Yuan Gao, Postdoctoral Fellow

Biocomputing Lab
Department of Computer Science
University of Western Ontario
Supervisor: Dr. Lila Kari


Contact Information:

Mailing Address:
MC326 Middlesex College
Department of Computer Science
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B7

Email:
ygao72 AT csd.uwo.ca

Telephone:
1-(519)-661-2111 ext.86278


Teaching:

Instructor:
CS3305a/b Operating Systems, 2011-2012

Teaching Assistant:
CS3342: Organization of Programming Languages I
CS3331: Foundations of Computer Science I
CS 305: Operating Systems
CS 031: Introduction to Computing and Communications Software
CS 032: Information Systems and Design
CS1026: Computer Science Fundamentals I
CS1027: Computer Science Fundamentals II


Research Interests:

Automata and formal language theory


Degrees:

Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, 2010
Supervisor: Dr. Sheng Yu
Thesis Title: Advanced Topics on State Complexity of Combined Operations

Master of Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, 2006
Supervisor: Dr. Sheng Yu
Thesis Title: State Complexity of Combined Operations on Regular Languages

Bachelor of Science, College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China, 2005


Conference Organizing Committee:

14th International Conference of Developments in Language Theory (DLT 2010), London, Canada, 2010


Edited Proceedings:

Proceedings of 14th International Conference of Developments in Language Theory (DLT 2010)
Co-editor with Hanlin Lu, Shinnosuke Seki, and Sheng Yu, Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6224, 2010


Edited Journal Special Issue:

Special Issue of International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (IJFCS) for 14th International Conference of Developments in Language Theory (DLT 2010)
Co-editor with Sheng Yu, 2011


Journal Papers:

Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of union and intersection of star on k regular languages, Theoretical Computer Science Science (TCS), Volume 429, (2012) 98-107

Bo Cui, Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of two combined operations: catenation-star and catenation-reversal, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (IJFCS), Volume 23, Number 1, (2012) 51-66

Yuan Gao, Kai Salomaa, and Sheng Yu, Transition complexity of incomplete DFAs, Fundamenta Informaticae (FI), Volume 110, Number 1-4 (2011) 143-158

Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of union and intersection of square and reversal on k regular languages, Theoretical Computer Science Science (TCS), submitted by invitation, (2011) 15 pages

Bo Cui, Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of combined operations with two basic operations, Theoretical Computer Science Science (TCS), accepted, (2011) 37 pages

Yuan Gao and Sheng Yu, State complexity of combined operations with union, intersection, star and reversal, Fundamenta Informaticae (FI), accepted, (2011) 15 pages

Sheng Yu and Yuan Gao, State complexity and approximation, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (IJFCS), submitted by invitation, (2011) 12 pages

Bo Cui, Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of two combined operations: catenation-union and catenation-intersection, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (IJFCS), Volume 22, Number 8 (2011) 1797-1812

Yuan Gao and Sheng Yu, State complexity approximation of combined operations, Journal of Computer and System Sciences (JCSS), submitted, (2009) 16 pages

Zoltan Esik, Yuan Gao, Guangwu Liu, and Sheng Yu, Estimation of state complexity of combined operations, Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 410, Issue 35 (2009) 3272-3280

Yuan Gao, Kai Salomaa, and Sheng Yu, The state complexity of two combined operations: star of catenation and star of reversal, Fundamenta Informaticae, Volume 83, Number 1-2 (2008) 75-89

Yuan Gao, Ge Yu, Fangfang Li, and Yaxin Yu, A data stream operator scheduling algorithm for multiple goals, Journal of Huazhong University of Science And Technology (Nature Science) (2005) Volume 33 Number z1


Conference Papers:

Yuan Gao and Sheng Yu, State complexity of four combined operations composed of union, intersection, star and reversal, Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems 13th Workshop (DCFS 2011), Limburg/Giessen, Germany 2011, 158-171

Sheng Yu and Yuan Gao, State complexity research and approximation, 15th Conference on Developments in Language Theory (DLT 2011), invited talk, LNCS 6795, 2011, 46-57

Bo Cui, Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of catenation combined with union and intersection, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2010), Winnipeg, Canada, 2010, 89-98

Yuan Gao, Kai Salomaa, and Sheng Yu, Transition complexity of incomplete DFAs (preliminary version), Proceedings of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems 12th Workshop (DCFS 2010), Saskatoon, Canada, 2010, 123-134

Bo Cui, Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of catenation combined with star and reversal, Proceedings of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems 12th Workshop (DCFS 2010), Saskatoon, Canada, 2010, 74-85

Yuan Gao and Sheng Yu, State complexity approximation, Proceedings of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (DCFS 2009), Magdeburg, (2009) 163-174

Zoltan Esik, Yuan Gao, Guangwu Liu, and Sheng Yu, Estimation of state complexity of combined operations (preliminary version), Proceedings of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (DCFS 2008), Charlottetown, (2008) 168-181

Yuan Gao, Kai Salomaa, Sheng Yu, State complexity of star of catenation and reversal, Proceedings of Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (DCFS 2006), (2006) 153-164

Yuan Gao, Ge Yu, Fangfang Li, and Yaxin Yu, A data stream operator scheduling algorithm for multiple goals (preliminary version), Proceedings of the 2nd China National Computer Conference, Wuhan, (2005)


Technical Reports:

Yuan Gao and Sheng Yu, State complexity of union and intersection combined with star and reversal, Computing Research Repository (2010) arXiv:1006.3755v1

Bo Cui, Yuan Gao, Lila Kari, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of two combined operations: reversal-catenation and star-catenation, Computing Research Repository (2010) arXiv:1006.4646v1

Yuan Gao, Zoltan Esik, Guangwu Liu, and Sheng Yu, State complexity of intersection, union and catenation on k regular languages, Technical Report 715, Department of Computer Science, the University of Western Ontario, 2008


Last update: November 22 2011