{"id":5,"date":"2012-08-13T22:53:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T03:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/zhywan\/cv\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T04:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T09:04:46","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/zhywan\/cv\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/624\/2024\/07\/Wan-CV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CV<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Professional Positions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Postdoctoral Research Fellow<\/strong>\u00a0(2020.12 &#8211; 2024.07)<\/h4>\n<address>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/getprecise\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NIH\u00a0Center for Genetic Privacy and Identity in Community Settings<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<em>Department of Biomedical Informatics,\u00a0<\/em>Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/address>\n<ul>\n<li>Risk assessment\u00a0for the Genomic Information Commons Platform of the Boston Children Hospital.<\/li>\n<li>Developed\u00a0a game theoretical\u00a0approach\u00a0to\u00a0protect biomedical data sharing from\u00a0multistage privacy\u00a0attacks.<\/li>\n<li>Developing game theoretic risk mitigation framework for privacy-preserving sharing of public health data &#8211; A case study on individual-level COVID-19 data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong> (2013.06 &#8211; 2020.12)<\/h4>\n<address><em>@\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hiplab.mc.vanderbilt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Health Information Privacy Laboratory<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University<\/em><\/address>\n<ul>\n<li>Developed accurate estimation methods for Quasi-Identifier anonymity.<\/li>\n<li>Risk assessment and risk management for identifiability disclosure in genomics research.<\/li>\n<li>Developed a game theoretical framework on privacy protection during health and genomic data sharing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Teaching Assistant<\/strong> (2012.08 &#8211; 2013.05)<\/h4>\n<address>@\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/eecs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<\/strong><\/a>, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University<\/address>\n<ul>\n<li>Graded and taught help-sessions on Discrete Structures and Introduction to Programming with MATLAB (which is <a title=\"Introduction to Programming with MATLAB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/matlab\" target=\"_blank\">available<\/a> on Coursera since April 15, 2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Research Assistant<\/strong> (2011.01 \u2013 2012.06)<\/h4>\n<address>@ <strong>Center for Information Engineering Science Research<\/strong>, Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University<\/address>\n<ul>\n<li>Compared performance evaluation metrics (e.g. root-mean-square error) for estimation algorithms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Information-technology Talent Program (ITP) Member and\u00a0Intern<\/strong> (2009.06 \u2013 2010.12)<\/h4>\n<address>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/nskeylab.xjtu.edu.cn\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ministry of Education Key Lab for Intelligent Networks &amp; Network Security<\/strong><\/a>, Xi&#8217;an Jiaotong University<\/address>\n<ul>\n<li>Proposed a honeynet-based collaborative defense framework, and improved a blacklisting algorithm.<\/li>\n<li>Supported and Tested Botwarden \u2013 A Botnet Detecting and Tracking System.<\/li>\n<li>Presented to the planning committee of the National High-tech R&amp;D Program (863 Program).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\">*: Expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Awards and Honors<\/h2>\n<h4>2023<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Inaugural Bridge2AI Voice Symposium Poster Competition,\u00a0<strong>Winner<\/strong> (2023.04)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2019<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Russell G. Hamilton Graduate Leadership Institute Travel Grant,\u00a0<strong>$1,000 USD<\/strong> (2019.11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2018<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2018 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics Best Papers,\u00a0<strong>One of the best papers<\/strong>\u00a0(2018.08)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2017<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Vanderbilt University Graduate Student Travel Grant,\u00a0<strong>$500 USD<\/strong> (2017.03)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2016<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2016 iDASH Privacy and Security Competition Track 1,\u00a0<strong>Winner<\/strong> (2016.11)<\/li>\n<li>iDASH Travel Award,\u00a0<strong>$1,250 USD<\/strong> (2016.11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2010<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University (XJTU) Outstanding Graduate,\u00a0<strong>Top 2%<\/strong> (2010.12)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU Outstanding Student,\u00a0<strong>Top 10%<\/strong> (2010.09)<\/li>\n<li>Hainan Airlines\u00a0Chi Hong Scholarship (~$3,000 USD),\u00a0<strong>Top 60 graduates in China<\/strong> (2010.09)<\/li>\n<li>COMAP&#8217;s Mathematical Contest in Modeling,\u00a0<strong>Honorable Mention <\/strong>(2010.02)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU\u00a0Mathematical Contest in Modeling (English) ,\u00a0<strong>First Prize <\/strong>(2010.01)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2009<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling,\u00a0<strong>Second Prize<\/strong> (2009.09)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU Outstanding Student,\u00a0<strong>Top 10%<\/strong> (2009.09)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU Siyuan Scholarship,\u00a0<strong>Top 10% <\/strong>(2009.09)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU Mathematical Contest in Modeling,\u00a0<strong>First Prize <\/strong>(2009.06)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU ACM\/ICPC Collegiate Programming Contest,\u00a0<strong>Third Prize <\/strong>(2009.04)<\/li>\n<li>COMAP&#8217;s Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, <strong>Successful Participant <\/strong>(2009.02)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2008<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, <strong>Second Prize<\/strong> (2008.09)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU Outstanding Student,\u00a0<strong>Top 10%<\/strong> (2008.09)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU Fuji Xerox (Shenzhen) Scholarship, <strong>Top 5%<\/strong> (2008.09)<\/li>\n<li>XJTU Mathematical Contest in Modeling,\u00a0<strong>First Prize <\/strong>(2008.06)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2006<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>XJTU Siyuan Scholarship,\u00a0<strong>Top 10% <\/strong>(2006.09)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Computer Science Courses<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Vanderbilt University<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>CS 396 (8396) Special Topics &#8211;\u00a0Data Privacy in Biomedicine (<strong>A<\/strong>-)<\/li>\n<li>CS 388 (6388) Model-Integrated Computing (<strong>A<\/strong>+)<\/li>\n<li>CS 381 (6381) Advanced Operating Systems (Distributed Systems) Principles (<strong>A<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>CS 