Sang's Personal Information

Education

Ph.D, Computer Science, Portland State University under supervision of Dr. Su-Hui Chiang
M Sci, Computer Science, California State University Chico under supervision of Dr. R.S. Renner
B. of Engineering in Computer Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Research Interests

Scheduling and planning jobs in parallel computer environment
Combinatorial search and its applications
Computer Security
Applications involving the use of artificial neural networks and other machine learning techniques

Research Activities

• Current
  • Computer security in wireless sensor networks with PSU HPE group
  • Online Job scheduling in parallel computer systems with Dr. Chiang
• Past
  • Combinatorial search, scheduling and planning with Dr. Massey
  • Dual Heuristic Programming with Dr. Lendaris at NW Computational Intelligence Lab
  • Neural Network Ensemble Simulator with Dr. R.S. Renner
  • Learning basic computer hardwares via an interactive computer program with Dr. Somchai Limsirorat

Teaching

• Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University (2008-current)
• 241-304: Computer Operating System (1st term of 2008-09 academic year)
• 241-xxx: Cryptography (2nd term of 2008-09 academic year)
• Adjunct Faculty at Portland State University
• CS105: Computing Fundamentals I (Summer06)
• CS106: Computing Fundamentals II using Visual Basic .Net (Winter06, Spring06, Fall06, Winter07, Spring07, Summer07)
• Teaching Assistant at Portland State University
• CS106: Computing Fundamentals II
• CS200: Computer Systems Programming I
• CS491/591: Introduction to Security
• Teaching Assistant at California State University Chico (2000)
• Thai language: how to read/write/speak Thai
• Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University (1996-1998)
• Intro to Programming (lecture/lab): teach first year engineering students on basic computer hardware, OS, algorithm design and how to program using C
• Hardware/Software Lab : assist computer engineering students during the Lab hours and grade their reports
• Senior project : assist/co-assist senior computer engineering students on their project
• Workshop speaker, Prince of Songkla University (1997-1998)
• give several hand-on (20 hours) workshops on how to use Microsoft products such as Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Words
• co-give a hand-on (2 hours) workshop on how to create a simple html document

Professional Activities

• reviewer, Journal of Supercomputing (2008)
• reviewer, Int'l Conf. on Parallel & Distributed Processing Techniques and Application (PDPTA'08)
• reviewer, Int'l Conf. on Grid Computing & Application (GCA'08)
• reviewer, Int'l Conf. on Security and Management (SAM'08)
• book review, "Introduction to Programming Using VB.NET 2005" by Schneider, Prentice Hall, 2007

Services to the university

• Deputy Head of the Prince of Songkla University Thai Grid Center Project

Presentations

• give a talk about my research to computer engineering faculties and students at Prince of Songkla University, Jan 25, 2008
  
• Ph.D. thesis defense at Portland State University on Dec 4, 2007
• presenting a paper at the IASTED PDCS'07, Cambridge, MA, Nov 2007
• presenting a poster at the 2007 GHC, Orlando, FL, Oct 2007
• presenting a paper at the PDPTA'06, Las Vegas, NV, Jun 2006
• give a talk about my research to computer science students in AI class at Portland State University, May 18, 2006
  
• presenting a poster at the the 2006 Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, Portland, OR, Apr 2006
• presenting a paper at the IASTED PDCS'05, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2005
• presenting a paper at the IEEE Cluster'05, Boston, MA, Sep 2005
• presenting a poster at the the 2005 ICAPS, Monterey, CA. June 2005
• presenting a poster at the the 2005 Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, Portland, OR, Apr 2005
• presenting two posters at the the 2004 GHC Chicago, IL, Oct 2004
• presenting a paper at the IASTED ISC'04, Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug 2004
• Master thesis defense at California State University Chico (2000)

Awards

• COMPANION (FOURTH CLASS) OF THE MOST EXALTED ORDER OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT, 2001.
• Outstanding TA/RA for 2005-2006 academic year, Maseeh college of engineering and computer science, Portland State University
• Outstanding Research Award in the Math, Engineering & Computer Sciences category, Columbia-Willamette Chapter for Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, 2006
• Academic Excellence Award for 1995-1996 academic year, Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Scholarship

• Partial scholarship to attend the 2007 GHC, Orlando, FL, Oct 2007
• Partial scholarship to attend the SC2005, Seattle, WA, Nov, 2005
• Full scholarship to attend the Int. Joint Conf. on Automated Planning & Scheduling, Monterey, CA, June, 2005
• Partial scholarship to attend the Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks, Portland, OR, July, 2003
• Royal Thai Government Scholarship, 1998-2004.

Other Activities

• student volunteer at SC2005, Seattle, WA, Nov, 2005
• student volunteer at Int. Joint Conf. on Automated Planning & Scheduling, Monterey, CA, June, 2005
• student volunteer at Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks, Portland, OR, July, 2003
• Website developer, 2000, at CSU Chico
• Thai Culture Booth, at the 1999 International Festival Weekend, at CSU-Chico, CA
• Program advisor, Computer Engineering Science's Day 1996, Prince of Songkla University

Professional Affiliations

ACM
IEEE
AAAI
SIAM
IEEE Women in Engineering
IEEE Computer Society
Upsilon Pi Epsilon the international honor society in the Computing and Information Disciplines, Chico State Chapter