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Education Skills
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fluent C, C++, Python, Java,
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 2013 JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS 3, Julia, Pro-
cessing (Arduino)
Coursework Arti cial Intelligence, Parallel Computing, Probabilistic
Systems Analysis, Software Construction, Computation Structures, Familiar Haskell, Ruby, LTEX, PHP,
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Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics MATLAB, C#, D, Scheme, Basic, Ruby
GPA 4.4/5.0 on Rails, Git, Subversion
Extensive experience with AVR micro
controllers (C) and the Arduino Platform
Work Experience (Processing)
Research Assistant 2011 - present Machine tools, MIG welding, soldering
The Julia Project, MIT CSAIL
Designing a high-performance programming language for scienti c
computing Selected Personal Projects
Implemented a web-based REPL interface
Designed a course website Web-based Mandelbrot fractal renderer
3-D rendering engine
Software Engineering Intern, Panjiva Summer 2011
Multithreaded SCGI server
Designed several pages and backend services
Developed a new online dashboard for Panjiva users Music descriptor language and compo-
Implemented a veri cation layer on top of subversion to improve sitional environment
site stability
Musical key nder with chord sugges-
tions
Hardware Architect Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
Innovations in International Health Hexapod robot involving inverse kine-
Developed CoolComply, an award-winning solar powered refrigera- matics and motion planning
tion device for storing and monitoring MDR-tuberculosis medication
Human-operable electric self-balancing
Designed a two-tire protocol formicro controller communication
unicycle
Computer Vision Researcher, UCF Summer 2010
Developed a baseline system for classifying video sequences of Awards and Recognitions
human actions
1st Place, MIT s Web Programming
Investigated feature description by shape context and Gabor lter
Competition (6.470)
response
Self-balancing unicycle featured on
Rapid Prototyping Researcher, MIT Media Lab Spring 2010 Engadget, Hack a Day, Ubergizmo,
Designed and implemented a tabletop display which simulates a PhysOrg.com, Softpedia, BostInno, Giz-
location-based 3D perspective mowatch, New Rising Media, DVICE,
Developed a digital sculpting solution integrating computer models The Huf ngton Post, et. al.
with physical gestures using motion capture technology
CoolComply device (IIH) won a
$100,000 Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant
Research Assistant, Remote Sensing Systems Summer 2009
3rd place, MIT s Autonomous Robot De-
Implemented an animation delivery service as an alternative way
sign Competition (6.270)
to view geophysical products using Google Earth (http://remss-
kml.com)