362 (6362) Machine Learning (<strong>A<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>CS 360 (6360) Advanced Artificial Intelligence (B+)<\/li>\n<li>CS 310 (6310) Design and Analysis of Algorithms (B+)<\/li>\n<li>CS 292 (3892) Special Topics &#8211; Big Data (<strong>A<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>CS 292 (3892) Special Topics &#8211;\u00a0Cloud Computing (<strong>A<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>CS 285 (4285) Network Security (<strong>A<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>CS 283 (4283) Computer Networks (<strong>A<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Xi&#8217;an Jiaotong University<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Network Security (<strong>98<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Computer Networks and Communication(87\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Database (84\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Operating System (<strong>94<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Data Structures and Algorithm (87\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Object-Oriented Programming (<strong>94<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (86\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (89\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Discrete Mathematics (<strong>90<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Fundamentals of Programming (83\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Fundamentals of Computer (<strong>94<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Microcomputer Principles and Interface Techniques (<strong>93<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Computer Control Techniques (<strong>93<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Mathematical Modeling (85\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Probability Theory and Stochastic Process (<strong>100<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Functions of Complex Variables and Integral Transformations (<strong>100<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Analog Electronics (<strong>94<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Digital Logic Circuit (89\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Digital Signal Processing (<strong>90<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Signals and Systems (82\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Methods of System Engineering (<strong>91<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Multisensor Information Fusion (<strong>94<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Distributed Control (<strong>93<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Control Theory (80\/100)<\/li>\n<li>Intelligent Control (<strong>92<\/strong>\/100)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Selected Course Projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Game Theoretic Framework for Protecting Genomic Privacy, <em>Preliminary Exam<\/em> (Spring 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Freelancer Recommender System based on Mahout,\u00a0<em>Big Data<\/em> (Spring 2014)<\/li>\n<li>Community Detection in Social Networks,\u00a0<em>Machine Learning<\/em> (Spring 2014)<\/li>\n<li>More Accurate Estimation of Quasi-Identifier Anonymity,\u00a0<em>Data Privacy in Biomedicine<\/em> (Spring 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Instant Messenger with Multimedia Messages,\u00a0<em>Computer Networks<\/em> (Spring 2013)<\/li>\n<li>Security and Privacy Preservation in Healthcare Data Flows,\u00a0<em>Advanced Operating Systems Principles<\/em> (Fall 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Botnet attacks on Cyber-Physical Systems,\u00a0<em>Network Security<\/em> (Fall 2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Technical Skills<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Programming Languages<\/strong>:\u00a0Python, MATLAB,\u00a0Java,\u00a0C\/C++, VB, Delphi, MASM, CORBA, UML;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simulation Platforms<\/strong>: MATLAB Simulink, LabVIEW, OMNeT++, GME, Formula;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Network Security Tools<\/strong>: VMware, GnuPG, OpenSSL, Netcat, Nessus, Wireshark, Sniffer;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website Development<\/strong>: HTML, PHP, ASP, JavaScript, SQL Server, Dreamweaver;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Data<\/strong>: Mahout, Scala, Spark, Hive;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloud Computing<\/strong>: Hadoop, Hbase.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Leadership and Memberships<\/h2>\n<h4>Vanderbilt\u00a0Postdoctoral Association (VPA) (2021.08 &#8211; 2023.07)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: <strong>Vice Chair<\/strong> on Communications, <strong>Co-chair<\/strong> on Community Building, Annual VPA Symposium Committee Member<\/li>\n<li>Activities: Annual VPA Symposium, &#8220;Speak Easy&#8221; &#8211; a postdoc talk series, Communications with other organizations, Management of social accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Vanderbilt University Chinese Students and Scholars Association (VUCSSA) (2015.05 &#8211; 2018.05)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: <strong>Vice President General<\/strong>, <strong>Vice President<\/strong> of IT<\/li>\n<li>Activities: Spring Festival Gala, Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, 3v3 Basketball Championship, Badminton Championship, administrations of the official website and the mailing list, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Xi&#8217;an Jiaotong University (XJTU)\u00a0EIE Class 72 (2010.09 &#8211; 2011.09)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: <strong>Class President<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Activities: Organizing events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>XJTU Changshu Student Club (2006.09\u20132011.06)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: <strong>Founder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Activities: Organizing events, communications, networking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>XJTU Office of Admissions (2009.03 &#8211; 2010.03)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: Student Assistant<\/li>\n<li>Activities: XJTU 2009&amp;2010 SCGY admission interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>XJTU Taekwondo Association (2008.09 &#8211; 2009.09)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: Core Member<\/li>\n<li>Activities: XJTU New Year Evening Gala Show, XJTU Taekwondo Contest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>XJTU Sports Department in Undergraduate Students&#8217; Union (2007.09 &#8211; 2008.02)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: Core Organizer<\/li>\n<li>Activities: XJTU Undergraduate Basketball Contest, XJTU Undergraduate Football Contest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2014.01 &#8211; present)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: Student Member or Member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2015.01 &#8211; present)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: Student Member or Member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) (2016.11 &#8211;<\/h4>\n<h4>present)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Position: Student Member or Member<\/li>\n<li>Activities: AMIA Annual Symposia 2016\/2019\/2020\/2021\/2022\/2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) (2016.09 &#8211; 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