Personal Information
Name: Kai Zhan
Zodiac Sign: Tiger
Position: Ph.D Candidate, ACFR, The University of Sydney
Thesis Topic: Neuropathic Disease Detection and Rehabilitation from Wearable Sensors
Supervisor: Dr. Fabio Ramos
Email: k.zhan[AT]acfr.usyd.edu.au
Research Interests
Healthcare Robotics in Neuropathic Disease Rehabilitation
Assistive Healthcare Robotics for elderly
Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)
Academic Qualifications
(March 2011 - Present) Ph.D Candidate, School of IT, The University of Sydney, Australia
(July 2010 - March 2011) Ph.D Candidate, ACFR, The University of Sydney, Australia
(2009) Master of Project Management (with Merit), The University of Sydney, Australia
(2008) Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics, 1st hons), The University of New South Wales, Australia
(2006) Diploma in Mechatronics
Engineering (with Merit), Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
Awards and Scholarships
(2014) "Best Papers", IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM2014), Budapest, Hungary - Link
(2013) "Faculty of Engineering & IT Dean's Award for the project with Best Potential for Commercialisation", 5th Annual Student Reasearch Conference 2013, The University of Sydney, Australia
(2012) "NICTA Prize for the Best Research Project Work", RESEARCH CONVERSAZIONE 2012, The University of Sydney, Australia
(2010) "Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA)", The University of Sydney, Australia
(2009) "The highest result of 2009 in Project Economics & Finance", School of Engineering & IT, The University of Sydney, Australia
(2008) "The Best UGV Performance" Award, granted by MAV08, Agra, India
(2007) "Taste of Research, Summer Scholarship", School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia
(2006) "Champion Award" in SRG Open category, granted by SRG06 (Singapore Robotic Game 2006), Singapore
(2005) "Silver Award" from BP International Mentoring & Tutoring Program, Singapore
(2004) "National Skills Certificate
Level 1" in Design Pneumatic Equipment and Systems, Singapore
Research Background
(July 2010 - Present) Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney, Australia
Topic of research: Robotics Applications to Neuropathic Disease Detection and Rehabilitation.
(Mar 2008 - Dec 2008) Micro Aerial Vehicle Laboratory, UNSW, Australia
Topic of research: Development of a
Micro Arial Vehicles (MAV) Autonomous Control system.
(Nov 2007 - Mar 2008) Micro Aerial Vehicle Laboratory, UNSW, Australia
Topic of research: Electronics &
Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Design for UGVs and MAVs.
(Nov 2006 - Feb 2007) Computational mechanics and robotics Laboratory, UNSW, Australia
Topic of research: Development of a Graphical Control System Interface for Rotor Blade Micro Arial Vehicles (MAV).
(Dec 2005 - Mar 2006) Robotics & Automation Development Centre, NYP, Singapore
Topic of research: Development of a navigation and control system for a snake-like Robot.
Teaching & Working Experiences
(Dec 2011 - Current) Technical Consultant in computer vision recognition applications, SoftCrafted Systems Ltd, San Francisco, CA
(Dec 2011 - Current) Chief Consultant in mobile software development, Coogee Tech Ltd, Sydney, Australia
(July 2011 - Nov 2012) Tutor of "MTRX1702 Digital Systems Component", School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
(July 2011 - Nov 2011) Tutor of "MECH3661 Engineering Management", School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
(July 2011 - Nov 2013) Tutor of "AMME2301 Mechanics of Solids", School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
(Mar 2011 - Jun 2014) Laboratory Demonstrator for "CIVL3612 Fluids & Environmental Engineering", School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
(July 2008 - Nov 2008) Tutor and Laboratory Demonstrator for "MTRN3100/MTRN9224 Robot Design", School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia
(July 2007 - Jun 2010) Tutor of Math and science subjects for HSC, Australia
(Oct 2005 - Jan 2006) Assistant Engineer in STATS ChipPAC Ltd, Singapore
(July 2003 - Mar 2006) Tutor for Math and physics subjects in Yishun and Sembawang Secondary School for O-Level, Singapore
Memberships
(July 2010 - Present) Member, The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems (CAS)
(July 2010 - Present) Member, The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR)
(July 2006 - Present) Member, The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers, Australia (APESMA)
(July 2006 - Present) Member, The Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust)
(July 2004 - June 2005) Committee Member, Der Treff German Club
(July 2003 - June 2006) Committee Member, SEG, Care & Share Student Group
(July 2003 - June 2006) Committee Member, BP (British Petroleum) Mentoring Club
Publications
Lin Chi Mak, Makoto Kumon, Mark Whitty, Moises Nicoletti, Hang Xu, Kai Zhan, Gabriel Kalkbrenner, Guillermo Caceres Abril, Daniel Atkins, Christopher Chare, Bryan Clarke, Arjun Khurmi, Anselm Ma, Farhan Qureshi, John Paul Zambrano, Ankit Upadhyay, Philip Sammons, Alfred Win Lin Hu and Tomonari Furukawa, "Design and development of the Micro Aerial Vehicles for Search, Tracking And Reconnaissance (MAVSTAR) for MAV08", 1st US-Asian demonstration and assessment of micro-aerial and unmanned ground vehicle technology (MAV08), Agra, India, Mar. 10-15, 2008, 20 pages.
Kai Zhan, Steven Faux and Fabio Ramos, "Activity recognition from a wearable camera", in 2012 12th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), 2012, pp. 365–370.
Kai Zhan, Steven Faux and Fabio Ramos, "Multi-scale Conditional Random Fields for First-Person Activity Recognition", in Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PERCOM), 2014 - (Acceptance Rate < 14%)
Kai Zhan, Vitor Guizilini and Fabio Ramos, "Dense Motion Segmentation for First-Person Activity Recognition", in 2014 13th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), 2014
Kai Zhan, Steven Faux and Fabio Ramos, " Multi-scale Conditional Random Fields for First-Person Activity Recognition on Elders and Disabled Patients", Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 2014