Ruili Wang   B.E. M.E. PhD (Dublin)

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  Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
  School of Engineering and Advanced Technology
  Ag/Hort 3.82, PN 321
  Massey University (Turitea)
  Private Bag 11222
  Palmerston North
  New Zealand

  Email:    R dot WANG (at) MASSEY dot AC dot NZ  

  Phone:  0064-6-356 9099 ext.2548

               09-4140800 ext 2548 (from Auckland)

               04-8012794 ext 2548 (from Wellington)
  Fax:    + 64–6–350 2259    Mobile: +64-21-077-2118; 021-077-2118

Curriculum Vita | Publications | Projects | Scholarships |Research | Click onto Science | PhD thesis | Photos |

Current Research Areas

  • Systems Biology (intra-cellular transport systems, molecular motor traffic) and Complex Systems (vehicular traffic flow)
  • Knowledge Management (knowledge representation, legal case retrieval, intelligent tutoring systems)
  • E-learning (web-based, computer-aided or Mobile-aided second language learning systems) 
  • Signal Processing: Voice (Speech Recognition, Speech Emotion, Voice Profiling) and Image Processing
  • Software Engineering (requirement engineering)

Postgraduate (Master or PhD) students:

 

If you have a background in any one of the following areas: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Science, Electronic or Electric Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering , Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Bio-physics, Bio-Chemistry, or other Engineering (Bio-engineering, Mechanical, Civil, etc), you are welcome to study your Master degree or PhD with me. You can study with me to get a PhD in Computer Science or Information Technology, which also suits your background. If you can have your own scholarship, you are more than welcome.           

PhD Scholarships:

http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/international/financial-information/scholarships/postgraduate-scholarships.cfm#VC%20Scholarship 

 

Graduate Research Students

I am the chief supervisor of the following postgraduate students:

  • Mr. Jason Gang LIU  BSc(Hons) (China), MSc (Auckland University) PhD student TIF PhD Scholarship Recipient
  • Miss Di Jia,  BEng (Massey University), Master student.

I am the co-supervisor of the following two PhD students:

  • Mr. Yinghua Shi, Nanjing University 
  • Mr. Xingguo Chen, Nanjing University 

 

Graduated research students:

 

As chief supervisor:

  • Dr. Norliza Katuk (Liza), PhD student, Malaysian Government PhD Scholarship Recipient,  (I was the chief supervisor of her PhD. Liza completed her PhD in 3 years)
  • Dr. Jingli Lu, BSc, MSc (China) TIF PhD Scholarship Recipient (I was the chief supervisor of her PhD. Jingli completed her PhD in 3 years and 4 months and published 3 journal papers and 2 conference papers with me)
  • Dr. Frank Luofeng XU, BSc (China), BInfoSci (Hons) (Massey University), Massey PhD Scholarship Recipient (I was the chief supervisor of his PhD. Frank published 1 journal paper and 2 conference papers with me)
  • Dr. Matthew Mingzhe LIU, BSc (China), MSc(China), MSc (Massey University), PhD student Massey PhD Scholarship Recipient (I was the chief supervisor of his PhD (till 2009) and Master Degree, Matthew published over 12 journal papers with me)
  • Mr. Matthew Mingzhe LIU, BSc (Hons), MSc (China) MSc student, graduated in 2005 with first class Honours with grade A.  (I was the chief supervisor of his Master Degree, Matthew published over 1 journal paper with me during his Master study)
  • Mr. Donn Morrison, BEng (Canada) MSc student, graduated in 2005 with first class Honours with grade A. ( I was the chief supervisor of his Master Degree, Matthew published over 1 journal paper and 2 conference papers with me during his Master study)

As co-supervisor

 

  • Dr. Yaomin Yuan, University of Science and Technology China, I am the co-supervisor of his PhD. Yaomin published 6 journal papers with me)

I am looking for postgraduate research students. If you are interested in studying for Master’s Degree or PhD in Computer Science and you have got first class degree(s) and excellent academic records (GPA of A- or above), please contact me directly. I am willing to help you to achieve your goal and help you to obtain a scholarship. Projects offered will be related to your background and my Current Research Areas. If you have any other ideas, I am very happy to discuss with you to see the possibility. 

