Lin Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science at Valdosta State University
From Yorktown, VA
From Yorktown, VA
Dr. Lin Chen joined Valdosta State University (VSU) Fall 2019. Prior to that, he was teaching at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) from 2016 to 2019. Before switching back to academia, he was a senior software engineer at SAIC and a computer scientist at NASA Langley Research Center. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Old Dominion University, M.S. in Physical Chemistry at New Mexico State University
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Old Dominion University
New Mexico State University
Lanzhou University
Assistant Professor at Valdosta State University
August 2019 - Present
TMCF Summer Research Fellow at Army Research Lab
June 2017 - August 2017
Assistant Professor at Elizabeth City State University
August 2016 - July 2019
Senior Software Developer at Science Applications International Corporation, Inc.
November 2015 - July 2016
Senior Software Developer at Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc
February 2014 - October 2015
A Histogram-based Outlier Profile for Atomic Structures Derived from Electron Cryo-microscopy
Chen, L., He, J. 10th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Healeth Informatics, Niagara Falls, NY, September 7-10, 2019.
September 2019 -
Conferences
Using Combined Features to Analyze Atomic Structures derived from Cryo-EM Density Maps
Chen, L.*, He, J., The 9th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics, Washington D.C.,August 29 – September 1, 2018. Acceptance Rate: 29%
August 2018 -
Conferences
Matching miRNA IDs to Gene Expressions with a Web Crawler
Banerjee, N., Chen, L.*, Modeling Simulation Visualization, the 12th Annual Student Capstone Conference (MSVSCC) 2018, Suffolk, Apr. 19, 2018.
April 2018 -
Conferences
Anomaly Detection of Protein Structures Solved from Cryo-EM Density Map
Walker, R., Chen, L.*, He, J., Banerjee, H. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students 2017, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 1, 2017.
November 2017 -
Conferences
Optimized Machine Learning for Human Agent Teaming, ARL Project
Designed and conducted an approach to identify image sense by deep learning methods.
Techniques: image processing, deep learning
Modules and Libraries: scikit-image, tensorflow, MATLAB image processing toolbox, MATLAB computer vision toolbox Coding language: MATLAB, Python
June 2017 -
Research Projects
HPC, NASA Langley Research Project
Conducted a prototype using both Phi and GPU on NASA cluster.
Techniques: high performance computing
Modules and Libraries: MPI MVAPICH2, OpenMP, C++ Boost, CUDA, OpenACC, Qt
Coding languages: C++
January 2016 -
Research Projects
NDE, NASA Langley Research Project
Designed an algorithm and delivered a software for delamination detection from CT image.
Modules and Libraries: scikit-image, tensorflow, MATLAB image processing toolbox, MATLAB computer vision toolbox Techniques: image processing, machine learning, high performance computing
Modules and Libraries: MATLAB image processing toolbox, MATLAB machine learning toolbox, MATLAB mex, C++11 STL, C++ Eigen
Coding languages: MATLAB, Python, C++
June, 2014 – June, 2016
June 2014 -
Research Projects
WCA, NASA Langley Project
Supported IBM Watson Content Analytics system for Information Management Branch.
Modules and Libraries: xml, urllib2, beautifulsoup
Coding languages: Python, Java, WordPress
June 2014 - June 2016
June 2014 -
Research Projects
Using Constraints in Modeling the Protein Beta-Sheet Topology
Chen, L., Al Nasr, K., He, J. Capstone Conference, Suffolk, VA, April 9, 2013.
April 2013 -
Conferences
Building the Initial Chain of the Protein through De Novo Modeling of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Volume Data at the Medium Resolution
Al Nasr, K., Chen, L., Si, D., Ranjan, D., Zubair, M., He, J. ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine, Orlando, FL, Oct 7-10, 2012. Acceptance Rate: 22%
October 2012 -
Publications
Algorithm design, Ph. D. Research
Designed a top-K algorithm for the native topology searching in protein prediction
Techniques: graph theory, image processing
Coding languages: C++
Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
January 2012 -
Research Projects
A distance and orientation dependent potential energy function with cluster energy
Chen, L., He, J. The Proceeding of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops, p405-9, Nov 12-15, Atlanta, GA, 2011. Acceptance Rate: 19.9%
November 2011 -
Conferences
Protein Energy Function Design, Ph. D. Research
Designed and generated energy function for protein structure prediction.
