Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing
Faculty and Staff
Yan Tong
| Title: | Professor |
| Department: | Computer Science and Engineering Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing |
| Email: | tongy@cec.sc.edu |
| Website: | http://www.cse.sc.edu/~tongy/ |
| Phone: | 803-777-0801 |
| Office: | Room 2273, Storey Innovation Center |

Background
- Ph. D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2007)
- M. S., University of Nevada, Reno (2004)
- B. S., Zhejiang University (1997)
Research
Professor Tong's research interests focus on computer vision and pattern recognition especially on human computer interaction including but not limited to:
- Affective computing (facial activity analysis and eye gaze tracking)
- Statistical shape modeling and their applications in face image interpretation and medical image analysis
- Probabilistic graphical models and their applications in computer vision including modeling, reasoning, information fusion, and learning under uncertainty.