In particular, I am welcome to and will accept those students (with good or excellent academic records, GPA of B+ or above for PhD, GPA of B or above for MSc) who have scholarships or can arrange fund by themselves. I would like to provide some additional financial assistance and you have absolute freedom in selecting topics. If you belong to this category, please indicate it clearly in your emails.

TOP, TOP, Plus!!! If you can obtain Top Achiever Scholarship, Massey VC-PhD scholarship, Massey PhD Scholarship, Massey Masterate Scholarship, New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarships or any other scholarships, I will TOP it up with some additional financial assistance plus financially support for you to attend international conferences.   

New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarships (deadline??/07/2010 )!!!  If you need any assistance to apply for this scholarship, please contact me by email or phone.

 

Funding (In total over $500,000 solo) 

  • Voice Profiling, $26,000, Foundation of Science Research and Technology (FSRT), New Zealand (NZ)
  • Event-driven Workflow Engine, $93,000, FSRT, NZ
  • From Parallel to Grid Computing, $10,950, Fund for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching (FIET), Massey University, NZ
  • Speech Processing for Language Learning, $93,000, FRST, NZ
  • Modelling and Controlling Traffic Flow, $14,178, Massey University Research Fund (MURF), Massey University, NZ
  • Using Mobile Phones to Teach Foreign Language , $999,  Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University 
  • Modelling and Controlling Heterogenous Traffic Flow, $16,875, funded under the ASIA 2000 Foundation High Education Exchange Programme (HEEP)
  • Developing an Intelligent Tutoring System for Legal Arguments, $1,600, IIST, Massey
  • Development of An Intelligent Tutoring System for Legal Argumentation Skills, $9,000, Fund for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching(FIET), Massey University (2006)
  • Massey University International Visitor Research Funds $8,550 (2006-2009) for Prof. Wensheng Zhang (CSA), A/Prof. Rui Jiang (USTC), Prof. Yang Gao (Nanjing Uni), Prof. Chengqi Zhang (UTS) and A/Prof. Maobin HU (USTC)       
  • Development of An Intelligent Tutoring System for Legal Argumentation Skills, $8.100, Fund for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching(FIET), Massey University (2007)
  • Modelling Intracellular Transport: Movement of Molecular Motors, $12,500, Massey University Research Fund (MURF), Massey University (2007). 
  • RMB 100,000 (about NZ$28,000) Modelling Transport Systems  in Biological Systems and Logistical Systems, State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (2008)
  • ….      

 

 Jointly (as Associated Investigator) 

 

  • RMB 380,000 (about NZ$90,000) Study on the mechanism of synchronized traffic flow, 2009-2011, Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No.10872194

Professional Services (Associated Editor or Member of Editorial Boards) 

Selected Recent Journal Publications (surely not only these :-)

  1. Wang, R.  and Lu, J. (2011) 

Investigation of golden speakers for second language learners from imitation preference perspective by voice modification

Speech Communication, Vol. 53 (2) Pages 175-184. Elsevier Science (Impact factor 1.229, SCI) 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2010.08.015

 

  1. Wang, R., Kolomeisky, A.B. and Liu, M. (2011)

Spontaneous symmetry breaking on a multi-channel hollow cylinder,

Physics Letters A, Vol. 375, Pages 318–323. Elsevier Science (Impact factor 2.174, SCI).  

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2010.11.006 

 

  1. J. Lu, R.  Wang (corresponding author) (2009)

An enhanced fuzzy linear regression model with more flexible spreads,

Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 160 (17), Pages 2505-2523 (Impact factor 1.373, SCI). 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fss.2009.02.023

 

  1. S. Zhang, F. Chen,  Z. Jin, R. Wang (2009)

Mining class-bridge rules based on rough sets

Expert Systems with Applications, Vol.36 (3), Part 2, pp 6453-6460.  Elsevier Science (Impact factor 1.177)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2008.07.044     

 

  1. M.  Liu and R.  Wang (corresponding author) (2009)

Asymmetric exclusion processes on m-input n-output junction with parallel update,

Physica A. Mathematics and Theoretical, Vol. 388 (19), Pages 4068-4074. (Impact factor 1.430, SCI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2009.05.048

 

  1. M. Liu, R.  Wang (corresponding author), R. Jiang, M.-B. Hu and Y. Gao (2009)

Defect-induced transitions in synchronous asymmetric exclusion processes

Physics Letters A 373, 195–200. Elsevier Science (Impact factor 2.174, SCI). 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.11.011

 

  1. X. Ling, M.B. Hu, R. Jiang, R. Wang, X.B. Cao and Q.S. Wu (2009)

Pheromone routing protocol on a scale-free network,

Physics Review E, The American Physical Society. (Impact factor 2.483, SCI accepted) 

 

  1. M.-B. Hu, R. Jiang, R. Wang and Q.-S. Wu (2009)

Urban traffic simulated from the dual representation: Flow, Crisis and Congestion.