Techniques: Boltzmann theory, thermodynamics, high performance computing
Coding languages: C++
June 2011 - Jan 2013
June 2011 -
Research Projects
CNT Simulation, Master Research
Simulated the purification of small chemicals in aqueous solution by carbon nanotube.
Techniques: Monte Carlo simulation, thermodynamics
Coding languages: C++, Fortran
Oct 2005 - Dec 2008
October 2005 -
Research Projects
Differential expression of efferocytosis and phagocytosis associated genes in tumor associated macrophages exposed to African American patient derived prostate cancer microenvironment
Banjeree, H., Krauss C., Worthington M, Banjeree N., Walker, R., Hodges, S., Chen, L., Rawat K., Dasgupta, S., Ghosh, S. Mandal, S. mors, Vol 9(2), 2019.

Articles
An Investigation of Atomic Structures Derived from X-ray and EM Methods using the Distal Block
Chen, L.*, He, J., Sazzed, S., and Walker, R. Molecules MDPI. 23(3):610, 2018. IF: 2.861
Articles
A Distance-dependent, Orientation-specific Coarse-grain Contact Potential for Protein Structure Modeling
Elhefnawy, W., Chen, L., Han, Y., and Li, Y. ICOSACON: Journal of Molecular Biology. 427(15):2562-76, 2015. IF: 4.33
Articles
A Distance and Orientation Dependent Energy Function of Amino Acid Functional Blocks
Chen, L., He, J. Biopolymers. 101(6):681-92, 2014. IF: 2.39
Articles
Solving the secondary structure matching problem in de novo modeling using a constrained K-shortest path graph algorithm
Al Nasr, K., Ranjan, D., Zubair, M., Chen, L., He, J. IEEE Transaction on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 11(2):419-29, 2014. IF: 1.44
Articles
A Constrained K-shortest Path Algorithm to Rank the Topologies of the Protein Secondary Structure Elements Detected in CryoEM Volume Maps
Al Nasr, K., Chen, L., Ranjan, D., Zubair, M., Si, D., He, J. ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine, Washington D.C., 2013. Acceptance Rate: 28%
Conferences
Advances in Oxidation of Liquid Alcohols into the Corresponding Carbonyls under mild conditions (Chinese)
Chen,L., Xu, C. Z., Xia, C. G., Feng, Y. H. Progress in Chem., Vol. 16, No. 5, 758, 2004. IF: 0.69
Articles
A Mild and Efficient Oxidation of Alcohols in Water (Chinese)
Xu, C. Z., Chen, L., Xia, C. G. Chin. Chem. Lett., Vol. 15, No. 10, 1149, 2004. IF: 1.59
Articles
The Preparation Method of a Novel Catalyst for Preparing Aldehyde by Dehydrogenation of 3-Methyl-butenol
Xu, C. Z., Chen, L., & Xia,C. G. (2003). Chinese Invention Patent, Application Number: 02145653.4, Publication number CN1422691.
Articles
Nitrilotris (ethlammonium) tris(pyridine-2, 6-dicarboxylato-κ3O, N, O')terbate(III) Hexahydrate. ActaCryst.
Chen, L., Yin, X. H., Tan, M. Y., Xia, C. G., Yu, K. B. 2, 2', 2'' – , E58(11), 666-668, 2002. IF: 0.35
Classwork
(Z)-4-(4-{4-[(Z)-1-Methyl-3-oxobut-1-enylamino]- phenoxy}phenylamino)pent-3-en-2-one. ActaCryst.
Feng, Y. H, Yin, X. H., Chen, L., Tan, M. Y., Yu, K. B. , E58(10), o1154-o1156, 2002. IF: 0.35
Classwork