Asst.Prof.Dr. Sangsuree (Sang) Vasupongayya Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs current CV Publications Students Office hours: TBA

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 Prof.Dr. R.S. Renner
B. of Engineering in Computer Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

Research Interests

High performance resource management (e.g., scheduling, load balancing)
Computer Security (cryptography)
Combinatorial search and its applications
Engineering education

Research Activities

• Current
  • e-Healthcare security with the CNR group
  • Resource scheduling including parallel computer job scheduling, fair share, office management
  • Engineering Education
  • Assist in computer and programming techniques with the SWM group
• Past
  • Library management supporting systems with MIT students
  • Interactive Examination Systems with the CNR group
  • Resource scheduling with Dr. Chiang
  • 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 hardware via an interactive computer program with Dr. Somchai Limsirorat

Research Grants

• On-going
  • e-Healthcare security under PSU NRU grants 2010-2013
  • classroom scheduling system under PSU grants 2011-2013
• Done
  • PSU engineering examination management system under PSU Engineering Education grant 2009-2011
  • Engineering practical training system under PSU Engineering Education grant 2009-2011
  • OS action research under PSU Engineering Education grant 2009-2010
  • Achieving Fairshare using goal-oriented parallel computer job scheduling policies under PSU Engineering grant 2009-2010

  Teaching

  • Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University (2008-current)
  • first term
    • 241-304 Computer Operating system (2008-present)
    • 340-326 Science Technology and Society (2008-present)
    • 142-121 Science Technology and Society (international program) (2010-present)
    • 229-515 Electronic Business Development (MIT program) (2010)
    • 241-537 Introduction to Cryptography (previously named 241-548 SP I)(2008-present)
  • second term
    • 241-427 Computer Security (2009-present)
    • 340-326 Science Technology and Society (2008-present)
    • 229-524 Security Management of Information Systems (MIT program) (2009-present)
    • 241-538 Algorithm Design and Analysis (previously named 241-549 SP II) (2008-present)
    • 229-521 Computer Systems and Internet Technology (MIT program) (2010-present)
  • classes taught
    • 240-303 Small project (2008)
    • 241-101 Introduction to computer programming (2008-09)
    • 241-340 Integrated system design (2008-09)
    • 241-404 Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in the Computer Profession (2010-11)
  • Workshop speaker, Prince of Songkla University (2008-current)
  • VB Workshop, 2009
  • JAVA for high-school teachers, April 2009
  • C for high-school teachers, March 2009
  • Grid Workshop, March 2008, August 2008
  • 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

  Services to the university

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

  Professional Activities

  • reviewer/committee, the 10th iPEC conf. (2012)
  • reviewer, Journal of Supercomputing (2008, 2009,2011)
  • reviewer/committee, the ICET 2011 conf. (2011)
  • reviewer/committee, the 9th PEC conf. (2011)
  • program committee, JCSSE conf. (2010,2011)
  • reviewer, the 8th PEC conf. (2010)
  • reviewer, the 8th iNECB Conf. (2009)
  • External reviewer, the 23rd Int'l Tech. Conf. on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC), 2008
  • book review, "Introduction to Programming Using VB.NET 2005" by Schneider, Prentice Hall, 2007

  Presentations

  • gave a talk on how to use Microsoft Excel to Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate students at Prince of Songkla University, Jan 6, 2011
    
  • gave a talk on "reading thinking and writing for grad students" to Environmental management graduate students at Prince of Songkla University, 28 December 2010.
    
  • gave a talk on how to use search engines to Civil engineering and Environmental Engineering graduate students at Prince of Songkla University, Dec 6, 2010.
    
  • gave a talk on how to use Microsoft Excel to Industrial Engineering graduate students at Prince of Songkla University, Dec 1, 2009
    
  • gave a talk on how to use search engines to Civil engineering and Environmental Engineering graduate students at Prince of Songkla University, Nov 19, 2009.
    
  • gave a talk on my research to computer engineering faculty members and students at Prince of Songkla University, Jan 25, 2008
    
  • gave a talk on my research to computer science students in AI class at Portland State University, May 18, 2006
    
  (see my publication for more details)

  Royal orders and decorations

  • Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand., 2011.
  • Commander (Third Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand., 2009.
  • Companion (Fourth Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant., 2001.

  Awards

  • Outstanding Teaching Award and Beloved and Inspirational Teacher Award, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, January 16, 2012 photo1, photo2, photo3
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, January 16, 2011 photo1, photo2
  • Best presentation award, The TISD Conf. from my paper "Impact of User Runtime Estimates on Achieving Fair Share Objectives", Nong Khai, Thailand, March 4-6, 2010
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, January 16, 2010 photo1, photo2
  • Bronze Award, Business Software in the SAMART INNOVATION AWARDS 2009 details
  • 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 details
  • Academic Excellence Award for 1995-1996 academic year, Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

  Scholarship

  • BE program participant at SC2008, Austin, TX, Nov, 2008
  • 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
  

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