CHRISTINE J. ALVARADO

10 Chandler St. #2
Somerville, MA 02144
Phone: (617) 253-8926
Fax: (617) 253-5060
Email: calvarad@ai.mit.edu

OBJECTIVE

A position that will allow me to continue my research designing and developing intelligent, natural human-computer interfaces.

EDUCATION

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Boston, MA August, 2003
  • Student in Ph.D. program in Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  • Expects to complete PhD in Computer Science in 2003
  • Areas of Interest: Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Boston, MA June, 2000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Hanover, NH June, 1998
  • AB in Computer Science, graduated Summa Cum Laude with High Honors
  • Overall GPA: 3.87 / 4.0, Major GPA: 3.97 / 4.0
  • Other areas of study: Minor in Psychology, Spanish
UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO Buenos Aires, Argentina Spring 1997
  • Lived independently with Argentine family
  • Attended advanced level classes on Argentine literature, history and politics

EXPERIENCE

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: research assistant Boston, MA 1998-Present
  • Designed and implemented natural sketch recognition method for mechanical engineers as part of team
  • Led development of large-scale Java application
  • Interfaced front-end sketch system with off-the-shelf mechanical simulation system for real-time simulation of sketches
VIRTUAL-INK: research assistant Boston, MA 1998-Present
  • Designed and implemented natural sketch recognition method for mechanical engineers as part of team
  • Led development of large-scale Java application
  • Interfaced front-end sketch system with off-the-shelf mechanical simulation system for real-time simulation of sketches
VICINITY CORPORATION:software engineer Lebanon, NH Summer 1998
  • Wrote software to incorporate new data format into existing mapping program
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE ROBOTICS LAB: research assistant Hanover, NH 1996-1998
  • Awarded High Honors for Senior Thesis on scout robot route planning in novel world
  • Designed and implemented class hierarchy system for distributed system of robots
  • Awarded research grant by National Science Foundation
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: research assistant Seattle, WA Summer 1997
  • Awarded research fellowship by Computing Research Association’s Distributed Mentor Program for women in computer science (funded by National Science Foundation)
  • Designed and implemented simulated Plan View Display for safety analysis model of CTAS (Center-TRACON Automation System), a new automated system of air traffic control
  • Traveled to Norfolk, VA to present final report of safety analysis to NASA-Langley
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: teaching assistant Hanover, NH Summer 1996
  • Ran weekly tutorials on topics in computer architecture
  • Graded all weekly written and programming assignments for architecture class

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HONORS AND ACTIVITIES