Professional

Education 

• Masters of Philosophy (2006)
  Computer Science 
  Yale University
  New Haven, CT
• Masters of Science (2004)
  Computer Science
  Yale University
  New Haven, CT
• Bachelors of Science (1996)
  Engineering and Applied Science
  California Institute of Technology
  Pasadena, CA

Positions and Employment

• Graduate Student, Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT (2002-current)
  Joined the Yale Social Robotics Laboratory under Professor Brian Scassellati (advisor).  Research topics explored include prosody, face recognition, and computational models of visual attention.
• Research Associate, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA (1999-2002)
  Programming in C++, Perl, IDL, and Java in implementation of data analysis software and analytic investigation.  Guided implementation of key clinical protocols and research topics including NMR modeling, chemical shift imaging and 13C infusion (metabolic) studies.  Funded by support from the Rudi Schulte Research Institute.
• Programmer, Sony Interactive Studios, San Diego, CA (1996-1999)
  Programmer for Sony Playstation sports games Shootout ‘98 and Shootout 2000.  Duties included interface animation, polygonal engine, statistical simulator, database management, gameplay, AI, and other tasks using GNU C++, Visual C++, and Perl.
• Programmer, Dreamer’s Guild, Chatsworth, CA (1996)
  Worked on front-end of an interactive internet game Citadels. Duties included graphics, player interface, internet traffic management, and gameplay AI.
• Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry,  California Institute of Technology (1995)
  Modeled and designed animations of stereoisomerism for educational use for the Chemistry Animation Project
• Research Assistant, Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology (1994)
  Designed and implemented a psychophysical experiment testing preattentive multiple simple discrimination tasks.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

• Member, IEEE (2006)
• Teaching Assistant for Artificial Intelligence (Computer Science: fall 2003, fall 2004) and Intelligent Robotics (Computer Science: spring 2003,spring2004)
• Course Lecturer, Clinical MR Spectroscopy - protocols for data acquisition and data analysis in 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (2001-2002)
• Member, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2000-2002)