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JIANER CHEN

Professor and Head of Graduate Admissions

Email: chen@cse.tamu.edu
Phone: 979/845-4259 Fax: 979/847-8578
Office: HRBB 309B
http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/chen/

Ph.D. Mathematics, Columbia University, 1990
Ph.D. Computer Science, New York University, 1987
M.Phil. Mathematics, Columbia University, 1990
M.A. Mathematics, Columbia University, 1989
M.S. Computer Science, New York University, 1984
B.S. Computer Science, CSUT, P.R. China, 1982

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Algorithms and complexity, computer networks, bioinformatics, computer graphics

SELECTED RESEARCH SUPPORT

"Studies of New Algorithmic Techniques for Parameterized Computation," NSF
PI: Jianer Chen

"Topological Graph Theory Revisited: With Applications in Computer Graphics," NSF
PI: Jianer Chen, co-PI: Ergun Akleman

"Secure Aggregation for Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks," THECB ATP PI:
Jianer Chen

AWARDS

AFS Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (university level), Texas A&M University, 2007
AFS Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (college level), Texas A&M University, 2006
E.D. Brockett Professorship Award, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2005
Eugene E. Webb '43 Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University, 2003
AFS Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (college level), Texas A&M University, 1998
Amoco Faculty Award, Texas A&M University, 1998
TEES Select Young Faculty Award, Texas A&M University, 1993
Research Initiation Award, The National Science Foundation, 1991
Janet Fabri Award, for Best Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University, 1988
First Place Mathematics Competition, Hunan, P.R. China, 1980

EXPERIENCE

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2002 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 1990

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computers
Associate Editor, Science in China Series F: Information Sciences
Steering Committee Member, The International Workshop on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IWPEC)
Program Committee Chair, The 6th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computations (TAMC 2009), Changsha, China, May 18-22, 2009
Program Committee Chair, The 4th International Workshop on Parameterized And Exact Computation (IWPEC 2009), Copenhagen, Denmark, September 10-11, 2009

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Akleman, J. Chen, Q. Xing, and J. Gross, “Cyclic plain-weaving on polygonal mesh surfaces with graph rotation system,” ACM Transactions on Graphics 28-3 (SIGGRAPH 2009), 2009.
 
J. Chen, J. Kneis, S. Lu, D. Molle, S. Richter, P. Rossmanith, S.-H. Sze, and F. Zhang, “Randomized divide-and-conquer: improved path, matching, and packing algorithms,” SIAM Journal on Computing, pp. 2526-2547, 2009.

J. Chen, Y. Liu, S. Lu, B. O’Sullivan, and I. Razgon, “A fixed-parameter algorithm for the directed feedback vertex set problem,” Journal of the ACM 55(5), 2008

J. Chen, X. Huang, I. Kanj, and G. Xia, "Strong computational lower bounds via parameterized complexity," Journal of Computer and System Sciences 72, pp. 1346-1367, 2006



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