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Education:

• PhD candidate at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) in Computer Science [transcript]. Projected graduation date: Sept. 2007. Advised by Serge Belongie.

• Received SM (Master of Science) from Harvard University in Computer Science in June 2002 (concurrently with AB degree).

• Received AB (Bachelor of Arts) Cum Laude from Harvard University in Computer Science in June 2002. Concentration GPA: 13.91 of 15 [transcript].

• Relevant coursework in vision and learning: [pdf]

Research Experience:

1. TANDENT VISION SCIENCE.   San Francisco, CA.
   June 2006-present. Consultant.

2. SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH,   Princeton, NJ.
   Summer 2005. Intern, Integrated Data Systems Department. Advised by Zhuowen Tu. Application of machine learning techniques to low level vision tasks.

3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SD.   San Diego, CA.
   Winter 2004-present. Advised by Serge Belongie. Graduate Student Researcher, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering.

4. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,   Ann Arbor, MI.
   June 2000 to Sept. 2002. Researcher. Advised by Marshall Van Alstyne. Developed the Information Growth & Diffusion Simulator, used to model effects of information technology on society. The simulator was used in classrooms at several US universities, including the Harvard Business School and the University of Michigan. Presented at the Lake Arrowhead Conference on Computational Social Science Agent Based Modeling in 2002 [abstract] and at the Conference on Computational Analysis of Social and Organization Systems in 2002 [pdf].

5. HARVARD UNIVERSITY,   Cambridge, MA.
   Fall 2000 - 2002. Research Assistant. Advised by Robert Neugeboren. Investigated repeated prisoner's dilemma simulations. Revisited Robert Axelrod's classic experiments, with a focus on allowing students to refine strategies Simulations were used in a classroom environment.

6. ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY,   Argonne, IL.
   Summer 1999. Research Assistant. Advised by James Jorgensen. Gathered and analyzed data using neutron diffraction; helped to devise a standard procedure for testing the purity of crystallite samples.

7. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,   Chicago, IL
   Summer 1998. Laboratory Assistant. Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Advised by Timothy Morrison.

Other Work Experience:

1. HARVARD UNIVERSITY,   Cambridge, MA.
   Fall 2000. Programmer and developer of commercial application called EquationSolver for James Stewart. Used as an aid for engineers in the safety and health industry.

2. HARVARD UNIVERSITY,   Cambridge, MA.
   1998-1999. Programmer at Harvard MicroChemistry Facility under William Lane. Maintenance and expansion of Intranet.

Teaching Experience:

• Winter 2004; UCSD CSE150 - Artificial Intelligence . Teaching Assist. [evals]
• Fall 2004; UCSD CSE166 - Image Processing . Teaching Assist. Led weekly section, presented main lecture on occasion.[evals]
• Fall 2003; UCSD CSE166 - Image Processing . Teaching Assist. Led weekly section. [evals]
• Spring 2002; Harvard CS181 - Intelligent Machines. Teaching Fellow. Led weekly section.

Honors and Awards:

• NSF IGERT Fellowship 2006, 2007.
• Harvard College Scholarship 1999, 2000, 2001.
• Awards for distinguished service in the Model UN program, 1999-2000.
• Robert C. Byrd Scholarship 1998.