Chengcheng Huang - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Chengcheng Huang
251 Mercer Street— New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212)998-3290 — E-Mail: [email protected]
— Website: http://cims.nyu.edu/~huangc/
Education
2010 – present
Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University, NY
Ph.D. candidate in Computational Biology
Advisor: Prof. John Rinzel
2006 - 2010
Nanjing University, Jiangsu, China
B.S. in Mathematics
Dissertation: The research of different time discretization methods for convectiondiffusion equations.
Advisor: Prof. Jianxian Qiu
Major GPA: 91.3/100
Ranking: 2/126
Research Experience
May – July 2014
July – Aug 2012
July – Aug 2011
Summer
2009
Visiting Prof. Daniel Pressnitzer, École normale supérieure, France
Further collaboration in the study of context effects on ambiguous pitch
comparison. I designed and conducted psychoacoustic experiments to test
predictions of my model.
Advanced Course in Computational Neuroscience
Course project: Comparison of Wilson-Cowan model and spiking neuron network.
Research Assistant in Prof. John Rinzel's lab, NYU
Developed and analyzed firing rate model for auditory networks with phasic
firing pattern and the effects of synaptic depression.
The 14th Nationwide Mathematical Graduate Summer School, Peking
University, China
Courses taken: Multilevel and Adaptive Finite Element method; Introduction to
Inverse Problems; Kinetic theory; Statistical Physics
Publications
• C. Huang, B. Englitz, S. Shamma and J. Rinzel. A neuronal network model for biasing ambiguous
pitch comparison. (submitted to PLOS Computational Biology)
• C. Huang and J. Rinzel. Neuromechanistic Temporal Models of Pitch Perception Using Slope
Detectors. (in preparation)
Conferences/Workshops
Nov 15-19,
2014
Feb 22-26,
2014
Society for Neuroscience conference, Washington, DC
Poster: A neuronal network model for biasing ambiguous pitch comparison
ARO MidWinter Meeting, San Diego, CA
Poster: Facilitated Inhibition Biases Tritone Comparison in a Network Model
Chengcheng Huang
Nov 9-13,
2013
Society for Neuroscience conference, San Diego, CA
May 6-10,
2013
Feb 16-20,
2013
MBI workshop on sensory and coding, Columbus, Ohio
Poster: Facilitation of Inhibitory Synapses Biases Tritone Comparison
ARO MidWinter Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Poster: Neuromechanistic Temporal Models of Pitch Perception Using Slope
Detectors
Seminar Presentations
Jan 12,
2015
Jan 13,
2015
Sep 11,
2014
May 11,
2014
Mar 21,
2014
Dec 11,
2012
‘A Neuronal Network Model for Context-Dependent Perceptual Decision on
Ambiguous Sound Comparison’, Peking University, China. Inviter: Pingwen
Zhang.
‘A Neuronal Network Model for Context-Dependent Perceptual Decision on
Ambiguous Sound Comparison’, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Inviter:
Ya-Xiang Yuan.
‘Facilitated Inhibition Biases Tritone Comparison in a Network Model’,
Rinzel/Reyes lab meeting, NYU
‘Facilitated Inhibition Biases Tritone Comparison in a Network Model’, Équipe
Audition, École Normale Supérieur, France. Inviter: Daniel Pressnitzer.
‘A neuronal network model to study the context effects on pitch height
comparison’, Pennsylvania State University, PA. Inviter: Jinchao Xu.
‘Frequency Change Detector Model for Shepard Tone Comparison’, COB
seminar, NYU
Honors & Awards
• Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award
ARO MidWinter Meeting
2014
• Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award
ARO MidWinter Meeting
2013
• GSAS Dean's Student Travel Grant
New York University
2012
• MacCracken Fellowship
New York University
2010 - 2015
• Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowship
Nanjing University
2009
• Honor as Outstanding Graduate
Nanjing University
2009
• First class of People’s Scholarship
Nanjing University
2008
• Second class of People’s Scholarship
Nanjing University
2007
Teaching Experience
Fall
2014
TA for course Probability, Statistics and Decision Making
Spring
2014
TA for course Introduction to Computer Simulation
Fall
2013
TA for course Math in Medicine and Biology
Spring
2013
TA for course Computers in Medicine and Biology
Chengcheng Huang
Fall
2012
TA for course Math in Medicine and Biology