Yong Chen

Senior Research Associate
Department of Computer Science
Illinois Institute of Technology

Stuart Building, Room 013B
10 W. 31st Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Email: yong.chen [at] iit [dot] edu, Tel.: 312-567-3993

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Past Appointments and Working Experience:

Research Assistant, Mentor: Prof. Xian-He Sun, Scalable Computing Software Lab, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2003 - 2004 and 2006 - 2009
Research Aide, Mentor: Dr. Rajeev Thakur, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Summer 2008
Summer Intern, Mentor: Prof. Keiichi Sato and Dr. Tom MacTavish, working on Design Information Framework (DIF), a joint project between Institute of Design at IIT and Motorola Inc., Summer 2005 and Summer 2004
Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2004 - 2006
Instructor, Computer Science Department, University of Science and Technology of China, 2001
Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department, University of Science and Technology of China, 2001 - 2002
Research Assistant, Mentor: Prof. Guoliang Chen, National High-Performance Computing Center of China at HeFei, University of Science and Technology of China, 2000 - 2003

2008, ACM/IEEE High Performance Computing Ph.D. Fellowship, ACM and IEEE
2008, Travel Grant for NSF Collaborative Expedition Workshop, from NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) and NSF
2008, Feildhouse Research Fellowship, IIT
2007, ACM/IEEE High Performance Computing Ph.D. Fellow Honorable Mention
2007, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Aboard, China
2006, Outstanding Teaching Assistant of Year 2006, Department of Computer Science, IIT
2006, Travel Grant for ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference Student Volunteer