Education
University of Michigan, School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Science in Information -- degree expected on April 2010
Specializations in Information Analysis & Retrieval, Human-Computer Interaction
2008 - 2010 School of Information Scholarship -- GPA 3.91/4.00
Purdue University School of Science, Indianapolis, Indiana
Master of Science in Physics -- degree issued on Dec 2008
Specialization in Computational Biophysics
2005 - 2008 Dean Fellowship -- GPA 3.75/4.00
University of Science & Technology in China, Heifei, China
Master of Electronical Engineering
Specialization in Embedded System
Bachelar of Applied Physics
Specialization in Physical Electronics
Working Experience
* Microsoft Program Manager, summer internship, 2009
Microsoft Dynamics, CRM. Redmond, WA, US
* Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 2008~
Selected Projects
Data Analysis/Social Computing:
* Diffusion and Influence in the FaceBook Social Network, Sep, 2009~Present
Understand how social interaction and influence factors can predict users’ adoption and engagement in the Facebook applications. Funded by LOLapps.
* Individual Focus and Contribution to Scholarly Work, Sep, 2008~Present
How individual’s focus level is associated with level of contribution, across systems (Jstor, QA sites, Wikipedia etc) and fields
* Behavior Dynamics of Question-Answer Communities, 2008~Present
Statistically examine users’ adaptive behavior and interaction patterns in Yahoo!Answers, Baidu Knows, and Naver
* Answerer Recommender for Yahoo! Answers, Jan ~ May, 2009
Employing network analysis to infer peer users’ expertise and interest space and generate answerer recommendations
Design & User Experience Research
* Program Manager: Newsfeed Feature for Microsoft CRM, Jun ~ Aug, 2009
* Mi-Fresh: Promoting Local Produce Consumption,Sep ~ Dec, 2008
Won Runner-up in CHI Design Competition, Boston, 2008
* Usability Evaluation: Microsoft OneNote, Jan ~ Apr, 2009
* Mobile Communication Module Built-in Car Media System, 2004~2005
* A Single Photon Detector (SPD), 2003~2005
* Human-Resource Management System for a Television Broadcast Station, 2002~2003
Publications:
Activity Lifespan: An Analysis of User Survival Patterns in Online Knowledge Sharing Communities. Working Paper.
Adamic, L. and X. Wei, Individual Focus and Contribution to Scholarly Work. Submitted.
Yang, J. and X. Wei, Seeking and Offering Expertise across Categories: A Sustainable Mechanism Works for Baidu Knows. International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media. 2009. San Jose: AAAI
Wei, X. et al. Mi-Fresh: Promoting Local Produce Consumption. In CHI 2009. Boston, MA. (Design Competition)
Wei, X. and M. R. Betancourt. Dependence of Protein Folding Kinetics on Structural Designability. working paper
Wei, X. et al. Research of a SiAPD Single Photon Detector in a Constant Temperature System. Nuclear Electronics & Detection Technology 26(6), 2006.
Technical Skills:
User Experience Research & Contextual Design
* Context Inquiry, Surveys, Interviews, Field Research, Cognitive Walkthrough, Personas & Scenarios
* Paper Prototyping, Hi-Fi Prototyping, Flow Diagrams, Site Maps, Storyboading, Storyboarding, Wireframing, Visio
* Usability Testing & Analysis, Eye Tracking, Heuristic Evaluation, Competitive Study
Computational Research & Programming
* Advanced Social Network Analysis, Text Mining, Information Retrival
* Linear/Non-linear, Statistics/Stochastic Process models
* Programming in Linux/Unix/Windows: JAVA, PYTHON, PERL, VB, C, C#
Web & Application Design
APIs, ASP, PHP, CSS, JSP, Drupal, Apache, Access-mdb, SQL/MySQL, Dreamweaver, 3DMAX, Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat
Honors
* Runner-up in Student Design Competition, CHI 2009, Boston.
* First Place in expoSItion, University of Michigan, 2009
* Tuition Scholarship of School of Information, University of Michigan, 2008 ~ 2010
* Dean's Fellowship in School of Science, Purdue University, 2005 ~ 2008
* Champion of University Tennis Open of Hefei City, 2004
* Scholarship of Excellent Student, USTC, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
Updated on Dec, 23, 2009 by Xiao Wei