Beibei Jiang

Dr Beibei Jiang

Job title: Marker, School of Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: A223, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Alternative telephone: +44 (0)1752 584902
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 233349
Email: beibei.jiang@plymouth.ac.uk

Qualifications & background

PhD in Computational Neuroscience (2010), University of Plymouth, UK.

MSc in High Performance Computing for Engineered Systems, Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA).

BSc in Computer Software Engineering, Tsinghua University, China.

Professional membership
IEEE Member

Teaching interests
Lab tutor in the 2nd year undergraduate course Robotics and Control (ROCO203, 2011).

Research interests

Computational and functional implications of active peripheral sensory processing through adaptive gain control and filter retuning. I focus on seeking the physiological source of this active process.

Understanding and modelling the descending pathway in auditory system, esp. efferent projections from the brainstem and upper levels of the brain, that could influence cochlear responses. To understand how the brain processes complex sounds with attention involved, such as the Cocktail Party Effect.

Can a robotical 'brain' emerge into the society and the world like a human mind does? Can we reverse-engineer the large-scale parallel nonlinear processings in the human mind? I am interested in exploring biological inspired strategies for robotics design.

Other research

Other Activities:

Parallel/Distributed computing industrial experience. I worked as Systems Specialist on Grid Computing at the Linux Centre in Singapore Computer Systems Ltd. and National Grid Pilot Platform for two years, before I started my PhD.

Integrating neuroscience and technology. I attended Telluride Neuromorphic Engi- neering Workshop in 2007 (USA) and worked on cutting-edge artificial neural systems and hardware implementations.

As a research assistant in EmCAP project, I maintained the project website, designed the showcase section, and created some Flash animations.

Publications
B. Jiang, S. L. Denham, 2009, A Biophysical Model of the Role of the Outer Hair Cell in Cochlear Nonlinearity (poster presentation), British Society of Audiology short papers meeting, Southampton.

E. Balaguer-Ballester, B. Jiang, S. L. Denham, 2008, Modelling Medial Efferent Suppression in Focused Auditory Attentional Tasks (poster presentation), British Society of Audiology short papers meeting, York.

G. Ong, B. Jiang, 2005, Experience and Lessons Learned from Enabling Applications for Users in National Grid Pilot Platform, International Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 11 No. 3.

Additional information

I am a volunteer in Plymouth Befriending Consortium. I'm also eager to join activities on animal protection and conservation of natural resources.

Links
EmCAP project
Center For Theoretical And Computational NeuroScience
Facebook