Pengcheng Shi
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship/PhD Program Director
Department of Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D.
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
585-475-6147
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Pengcheng Shi
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship/PhD Program Director
Department of Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D.
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Education
BS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China); MS, M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
585-475-6147
Areas of Expertise
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Data Science
Data Management & Analytics
Health Informatics
Education Research
Security and Privacy
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Journal Paper
Hu, Zhenghui, et al. "Influence of Resting Venous Blood Volume Fraction on Dynamic Causal Modeling and System Identifiability." Scientific Reports 6. (2016): doi:10.1038/srep29426. Web.
Guo, Xuan, et al. "Intelligent Medical Image Grouping Through Interactive Learning." International Journal of Data Science and Analytics 2. 3 (2016): 95-105. Print.
Li, Rui, et al. "Modeling Eye Movement Patterns to Characterize Perceptual Skill in Image-based Diagnostic Reasoning Processes." Computer Vision and Image Understanding 151. (2016): 138-152. Print.
Chen, Shuhang, et al. "Sparse Representation and Dictionary Learning Penalized Image Reconstruction for Positron Emission Tomography." Physics in Medicine and Biology 60. 2 (2015): 807-823. Print.
Liu, Huafeng, et al. "PET Image Reconstruction: Mean, Variance, and Optimal Minimax Criterion." Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 48. (2015): 155401. Print.
Chen, Shuhang, et al. "Simultaneous Reconstruction and Segmentation of Dynamic PET via Low-Rank and Sparse Matrix Decomposition." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 62. 7 (2015): 1784-1795. Print.
Elshrif, Mohamed M., Pengcheng Shi, and Elizabeth M. Cherry. "Representing Variability and Transmural Differences in a Model of Human Heart Failure." IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 19. 4 (2015): 1308-1320. Print.
Yu, Xingjian, et al. "Sparse/Low Rank Constrained Reconstruction for Dynamic PET Imaging." PLoS One. (2015): 1-18. Web.
Liu, H., P. Shi, and Y. Chen. "Integrative Approaches in Computational Biomedical Imaging." Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. (2014): 757380. Web.
Liu, H., et al. "Nonlinear Dual Reconstruction of SPECT Activity and Attenuation Images." PLoS One 9. 9 (2014): e106951. Web.
Guo, X., et al. "From Spoken Narratives to Domain Knowledge: Mining Linguistic Data for Medical Image Understanding." Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 62. 2 (2014): 79-90. Print.
Mao, Hongda, et al. "Embryonic Heart Morphogenesis from Confocal Microscopy Imaging and Automatic Segmentation." Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. (2013): 1-7. Print.
Wang, Linwei, et al. "Transmural Imaging of Ventricular Action Potentials and Post-Infarction Scars in Swine Hearts." IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 32. 4 (2013): 731-747. Print.
Liu, H., et al. "An H? Approach for Elasticity Properties Reconstruction." Medical Physics 39. 1 (2012): 475-481. Print.
Hu, Z., et al. "Exploiting Magnetic Resonance Angiography Imaging Improves Model Estimation of BOLD Signal." PLoS One 7. 2 (2012): e31612. Web.
Liu, H., et al. "Robust Framework for PET Image Reconstruction Incorporating System and Measurement Uncertainties." PLoS One 7. 3 (2012): e32224. Web.
Yu, F., et al. "GPU Accelerated Particle Filter Framework for PET Image Reconstruction." Journal of the Optical Society of America A 29. 4 (2012): 637-643. Print.
Hu, Z., H. Liu, and P. Shi. "Concurrent Bias Correction in Hemodynamic Data Assimilation." Medical Image Analysis 16. 7 (2012): 1456-1464. Print.
Hu, Z., et al. "Quantitative Evaluation of Activation State in Functional Brain Imaging." Brain Topography 25. 4 (2012): 362-373. Print.
Liu, H., P. Shi, and Y. Chen. "Integrative Approaches in Computational Biomedical Imaging." Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine 12. (2012): doi:10.1155/2012/162892. Web.
Wang, L., et al. "Noninvasive Computational Imaging of Cardiac Electrophysiological for 3D Infarct Detection and Quantitation." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 58. 4 (2011): 1033-1043. Print.
Wong, K. C. L., et al. "Physiological Fusion of Functional and Structural Images for Cardiac Deformation Recovery." IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 30. 4 (2011): 990-1000. Print.