Physics Letters A, Elsevier Science.  (Impact factor 2.174, SCI, in press)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2009.04.014

 

  1. R. Wang, M. Liu and R. Jiang (2008)

Theoretical investigation of synchronous totally asymmetric exclusion processes on lattices with multi-input-single-output junctions

Vol. 77, 051108 Physical Review E, (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics),

The American Physical Society.  (Impact factor 2.438, SCI)

 

  1. R. Wang, M. Liu and R. Jiang (2008)

Local inhomogeneity in two-lane asymmetric simple exclusion processes coupled with Langmuir kinetics,

Physica A (Statistical Mechanics and its Applications). Vol. 387, Issues 2-3, Pages 457-466 (16 pages).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2007.09.042 Elsevier Science (IF 1.430, SCI, EI)

 

  1. Y. Yuan, R. Jiang, R. Wang,  Q.S. Wu (2008)

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in totally asymmetric simple exclusion processes on two intersected lattices

Journal of Physics A: Mathematics and Theoretical, Vol. 41, 035003 (17pp) (IF 1.680, SCI).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/41/3/035003

 

  1. R. Wang, R. Jiang, Q.-S. Wu and M. Liu (2007)

Synchronized Flow and Phase Separations in Single-lane Mixed Traffic Flow (PDF)

Physica A (Statistical Mechanics and its Applications). Vol.378 (2), pp. 475-484. Elsevier Science (IF 1.430, SCI, EI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2006.11.056 

 

  1. R. Wang, R. Jiang, M. Liu (2007)

Effects of passing lanes on highway traffic

International Journal of Modern Physics C (Computational Physics and Physical Computation)

Vol. 18, No. 12 (2007), pp 1865-1883, (19 pages, IF 1.099, SCI). World Scientific.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129183107011790

 

  1. R. Wang, R. Jiang, M. Liu, J. Liu and Q.S. Wu (2007)

Effects of Langmuir Kinetics on a Two-lane TASEP of Molecular Motor Traffic (PDF)

International Journal of Modern Physics C, World Scientific (IF 1.099, SCI)

Vol.18, No. 9, pp 1483 -1496. (14 pages)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129183107011479

 

  1. R. Wang, M. Liu, R. Kemp and M. Zhou (2007)

Modelling Driver Behaviour on Urban Streets (PDF)

International Journal of Modern Physics C, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 903-916, World Scientific (IF 1.099, SCI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129183107010620

 

  1. D. Morrison, R. Wang (corresponding author), L. C. De Silva (2007)  (speech processing)

Ensemble methods for spoken emotion recognition in call-centres (PDF)

Speech Communication Vol. 49 (2007) pp. 98–112, Elsevier Science (IF 1.178, SCI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2006.11.004

 

  1. R. Jiang, R. Wang, B. Hu, B. Jia, Q.-S. Wu (2007) 

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in a two-lane system with parallel update

Journal of Physics A: Mathematics and Theoretical, Vol. 40, pp 9213–9225 (IF 1.680, SCI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/40/31/003 

 

  1. R. Jiang, R. Wang and Q.-S. Wu (2007)

Two-lane Totally Asymmetric Exclusion Processes with Particle Creation and Annihilation (PDF)

Physica A (Statistical Mechanics and its Applications). Vol. 375 (1), pp 247-256. Elsevier Science (IF 1.430, SCI, EI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2006.08.025

 

  1. R. Jiang, M.-B. Hu, B. Jia, R. Wang, Q.-S. Wu (2007)

Spontaneous symmetry breaking and periodic structure in a multilane system,

Physical Review E, (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics) (IF 2.438, SCI)

Vol. 76, 036116.  (10 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.036116 ), The American Physical Society.

