PhD Student, Computer Science, New Mexico State University
Tianjie Chen
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Tianjie Chen

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Timeline

  • April 2025

    Passed PhD Qualifying Exam

    Passed the PhD qualifying exam on my birthday with exceptional feedback.

  • January 2025

    Became a researcher at DREAM

    Joined the DREAM Research Center and started working on projects involving zero-knowledge proof systems and trusted execution environments.

  • August 2024

    Enrolled at NMSU

    Started my computer science PhD journey at NMSU and joined the PRISM research lab.

  • May 2024

    Graduated with Cum Laude

    Obtained a Bachelor of Science in computer science from PSU.

  • April 2024

    Published my first first-author paper

    Published my first first-author paper on increasing explainability of cancer prediction models.

  • December 2022

    Published my very first paper

    Published my very first paper about analyzing dimensionality reduction techniques.

  • June 2022

    Participated in PSU 2022 MC-REU

    Started my journey in conducting research on AI/ML by developing an integrated solution for cancer diagnosis and prognosis.

  • August 2020

    Enrolled at PSU

    Started my academic journey at PSU.

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Publications

- Kim, J., Chen, T. and Kabir, M.F., 2025. Automated Image Segmentation Using Self-Iterative Training and Self-Supervised Learning with Uncertainty Scores. In Recent Advances in Deep Learning Applications (pp. 3-21). Chapman and Hall/CRC.

- Kim, J., Chen, T., Nguyen, H. and Kabir, M.F., 2024, December. YOLO-SCSA: enhanced YOLOv8 with spatially coordinated shuffling attention mechanisms for skin cancer detection. In 2024 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) (pp. 408-415). IEEE.

- Khatriya, N., Chen, T., Kabir, M.F. and Brearly, T., 2024, December. Identifying Probable Neurological Disorders with Explainable Machine Learning Techniques. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData) (pp. 5006-5013). IEEE.

- Chen, T. and Kabir, M.F., 2024. Explainable machine learning approach for cancer prediction through binarilization of RNA sequencing data. Plos one, 19(5), p.e0302947.

Kanjula, K.R., Datla, A.R., Chen, T. and Kabir, M.F., 2023, December. An edge internet of things framework for machine learning-based skin cancer detection models. In 2023 International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA) (pp. 2167-2173). IEEE.

- Kabir, M.F. Chen, T. and Ludwig, S.A., 2023. A performance analysis of dimensionality reduction algorithms in machine learning models for cancer prediction. Healthcare Analytics, 3, p.100125.