Tong, S., et al. "A Robust State-Space Kinetics-Guided Framework for Dynamic PET Image Reconstruction." Physics in Medicine and Biology 56. 8 (2011): 2481-2499. Print.
Camara, O., et al. "Inter-Model Consistency and Complementarity: Learning from ex-vivo Imaging and Electrophysiological Data Towards An Integrated Understanding of Cardiac Physiology." Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 107. 1 (2011): 122-133. Print.
Published Conference Proceedings
Guo, Xuan, et al. "An Expert-in-the-loop Paradigm for Learning Medical Image Grouping." Proceedings of the PAKDD 2016: Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Ed. J. Bailey, et al. Auckland, New Zealand: Springer, 2016. Print.
Guo, X., et al. "Infusing Perceptual Expertise and Domain Knowledge into a Human-centered Image Retrieval System: A Prototype Application." Proceedings of the Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA), Safety Harbour, Florida, March, 2014. Ed. P. Qvarfordt and D. W. Hansen. New York, NY: ACM, 2014. Print.
Vaidyanathan, P., et al. "Recurrence Quantification Analysis Reveals Eye-movement Behavior Differences Between Experts and Novices." Proceedings of the Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA), Safety Harbour, Florida, March, 2014. Ed. P. Qvarfordt and D. W. Hansen. New York, NY: ACM, 2014. Print.
Mao, H., et al. "Understanding Embryonic Heart Morphogenesis Through Automatic Segmentation and Confocal Imaging with Optical Clearing." Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro (ISBI), Beijing, April, 20014. Ed. J. Tian and L. Blanc-Fraud. Beijing, China: IEEE, 2014. Print.
Bullard, J., et al. "Towards Multimodal Modeling of Physicians' Diagnostic confidence and Self-awareness Using Medical Narratives." Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING), Dublin, Ireland, August, 2014. Ed. J. Hajic and J. Tsujii. Dublin, Ireland: ACL, 2014. Print.
Wang, C., et al. "Low Dose PET Reconstruction with Total Variation Regularization." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society (EMBC), Chicago, August, 2014. Ed. J. Duerk and J. Ji. Chicago, IL: IEEE, 2014. Print.
Elshrif, M. M., P. Shi, and E. M. Cherry. "Electrophysiological Properties Under Heart Failure Conditions in a Human Ventricular Cell: A Modeling Study." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society (EMBC), Chicago, IL August, 2014. Ed. J. Duerk and J. Ji. Chicago, IL: IEEE, 2014. Print.
Elshrif, M. M., E. M. Cherry, and P. Shi. "Quantitative Analysis of Rate Dependent of Human Heart Failure Action Potential Model on Alternans Onset and Arrhythmias." Proceedings of the Computing in Cardiology (CinC), Cambridge, September, 2014. Ed. R. Mark. Cambridge, MA: IEEE, 2014. Web.
Elshrif, M. M., E. M. Cherry, and P. Shi. "Quantitative Analysis of Electrophysiological Ventricular Heart Failure Cell Model in 1D Tissue." Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES), San Antonio, September, 2014. Ed. J. A. White and S. Margulies. San Antonio, TX: BMES, 2014. Web.
Li, Rui, Pengcheng Shi, and Anne R. Haake. "Image Understanding from Experts' Eyes by Modeling Perceptual Skill of Diagnostic Reasoning Processes." Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Ed. Gerard Medioni and Ramin Zabih. Portland, OR: IEEE, Print.
Womack, Kathryn, et al. "Markers of Confidence and Correctness in Spoken Medical Narratives." Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. Ed. Frederic Bimbot, et al. Lyon, FR: INTERSPEECH, 2013. Print.
Womack, Kathryn, et al. "Using Linguistic Analysis to Characterize Conceptual Units of Thought in Spoken Medical Narratives." Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association. Ed. Christophe Cerisara, et al. Lyon, FR: INTERSPEECH, 2013. Print.
Gao, Fei, et al. "Reinforcement Learning Based Model Selection and Parameter Estimation for Pharmacokinetic Analysis in Drug Selection." Proceedings of the Augmented Reality Environments for Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Interventions. Ed. Hongen Liao, et al. Nagoya, JP: Springer, 2013. Print.