                                                                                                 

  1. Y.-M. Yuan, R. Jiang, R. Wang, M.-B. Hu, and Q.-S. Wu (2007)

Totally asymmetric simple exclusion process with a shortcut

Journal of Physics A: Mathematics and Theoretical (IF 1.680, SCI)

Vol. 40, pp12351-12364.  (14 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/40/41/006)

 

  1. Q. Guo, J.-G. Liu, R. Wang, Y.-Z. Dang and Z.-T Wang (2007) 

Improve synchronization of scale-free networks

Chinese Physics Letters, Volume 24, Issue 8, pp. 2437-2440 (2007) (IF 1.273)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/24/8/077

 

 

  1. Y. Zeng, R. Wang (corresponding author), J. Zeleznikow and E. Kemp (2007)  (Knowledge systems/management)

A Knowledge Representation Model for the Intelligent Retrieval of Legal Cases (PDF)

International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Oxford Press.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eal023

 

Selected Two Previous Important Journal Publications (surely not only these :-)

  • R. Wang and H. J. Ruskin (2002)

Modeling Traffic Flow at a Single-lane Urban Roundabout (PDF)

Computer Physics Communications, Elsevier Science. (IF 1.644, SCI)

Vol. 147/1-2, pp.570-576

 

  • R. Wang and H.J. Ruskin (2006)

Modelling Traffic Flow at Multi-lane Urban Roundabouts (PDF)

International Journal of Modern Physics C (Computational Physics and Physical Computation)

Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 693-710. World Scientific (IF 1.099, SCI)

 

Graduate Research Students

NEW $$$ Two PhD scholarships are on offer on 18/Nov/2006 $$$. Details see Scholarships.

I am the chief supervisor of the following five PhD students:

  • Yiming ZENG, BSc (Hons) (China), MSc (Germany) PhD student  GA
  • Frank Luofeng XU, BSc (China), BInfoSci (Hons) (Massey University), PhD student Massey PhD Scholarship Recipient
  • Jason Gang LIU  BSc(Hons) (China), MSc (Auckland University) PhD student TIF PhD Scholarship Recipient
  • Matthew Mingzhe LIU, BSc (China), MSc(China), MSc (Massey University), PhD student Massey PhD Scholarship Recipient
  • Jingli LU, BSc, MSc (China) PhD student TIF PhD Scholarship Recipient

 

Graduated research students:

  • Matthew Mingzhe LIU, BSc (Hons), MSc (China) MSc student, graduated in 2005 with first class Honours with grade A. 
  • Donn Morrison, BEng (Canada) MSc student, graduated in 2005 with first class Honours with grade A.

I am looking for postgraduate research students. If you are interested in studying for Master’s Degree or PhD in Computer Science and you have got first class degree(s) and excellent academic records (GPA of A- or above), please contact me directly. I am willing to help you to achieve your goal and help you to obtain a scholarship. Projects offered will be related to Current Research Areas. If you have any other ideas, I am very happy to discuss with you to see the possibility. 

In particular, I am welcome to and will accept those students (with good or excellent academic records, GPA of B+ or above for PhD, GPA of B or above for MSc) who have scholarships or can arrange fund by themselves. I would like to provide some additional financial assistance and you have absolute freedom in selecting topics. If you belong to this category, please indicate it clearly in your emails.

TOP, TOP, Plus!!! If you can obtain Top Achiever Scholarship, Massey VC-PhD scholarship, Massey PhD Scholarship, Massey Masterate Scholarship, New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarships or any other scholarships, I will TOP it up with some additional financial assistance plus financially support for you to attend international conferences.   

New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarships (deadline??/07/2010 )!!!  If you need any assistance to apply for this scholarship, please contact me by email or phone.

Teaching/Courses

  • 159.776 Computer Graphics (internal 2004-2008)
  • 159.102 Computer Science Fundamentals (internal 2003, 2004, 2005; internal and extramural 2006,2007)
  • 159.201 Algorithms and Data Structures (Extramural, 2003, 2004) (internal and extramural, 2006-2009)
  • 159.403/703 Advanced Computer Systems and Parallel Computing (I am only teaching half of the paper, i.e. Parallel Computing)  (internal 2003, 2004, 2005)
  • 159.302 Artificial Intelligence (taught in 2003, one third of the paper, i.e. Neural Networks)
  • …. 

 

(Last updated in 28/03/2008)