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.