),october1999,pp.49-56.
.book:"theprincipleandapplicationoflocalareanetworks,"southwestjiaotonguniversity
press,january1994.
.bookchapters:"computercommunicationinterfacestechnology",chinarailwaypress,june
1994.
.bookchapters:"theperformanceanalysis,designmethodsandcadofcomputernetworks",
southwestjiaotonguniversitypress,may1993.
."thedesignandanalysisofanewreliablemulticastprotocolfordve,"chinesejournalof
computers,vol.22,no.4,may1999.
."anetworkarchitectureandprotocolfordve,"journalofsouthwestjiaotonguniversity,vol.
31,no.2,february1999.
."theanalysisofareliablemulticastprotocol,"journalofsouthwestjiaotonguniversity,vol.
30,no.1,december1998.
."onthedistributedvirtualenvironmentsystems,"computertechnologyinformation,january
1998.
."performanceanalysisofdistributedcomputernetworks,"journalofsouthwestjiaotong
university,vol.29,no.2,april1994.
."acadsystemforcomputernetworks,"chinesejournalofcomputers,vol.16,no.7,july
1993.
."anewalgorithmforthepreliminarytopologygenerationindistributednetworkdesign,"
computerapplication,vol.12,no.5,october1992.
."designandimplementationofthenetworkmultipleinterconnectedprocessormip,"mini-micro
systems,vol.10,no.4,april1989.
."thedesignandrealizationofamulti-networkgateway,"mini-microsystems,vol.10,no.9,
september1989.
coursesteachingortaught
.communicationandnetworks
.computergraphics
.advancedcomputergraphics(graduatelevel)
.datastructures
.assemblylanguages
.operatingsystems
.advancedoperatingsystems(graduatelevel)
.computerstructureandorganization
.csi&ii(c/c++)