CV
You can download Qingkai's CV here (As of 2020-02-20)
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, CA
School of Earth and Planetary Science
Ph.D. (2011,08-2018,05)
Advisor - Richard Allen - Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Department of Civil Engineering
Master in Structural Engineering (2006,09-2010,06)
Advisor - Ming Zhao (赵鸣) - Guangxi University, Nanning, China
Department of Civil Engineering
Bachelor in Civil Engineering (2002,09-2006,06)
Advisor - Xiqiang Wei (韦熙强), Xiumei Li (李秀梅), Ling Su (苏玲)
Work experience
- Google, Mountain View, CA
Visiting Researcher in the Visiting Faculty Program (2019,08-present) - Berkeley Seismology Lab & Division of Data Sciences, Berkeley, CA
Assistant Data Science Researcher (2018,08-present) - AT&T big data team, Palo Alto, US
Student Intern (2015,05-2015,08) - Keming Construction Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China
Structural Engineer (2010,06-2011,07) - Halcrow Group Ltd., Reading, UK
Graduate Engineer (2008,10-2009,10) - Hulan Design & Consulting Croup, Guangxi, China
Structural Engineer (2006,03-2006,06)
Professional service
2019/04:
Convener - Machine Learning in Seismology at SSA Meeting, Seattle, WA
2018/05:
Convener - Applications of Data Science and Machine Learning in Seismology at SSA Meeting, Miami FL
2017/12:
Convener - Applications of Data Science and Machine Learning in Seismology, at AGU, New Orleans, LA
Convener - Citizen Science in Seismology, AGU, New Orleans, LA
Reviewer
Annals of Geophysics, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Seismological Research Letters, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal of Seismology, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Geophysical Journal International, Frontiers in Earth Science, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Nature Geoscience, Scientific Reports, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Sensors Journal
Grants
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2020/05 Deep Learning Based Approach to Integrate MyShake's Trigger Data with ShakeAlert for Faster and Robust EEW Alerts
- Term: 12-month
- Amounts: $64,464
- Role: PI
- Source: USGS Link
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2019/09 Google Cloud Platform Research Credits
- Term: 6-month
- Amounts: $5,000
- Role: PI
- Source: Google Cloud Platform
- 2019/06 Statewide Public Alert Delivery for CEEWS/ShakeAlert using MyShake
- Term: 24-month
- Role: co-PI, PI: Richard M. Allen, co-PI: Jennifer A. Strauss, Margaret Hellweg
- Source: California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
- 2019/05 Understanding the Seismic Ground Motion Spatial Variability Using Network Analysis - Community Detection
- Term: 12-month
- Role: PI, co-PI: Greg Beroza
- Source: Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- 2018/08 Grants for Developing Data Science textbook and course materials
- Term: 12-month
- Role: PI
- Source: Berkeley Division of Data Sciences
- 2017/07 I-Corps Award
- Term: 12 month
- Role: Entrepreneur lead
- Source: NSF link
Teaching and Outreach
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Guest Lecturer, 2019/07
Teach two lectures for EPS20 summay session course. Berkeley, CA Link -
Maker, 2019/04
Demos Earthquake Early Warning and MyShake at Piedmont Maker Faire, Piedmont, CA Link -
Co-Instructor, 2019/04
4-hour Machine Learning for Seismology workshop at 2019 SSA Annual Meeting. Link, Materials -
Instructor, 2018/11
3-hour workshop on Artificial Neural Network at Berkeley D-Lab. Link, Materials -
Instructor, 2018/04
3-hour workshop on Artificial Neural Network at Berkeley D-Lab. Link, Materials -
Instructor, 2017/12
1-hour workshop on Machine Learning at The Hacker Within, Berkeley. Link, Materials -
Instructor, 2017/11
3-hour workshop on Artificial Neural Network at Berkeley D-Lab, Link, Materials - Co-Instructor, 2017/11
Teaching data science module in the EPS-C-20 class (Earthquake in your backyard). - Instructor, 2017/06
2-hour Machine learning with sklearn workshop for Berkeley CDIPS data science workshop. Link, Materials - Instructor, 2017/04
3-hour workshop on Artificial Neural Network at Berkeley D-Lab, Link, Materials - Instructor, 2017/03
3-hour AI workshop at Deutsche Telekom Silicon Valley Innovation Center, Materials - Project teacher, 2016/Fall semester
Stat215 (Statistical Models: Theory and Practice). Instructor, Philip Stark - Instructor, 2016/12
3-hour workshop on Artificial Neural Network at Berkeley D-Lab, Link, Materials, Slides - Python Instructor, 2016/08
2-day Berkeley Python-bootcamp, Link, Materials - Instructor, 2014/03
Python workshop for Seismologist in our Research Group (1 hour/week for 8-week) Materials - Teaching Assistant, 2013/Fall semester
EPS20 (Earthquakes in your backyard). Instructor, Richard Allen - School science teacher, 2012-2015
EPS geoscience outreach group, teaching Earth Science to Middle/High school students