Dr. Jing Ren, PEng (Currently on Leave)

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
UOIT
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
Office: ENG 2024
E-mail: jing.ren@uoit.ca
Tel: 905.721.8668 ext. 2865
Fax: 905.721.3370

Education

  • PhD (Electrical Engineering), University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2005
  • MSc (Electrical Engineering), University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2003
  • BSc (Electrical Engineering), Shandong University, China, 1993

Courses Taught

  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Introductory Electronics
  • Intelligent Control Systems
  • Computer Architecture
  • Fundamentals of Fuzzy Control Systems

Research Areas

Haptics and virtual reality, robotics and control, image processing, soft computing

Work Experience

  • Robarts Research Institute, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2006

Selected Publications

  • X. Huang, J. Moore, G. Guiraudon, D. Boughner, J. Ren and T.M. Peters, “Rapid Registration of 2D Ultrasound and 3D CT Images for Surgical Guidance”, IEEE Transaction on Medical Imaging, 2008 (Accepted).
  • J. Ren, R.V. Patel, K.A. McIsaac, G. Guiraudon and T. M. Peters, Dynamic 3D Virtual Fixtures of the Beating Heart, IEEE Transaction on Medical Imaging, Volume: 27, No. 8, pp.1061-1070, 2008
  • J. Ren, K.A. McIsaac and R.V. Patel, Modified Newton's Method Applied to Motion Planning for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots, Robotica, Volume: 26, pp. 285-294, 2007
  • X. Huang, D. Ho, J. Ren and L.F. Capretz, Improving the COCOMO Model with a Neuro-Fuzzy Approach, Applied Soft Computing, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, pp. 29-44, January 2007
  • J. Ren, K.A. McIsaac, R.V. Patel and T.M. Peters, A New Potential Model Using Generalized Sigmoid Functions, to appear in IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (Part B), Volume: 37, No. 2, pp. 477- 484, 2007
  • J. Ren, K.A. McIsaac and R.V. Patel, Modified Newton Method Applied to Potential Field Based Motion Planning, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, pp. 384-391, 2006
  • J. Ren, K.A. McIsaac and R.V. Patel, A Hybrid Navigation Scheme for Reconfigurable Multi-Agent Teams, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, 2006
  • X. Huang, D. Ho, J. Ren and L.F. Capretz, A Soft Computing Framework for Software Effort Estimation, Soft Computing, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, pp. 170-177, 2006
  • C. Zhang and J. Ren, Fuzzy-PI Composite Control System for Urea Absorbing Tower of Luman Fertilizer Factory, Basic Automation (in Chinese), No. 3, pp. 135-143, 1995

Patents

  • X. Huang, D. Ho, J. Ren, L.F. Capretz, “System and Method for Software Estimation”, U.S. Patent, No. 10/920,236, Jan. 2008

Honours and Awards

  • University Faculty Award (2006-2011)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) (2004-2005)