Yu, F., H. Liu, and P. Shi. "PET Image Reconstruction Based on Particle Filter Framework." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), Hong Kong, January, 2012. Ed. Zhi-Pei Liang. New York, NY: IEEE, 2012. Print.
Li, R., et al. "Learning Eye Movement Patterns for Characterization of Perceptual Expertise." Proceedings of the ACM Eye Tracking Research and Applications, Santa Barbara, California, March, 2012. Ed. Carlos Hitoshi Morimoto, et al. New York, NY: ACM, 2012. Print.
Mao, H., et al. "Towards Integrated Personalization of Cardiac Electromechanics." Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro, Barcelona, Spain, May, 2012. Ed. Alejandro Frangi, et al. New York, NY: IEEE, 2012. Print.
Camara, O., et al. "Integration of Different Cardiac Electrophysiological Models into A Single Simulation Pipeline." Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro, Barcelona, Spain, May, 2012. Ed. Alejandro Frangi, et al. New York, NY: IEEE, 2012. Print.
McCoy, W., et al. "Annotation Schemes to Encode Domain Knowledge in Medical Narratives." Proceedings of the 6th ACL Linguistic Annotation Workshop, Jeju, Korea, July, 2012. Ed. Nancy Ide, Fei Xia. Stroudsburg, PA: ACL, 2012. Web.
McCoy, W., et al. "Linking Uncertainty in Physicians? Narratives to Diagnostic Correctness." Proceedings of the Extra-Propositional Aspects of Meaning in Computational Linguistics, Jeju, Korea, July, 2012. Ed. Roser Morante, Caroline Sporleder. Stroudsburg, PA: ACL, 2012. Web.
Womack, K., et al. "Disfluencies as Extra-Propositional Indicators of Cognitive Processing." Proceedings of the Extra-Propositional Aspects of Meaning in Computational Linguistics, Jeju, Korea, July, 2012. Ed. Roser Morante, Caroline Sporleder. Stroudsburg, PA: ACL, 2012. Web.
Li, R., et al. "Learning Image-Derived Eye Movement Patterns to Characterize Perceptual Expertise." Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Sapporo, Japan, August, 2012. Ed. Naomi Miyake, David Peebles, and Richard P Coope. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, 2012. Web.
Wong, K. C. L., et al. "Strain-Based Regional Nonlinear Cardiac Material Properties Estimation From Medical Images." Proceedings of the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nice, France, October, 2012. Ed. Nicholas Ayache, et al. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2012. Print.
Gao, F., H. Liu, and P. Shi. "Patient-Adaptive Lesion Metabolism Analysis by Dynamic PET Images." Proceedings of the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nice, France, October, 2012. Ed. Nicholas Ayache, et al. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2012. Print.
Preethi, V., et al. "Visualinguistic Approach to Medical Image Understanding." Proceedings of the AMIA 2012 Annual Symposium, Chicago, November, 2012. Ed. William Hersh. Chicago, IL: AMIA, 2012. Web.
Elshrif, M., L. Wang, and P. Shi. "Bi-Partite Spectral Graph Co-Clustering of Cellular Transmural Transmembrane Potential Dynamics." Proceedings of the Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart Conference, New York, New York. Ed. D. Metaxas and L. Axel. New York: Springer, 2011. Print.
Engelman, C., et al. "Evaluating Usability of Multimodal Interaction." Proceedings of the Novel Gaze-Controlled Applications, Karlskrona, Sweden, May, 2011. Ed. V. Sundstedt and C. C. Sennersten. New York: ACM, 2011. Web.
Vaidyanathan, P., et al. "Vision-Based Approach to Image Understanding." Proceedings of the IEEE IVMSP Workshop on Perception and Visual Signal Analysis, Ithaca, New York, June, 2011. Ed. S. Hemami and T. N. Pappas. Ithaca, NY: IEEE, 2011. Print.
Yu, F., H. Liu, and P. Shi. "PET Image Reconstruction: GPU-Accelerated Particle Filter Framework." Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Brussels, Belguim, September, 2011. Ed. B. Macq and P. Schelkens. Brussels, Belgium: IEEE, 2011. Print.
Gao, F., H. Liu, and P. Shi. "Robust Estimation of Kinetic Parameters in Dynamic PET Imaging." Proceedings of the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Toronto, September, 2011. Ed. G. Fichtinger, T. Peters, and A. Martel. Toronto, Canada: Springer, 2011. Print.
