Ablimit Aji - Emory University
Ablimit Aji - Emory University
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<strong>Ablimit</strong> <strong>Aji</strong><br />
400 Dowman Drive, Phone: (404) 617-1581<br />
Suite W401 Email: aaji@mathcs.emory.edu<br />
Atlanta, GA 30322 http://www.ablimit.com<br />
EDUCATION<br />
<strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, (expected Fall 2013)<br />
Adviser: Prof. Fusheng Wang<br />
<strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
M.S. in Computer Science, December 2010<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Science & Technology Beijing<br />
B.S. in Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude, June 2006<br />
WORK EXPERIENCE<br />
Research Assistant 2011 August - present<br />
Center of Comprehensive Informatics <strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Atlanta<br />
High Performance Data-Management for Large Scale Scientific Data.<br />
Research Assistant 2008 August - 2011 May<br />
Intelligent Information Access Laboratory <strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Atlanta<br />
Information Retrieval in the context of social media.<br />
Engineering Intern May 2011 - July 2011<br />
Yahoo! Sunnyvale, CA<br />
Entity Oriented Ranking for News Recommendation<br />
Research Intern June 2010 - September 2010<br />
Microsoft Research Redmond, USA<br />
Scalable modeling approaches for web entity recognition.<br />
Research Intern June 2009 - September 2009<br />
Max-Planck Institute for Informatics Saarbruecken, Germany<br />
Distributed indexing and retrieval methods for structured documents.<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
⋄ A. <strong>Aji</strong>, F. Wang, J. Saltz: Towards Building A High Performance Spatial Query System for Large<br />
Scale Medical Imaging Data. (International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information<br />
Systems, SIGSPATIAL 2012)<br />
⋄ A. <strong>Aji</strong>, Q. Liu, F. Wang, T. Kurc, J. Saltz: MIGIS – A High Performance Query System for<br />
Pathology Imaging Analytics. Best Presentation Award (Pathology Informatics, 2012)<br />
⋄ A. <strong>Aji</strong>: High Performance Spatial Query Processing for Large Scale Scientific Data. (SIGMOD/PODS<br />
PhD Symposium, 2012)<br />
⋄ F. Wang, A. <strong>Aji</strong>, Q. Liu, J. Saltz: Hadoop-GIS: A High Performance Query System for Analytical<br />
Medical Imaging with MapReduce. (Technical Report)<br />
⋄ A. <strong>Aji</strong>, Y. Wang, E. Agichtein, E. Gabrilovich: Using the Past to Score the Present: Extending<br />
Term Weighting Models with Revision History Analysis. (International Conference on Information<br />
and Knowledge Management, CIKM 2010)
⋄ A. <strong>Aji</strong>, E. Agichtein: Deconstructing Interaction Dynamics in Knowledge Sharing Communities.<br />
(International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2010)<br />
⋄ A. <strong>Aji</strong>, E. Agichtein: The ”Nays” Have It: Exploring Effects of Sentiment in Collaborative Knowledge<br />
Sharing. (Computational Linguistics in a World of Social Media, NAACL 2010)<br />
⋄ M. Theobald, A. <strong>Aji</strong>, R. Schenkel: TopX 2.0 at the INEX 2009 Ad-Hoc and Efficiency Tracks.<br />
(INitiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval, INEX 2009)<br />
PATENT<br />
◦ Calculating and Using Out-of-Collection Probabilities For Improved Entity Recognition (US Patent.<br />
Filed by Microsoft in 2011)<br />
TEACHING EXPERIENCE<br />
Instructor, Programming in Python (25 students), Fall 2012<br />
Instructor, Computer Science Fundamentals (25 students), Spring 2012<br />
Co-Instructor, Computer Science Fundamentals (38 students), Fall 2011<br />
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Business Computing (45 students), Spring 2013<br />
Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Fundamentals (27 students), Spring 2011<br />
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Business Computing (25 students), Fall 2010<br />
AWARDS<br />
SIGSPATIAL Travel Award, 2012<br />
Pathology Informatics Travel Award, 2012<br />
Pathology Informatics Best Presentation Award, 2012<br />
SIGMOD Travel Grant, 2012<br />
SBP Travel Award, 2010<br />
Fellowship Award from Laney Graduate School of Arts & Science, <strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong> 2008<br />
Distinguished Student Award , <strong>University</strong> of Science & Technology Beijing 2006<br />
Excellence in Academic Achievement, <strong>University</strong> of Science & Technology Beijing 2004,2005<br />
Scholarship of Second Honor, <strong>University</strong> of Science & Technology Beijing 2002-2005<br />
TECHNICAL SKILLS<br />
Domain: Database Internals, Distributed Systems, Data Mining and Information Retrieval<br />
Programming Languages: Java, C/C++, Python, Bash, Perl, Matlab, SQL<br />
Software Platforms: Hadoop/MapReduce/HDFS/Hive Software Stack.<br />
Database Systems: PostgreSQL, GreenPlum<br />
GRADUATE COURSE WORK<br />
Information Retrieval, Statistical Inference, Machine Learning, Systems Programming, Parallel<br />
Computing, Operating System Design, Genome Informatics, Advanced Algorithms, Theory of Computation,<br />
Compiler Construction, Advanced Database Systems, Data Mining, Numerical Analysis<br />
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