Chee-Hung Henry Chu, Ph.D.
Lockheed Martin Professor in Computer Science/Computer Engineering I
(Campus)
Oliver Hall 304
Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-3694,
USA.
(Research Park)
Abdalla Hall
635 Cajundome Boulevard
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506,
USA.
Education:
B.S.E. summa cum laude, computer engineering,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S.E., computer, information, and control engineering,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., electrical and computer engineering,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Courses:
CSCE 509 Pattern Recognition (Spring 2022)
This is an online course. See class moodle site for course information and materials
Recent Publications:
R. Hasan and C.H. Chu,
"DRN: Detection and removal of noisy instances with self organizing map,"
3rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence,
Paris, France,
June 2022.
D. Banerjee and C.H. Chu,
"Contributions by feature layers in two-class deep learning image classification
decisions,"
14th International Conference on Pervasive Patterns and Applications,
Barcelona, Spain,
Apr. 2022.
J. Alagurajah and C.H. Chu,
"Adversarial defense by restricting in-variance and co-variance of representations,"
37th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing,
virtual conference,
Apr. 2022.
R. Hasan and C.H. Chu,
"Noise in datasets: What are the impacts on classification performance?"
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
Applications and Methods,
pp. 163-170,
virtual conference,
Feb. 2022.
S. Katragadda, R. Gottumukkala, R.T. Bhupatiraju, A.M. Kamal, V. Raghavan, C.H. Chu, R. Kolluru, and Z. Ashkar,
"Association mining based approach to analyze COVID-19 response and case growth in the United States,"
Scientific Reports,
Nature Portfolio,
2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96912-5.
R. Gottumukkala, S. Katragadda, R.T. Bhupatiraju, A.M. Kamal, V. Raghavan, C.H. Chu, R. Kolluru, and Z. Ashkar,
"Exploring the relationship between mobility and COVID-19 infection rates for the second peak in the United States using phase-wise association,"
vol. 21, no. 1,
BMC Public Health, Springer,
2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11657-0.
N. Anandanadarajah, C.H. Chu, R. Loganantharaj, "An integrated deep learning and dynamic programming method for predicting tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes, and fusion from PDB structures," Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 133, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104323.
S. Sukreep, K. Elgazzar, C.H. Chu, P. Mongkolnam, C. Nolkoolkit, "iCARE: A fall and activity recognition system using smart devices," International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 18-31, Jan. 2019.
L. Shan, B. Guo, D. Weng, Z. Liu, and C.H. Chu, "Posteriori assessment of fracture propagation in refractured vertical oil wells by pressure transient analysis," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 168, pp. 8-16, Sep. 2018.
C.H. Chu and R. Kolluru, "Geospatial web portal for regional evacuation planning," Eleventh International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services, Athens, Greece, Feb. 2019.
M.A. Pratt and C.H. Chu, "Predicting hospital safety measures using patient experience of care responses," Proc. International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Madeira, Portugal, Jan. 2018.
A. Singh, C.H. Chu, M.A. Pratt, "Comparing color descriptors between image segments for saliency detection," Proc. International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, Rome, Italy, Feb. 2016.
Research Grants:
Co-Principal Investigator, "Partnership for COVID-19 Vaccination for Underserved Populations in Louisiana (VAX-UP Louisiana)," P.I.: R. Kolluru, Louisiana Department of Health, 2021-2022,$19,556,955.
Principal Investigator, "A strategic innovation partnership for efficient, innovative and consolidated information technology operations," Louisiana Department of Health, Nov. 2021-Oct. 2024, $9,210,980.
Principal Investigator, "Accelerate South 2.0," Louisiana Department of Economic Development, 2012-2022, $206,544.
Co-Principal Investigator, "Development of high-performance metal-supported SOECs and innovative diagnostic methodologies," P.I.: X. Zhou, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, 2021-2023, $1,000,000.
Investigator, "Louisiana Material Design Alliance," UL Lafayette sub-contract, P.I.: M. Jin, Louisiana Board of Regents and National Science Foundation, July 2020-June 2025, $2,690,986.
Principal Investigator, "Deep learning tool for automatic detection of invasive Tegus from camera trap photos," USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Jan-Dec 2021, $50,000.
Professional Activities:
Member, IEEE P2955-Recommended Practice for Creating Self Learning Tutorials and Side by Side Learning Work Group;
Chair, Content Creation Subgroup;
IEEE Standards Association/IEEE Computer Society
Member, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitiveness in Research (EPSCoR) Committee, Louisiana Board of Regents
Member, Health Data Panel, Louisiana Department of Health
Member, Data Committee, Taking Aim at Cancer in Louisiana Initiative, Louisiana Department of Health
Honors and Awards:
Recognized by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society for service, 2008, 2006.
Recognized by the Louisiana Board of Regents for service to the Speaking of Science Program, January 2003.
Distinguished Professor Award, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation, May 2000.
Phi Kappa Phi (all disciplines), Tau Beta Pi (engineering), Eta Kappa Nu (electrical engineering).