Hu, Z. and P. Shi. "Detrend-Free Hemodynamic Data Assimilation of Two-stage Kalman Estimator." Proceedings of the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Toronto, September, 2011. Ed. G. Fichtinger, T. Peters, and A. Martel. Toronto, Canada: Springer, 2011. Print.
Wong, K. C. L., L. Wang, and P. Shi. "A Comparative Study of Physiological Models on Cardiac Deformation Recovery: Effects of Biomechanical Constraint." Proceedings of the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Toronto, September, 2011. Ed. G. Fichtinger, T. Peters, and A. Martel. Toronto, Canada: Springer, 2011. Print.
Rahimi, A., et al. "Toward Clinically-Feasible Noninvasive Electrophysiological Imaging: Investigating the Impact of Local Anatomical Details." Proceedings of the Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modeling Challenges, Toronto, September, 2011. Ed. O. Camara, et al. Toronto, Canada: Springer, 2011. Print.
Mao, H., et al. "Volumetric Modeling Electromechanics of the Heart." Proceedings of the Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modeling Challenges, Toronto, September, 2011. Ed. O. Camara, et al. Toronto, Canada: Springer, 2011. Print.
Wang, L., et al. "Transmural Electrophysiologic and Scar Imaging on Porcine Heart with Chronic Infarction." Proceedings of the Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modeling Challenges, Toronto, September, 2011. Ed. O. Camara, et al. Toronto, Canada: Springer, 2011. Print.
Mao, H., et al. "A Coupled Heart-Torso Framework for Cardiac Electrocardiographic Simulation." Proceedings of the Computing in Cardiology, Hangzhou, China, September, 2011. Ed. H. Duan, L. Xia, and S. Luo. Hangzhou, China: IEEE, 2011. Web.
Wang, L., et al. "Mapping the Transmural Scar and Activation for Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmia." Proceedings of the Computing in Cardiology, Hangzhou, China, September, 2011. Ed. H. Duan, L. Xia, and S. Luo. Hangzhou, China: IEEE, 2011. Web.
Journal Editor
Ayache, Nichlos, James Duncan, and et al, ed. Medical Image Analysis. Maryland Heights, MO 63043: Elsevier, 2016. Print.
Shi, Pengcheng and et al, ed. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. New York: Hindawi, 2016. Web.
Díaz-Herrera, Jorge L. and et al, ed. Journal of Applied Sciences and Arts. Carbondale, IL: jASA, 2016. Print.
Ayache, Nichlos and James Duncan, ed. Medical Image Analysis. Maryland Heights, MO 63043: Elsevier, 2015. Print.
Shi, Pengcheng and et al, ed. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. New York: Hindawi, 2015. Web.
Shi, Pengcheng, ed. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. New York: Hindawi, 2014. Web.
Ayache, N. and J. Duncan, ed. Medical Image Analysis. Maryland Heights, MO 63043: Elsevier, 2014. Print.
Liu, Huafeng, Pengcheng Shi, and Yunmei Chen, ed. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. New York: n.p., 2013. Print.
Book Chapter
Gao, Fei and Pengcheng Shi. "Computational Methods for Molecular Imaging." Computational Methods for Molecular Imaging. Ed. Fei Gao, Kuangyu Shi, and Shuo Li. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2015. 3014. Print.
Xu, Jingjia, et al. "Dual Estimation of Activity Maps and Kinetic Parameters for Dynamic PET Imaging." Computational Methods for Molecular Imaging. Ed. Fei Gao, Kuangyu Shi, and Shuo Li. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2015. 71-79. Print.
Invited Keynote/Presentation
Shi, Pengcheng. "Tutorials on Analysis and Applications of Molecular Imaging." Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. MICCAI. Nagoya, JP. 22 Sep. 2013. Keynote Speech.
Shi, Pengcheng. "Towards Integrated Personalization of Cardiac Electromechanics." IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro. IEEE. Barcelona, Spain. 5 May 2012. Lecture.
Shi, Pengcheng and Fei Gao. "Computational Image Analysis in Molecular Imaging." Modeling and Analysis of Molecular Imaging. MICCAI. Nice, France. 5 Oct. 2012. Lecture.
Shi, Pengcheng. "From Image Data to Functional Personalization: An Integrative System Paradigm for Biomedical Imaging." Western New York Image Processing Workshop. IEEE. Rochester, NY. 9 Nov. 2012. Keynote Speech.
