Ching Chang

   

M.A. in Computer Science
Graduated Summer of 2006
Now work at Microsoft Corporation
Website
Email: my-first-name dot my-last-name at microsoft dot com

Biography:

Ching Chang received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2003, then she joined the Boston University Database Lab as a Ph.D candidate since Spring 2003 advised by Professor George Kollios. She has a broad range of interests in computer systems including information system architecture, data mining techniques, database algorithms, and performance analysis. Her primary research focus is to optimize databases to accommodate versatile applications.

Research Interests

  • Data Stream Management Systems
  • Spatial Temporal Databases
  • Database Privacy

    • Teaching Experiences:

    Teaching Fellow for CS 108 - Introduction to Application Programming with Instructor Aaron Stevens in Fall 2005.
    Teaching Fellow for CS 101A - Introduction to Computers with Instructor Monica Stoica in Spring 2005.
    Teaching Fellow for CS 101B - Introduction to Computers with Instructor Monica Stoica in Fall 2004.
    Teaching Fellow for CS 112 - Introduction to Computer Science II with Professor John Byers in Spring 2004.

    Publications:

    1. Characterizing and Exploiting Reference Locality in Data Stream Applications
      Feifei Li, Ching Chang, George Kollios, Azer Bestavros.
      In the Proceedings of 22nd IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE2006), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 2006.
      [PDF] [PS] [HTML]
    2. GreedyDual-Join: Locality-Aware Buffer Management for Approximate Join Processing Over Data Streams
      Feifei Li, Ching Chang, Azer Bestavros, George Kollios.
      BUCS Technical Report, July 1, 2004.
      [PDF] [PS] [Abstract]

    Professional Activities:

    Member of the New England Database Society since 2003.

    First place winner of the Regional Microsoft Imagine Cup 2005 Competition prototyping a Disaster Communication Solution.

    Member of WICS - Women in Computer Science in University of Wisconsin - Madison since 2001.

    Distinguished member of SWE (Society of Woman Engineers) 2002.

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