Dr. Albert Tsao
Instructor
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (1996) B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Expertise: C/C++, Java, Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, PHP/MySQL, Linux/UNIX/Window Operating Systems, NumPy/Pandasdata Wrangling/Summarization/Visualization, United States of America Computing Olympiad (USACO).
Educational Experience: Instructor at Springlight Education Institute developing student’s problem analysis, algorithm design, debugging and programming skills in Java/C++/C/JavaScript/Tcl/Python for programming contests (Cupertino, CA). Adjunct Professor at San Jose State University (San Jose, CA), California State University, East Bay (Hayward, CA), Chabot College (Hayward, CA), Cogswell College (San Jose, CA), Silicon Valley University (San Jose, CA).
Professional Experience: Architect at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA).
Dr. Yazdan Pedram Razi
Instructor
Ph.D. in Thermo-fluid Engineering, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France (2004) B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in Thermo-fluids, University of Science and Technology of Iran, Tehran, Iran (1992).
Expertise: Mathematics, Calculus, Physics, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Analysis, Probability Theory, Statistical Analysis, Robotics, SAT II Math, AP Calculus, United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO).
Educational Experience: Mathematics Olympaid at Silicon Valley University. Adjunct Professor at San Jose State University (San Jose, CA), Silicon Valley University (San Jose, CA), Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse, France), Azad University (Tehran, Iran),
Professional Experience: Senior Engineer at ABM-Stack (San Jose, CA), Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA), Xicato (San Jose, CA), Tessera Technologies (San Jose, CA), Flextronics International (San Jose, CA), Reservoir Engineering Research Institute (Palo Alto, CA).
Dr. Peter Chen
Instructor
Ph.D. in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering, International Technological University, Santa Clara, CA (2004) M.S. in Computer Science and Database/Artificial Intelligence, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (1987) M.S. in BioMedical Engineering and Signal Processing/Data Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (1986), Executive MBA, National Chiao-Tong University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (2013).
Certificate Training: Udemy Certificate Training by Project (2018-Present), Deeplizard Certification Training by Project (2019-Present), USCS Extension Certification Training (2018-Present).
Expertise: Java/Python/TensorFlow, HTML 5/CCS3/JavaScript/jQuery/React/Angular, NodeJS/PHP, MongoDB/OracleDB/Postgres, Kafka/Spark, Linux Device Driver/Firmware/C/C++, Machine Learning/Deep Learning/Classification, Numerical Analysis/Data Modeling/Optimization, Multi-Thread Programming.
Educational Experience: Lecturer of Computer Information System (CIS) at Mission College (San Jose, CA), Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Silicon Valley University (San Jose, CA).
Professional Experience: Software Developer (Python) at Johnson & Johnson (Redwood City, CA), Python/JavaScript Programmer at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA), Python/JavaScript Programmer at Silicon Valley University (San Jose, CA), Python/C++ Programmer at Tatung Company (Taipei, Taiwan), Python/C++ Programmer at Mentor Graphics (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Python/Java Programmer at Teralogic (Mountain View, CA).
Tiffany Chiang
Instructor
M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (1987) B.S. in Computer Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (1986).
Expertise: Java, JavaScript, C/C++, Python, Web Services, XML, JSON, Ajax, JNI, Ruby on Rails, JSP, Servlet, Perl, Hibernate, JavaDB, MySQL, HSQLDB, Linux/UNIX/Windows Operating Systems, SDN, Network Management Software, Storage System Management, SAN, Object-Oriented Methodologies, GUI Programming, AP Computer Science ( Java ).
Educational Experience: Adjunct Professor at Silicon Valley University (San Jose, CA).
Professional Experience: Software Engineer at Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd. (Fremont, CA), Cisco Systems Inc. (San Jose, CA), Trapeze Networks Inc. (Pleasanton, CA), Mendocino Software Inc. (Fremont, CA), Onstor Inc. (Los Gatos, CA), Alcatel USA (Milpitas, CA), 3Com Corporation (Santa Clara, CA).
Sharon Chen
Instructor
B.S. in Computer Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (2020) University College London (London, England) UCL Scholars Study Abroad Program.
Expertise: Python Programming, Java Programming, C Programming, C++ Programming, JavaScript (TypeScript, React), AP Chemistry, AP Statistics.
Educational Experience: Teaching Assistant California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA). Tutoring High School Math and Physics.
Professional Experience: Software Engineering Intern at Qualtrics (Seattle, WA), Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA), Caltech Prime Focus Spectrograph Lab (Pasadena, CA).
Dr. Jerry Shiao
Founder of SVU Learning Center, Founder, President, Academic Dean of Silicon Valley University
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (1992) B.S. in Control Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (1984)
Expertise: Entrepreneur, Wired/Wireless Local Area Networks (LANs), Network Design & Optimization (Routing), Modeling & Performance Analysis of Network Systems.
Educational Experience: President, Academic Dean, and Professor at Silicon Valley University (San Jose, CA), Chairman of Department of Computer Science/System Engineering, Director of Research and Development, and Adjunct Professor at Northwestern Polytechnic University (Fremont, CA).
Professional Experience: Founder and CEO Astoria Networks Inc. (San Jose, CA), CEO and CTO Abest Research Corp (San Jose, CA), System Architect Polaris Networks (San Jose, CA), Chief Engineer Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA), Senior Software Engineer Bay Networks (San Jose, CA).
Simon Au
SVU Bootcamp Administrator, SVU Learning Center Administrator, Associate Academic Dean of Silicon Valley University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (1977)
Expertise: Network Protocols, Network Architecture, and Embedded Systems.
Educational Experience: Associate Academic Dean and Adjunct Professor Silicon Valley University (San Jose, CA).
Professional Experience: IP Architect at Arcadyan Networks Inc. (San Jose, CA), Astoria Networks Inc. (San Jose, CA), AFC/Tellabs (San Jose, CA), Metro-Optix (San Jose, CA), and Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA). Software Engineer at 3Com Corporation and Control Data Corporation.
Dr. Nelson Shen
Instructor