Areas of Concentration and Expertise

• Medical Image Processing
• Information Visualization
• Machine Vision
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Computer Graphics
• Internet Technology
• Machine Learning

Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway , NJ
  Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2002
• Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  M.S. in Computer Science, 1995
• Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  B.S. in Industrial Engineering, 1987

Research Experience

• Medical Image Processing / Visualization
• Physics-Based Deformable Models
• Variational Methods
• Scalable Vector Graphics
• Collaborative Groupware
• Knowledge-Based Systems
• Online/Offline Learning Systems

Teaching Experience

2004 - present Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Pennsylvania State University, Middletown , PA

Major Subjects

• Computer Graphics
• Image Synthesis
• Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with C++
• Object-Oriented Programming with C++
• Object-Oriented Programming with Java

2002 - 2003 Lecturer; Rutgers University, Piscataway , NJ

Major Subjects:

• Computer Architecture
• Programming Methodology with C++

Publications

• S. Chang, H. Emoto, D. N. Metaxas, and L. Axel, "Pulmonary Micronodule Detection from 3D Chest CT ," MICCAI 2004: 7th International Conference, Saint-Malo , France, September 26–29, 2004. Also in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3217:821­828, Springer, 2004.
• S. Chang, D. N. Metaxas, and L. Axel, "Scan-Conversion Algorithm for Ridge Point Detection on Tubular Objects," MICCAI 2003: 6th International Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 16­18, 2003. Also in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2879:158­165, Springer, 2003.
• S. Chang, C. A. Kulikowski, S. M. Dunn, and S. Levy, "Biomedical Image Skeletonization: A Novel Method Applied to Fibrin Network Structures," MedInfo 2001, London, UK, September 2–5, 2001.
• S. Chang, C. A. Kulikowski, S. M. Dunn, S. Levy, and J. W. Weisel, "Skeletonization of Fibrin Networks," Microscopy and Microanalysis, Philadelphia, PA, August 14–17, 2000.
• S. Chang, S. M. Dunn, and P. F. Stelt, "Volume Visualization for Localized Tomography," The fifth symposium on Digital Imaging in Dental Radiology, 1998.
• L. Gong, C. A. Kulikowski, and S. Chang, "Knowledge-Based Planning for Intelligent Control In Real-Time Groupware," Intelligent Systems and Computer Applications Conference, 1997.
• L. Gong, C. A. Kulikowski, and S. Chang, "An Intelligent Groupware Environment for Real-Time Distributed Medical Collaboration," The 21st symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, 1997.