Shi, Pengcheng. "Personalized Noninvasive Imaging of Volumetric Cardiac Electrophysiology." Xerox Research Seminar. Xerox Research & Technology. Webster, NY. 22 Mar. 2012. Guest Lecture.
Shi, P. "Volumetric Imaging of Cardiac Electrophysiology." Yangtze River International Conference on the Applications of Medical Imaging Physics. Chinese Medical Imaging Physics Society. Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. 22 Oct. 2011. Keynote Speech.
Published Article
Wong Ken C.L., Linwei Wang, Heye Zhang, Huafeng Liu, and Pengcheng Shi. “Meshfree Implementation of Individualized Active Cardiac Dynamics.” Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 34.1 (2010): 91-103. Print. " É *
Wang, Linwei, Heye Zhang, Ken C.L. Wong, Huafeng Liu, and Pengcheng Shi. “Physiological-Model-Constrained Noninvasive Reconstruction of Volumetric Myocardial Transmembrane Potentials.” IEEE Transactions on BiomedicalEngineering, 57.2 (2010): 296-315. Print." *
Shen, Yunxia, Huafeng Liu, and Pengcheng Shi. “Limited View PET Reconstruction of Tissue Radioactivity Maps.” Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 34.2 (2010): 142-148. Print. É *
Hu, Zhenghui and Pengcheng Shi. “Sensitivity Analysis for Biomedical Models.” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 29.11 (2010): 1870-1881. Print. *
Wong, Ken C.L, Linwei Wang, Heye Zhang, and Pengcheng Shi. “Physiological Fusion of Functional and Structural Data for Cardiac DeformationRecovery.” Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2010, 2010. 159-166. Print. " É «
Gao, Fei, Huafeng Liu, and Pengcheng Shi. “Efficient Robust Reconstruction of Dynamic PET Activity Maps with Radioisotope Decay Constraints.” Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2010, 2010. 571-578. Print. É «
Mao, Hongda, Huafeng Liu, and Pengcheng Shi. “A Convex Neighbor-Constrained Active Contour Model for Image Segmentation.” 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) 2010, 26-29 Sept.2010. 793-6. Print. " *
Wong, Ken C.L., Linwei Wang, Heye Zhang, and Pengcheng Shi. “Computational Complexity Reduction Via Mode Superposition: Application to Biomechanics-Based Nonlinear Cardiac Deformation Recovery.” 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2010. 4417-4420. Print. "
Bing, Xu, Pengcheng Shi, Hubing Wu, Xutao Guo, Quanshi Wang, and Shuyun Zhou. “Utility of FDG PET/CT in Guiding Antifungal Therapy in Acute Leukemia Patients with Chronic Disseminated Candidiasis.” Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 35.8 (2010): 567-570. Print. É *
Fang, Xin, Zhenghui Hu and Pengcheng Shi. “Neural Mass Model Driven Nonlinear EEG Analysis.” Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, 2010. 457-466. Print. «
Zhang, Heye, Bo Li, Pengcheng Shi, Hu Qingmao, and Pheng Ann Heng. “Recovering Cardiac Electrical Activity from Medical Image Sequence: A Model-Based Approach.” Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart, 2010. 204-211. Print. É «
Wang, Linwei, Ken C.L. Wong, Heye Zhang, Huafeng Liu, and Pengcheng Shi. “How Much Geometrical Detail Do We Need in Cardiac Electrophysiological Imaging? A Generic Heart-Torso Representation for Fast Subject-Specific Customization.” Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart, 2010. 232-241. Print. " «
Wang, Linwei, Ken C.L. Wong, Heye Zhang, Huafeng Liu, and Pengcheng Shi. “A Statistical Physiological Model-Constrained Framework for Computational Imaging of Subject-Specific Volumetric Cardiac Electrophysiology Using Optical Imaging and MRI Data.” Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart, 2010. 261-269. Print. «
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CISC-810
Research Foundations
3 Credits
This course provides students with the theoretical background and practical experience with a variety of research techniques and methods. The course provides an overview of the research process along with opportunities for hands-on projects. Major topics for the course include: formulating research questions, conducting literature reviews, selecting appropriate methodologies, data sampling, analyzing statistics, qualitative techniques, technical writing research papers, and presentation skills. (Knowledge in probability and statistics, or permission of instructor)
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