MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Stata Center, Room 32-G790
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
USA

Tel: +1 617 253 6038
Fax: +1 617 253 7359
cjt@mit.edu

Research Director of the Qumulus project (formerly T-Party), a 10-year $45MM research collaboration with Quanta Computer, Inc. focused on the future of mobile and cloud technologies.

Development of coureseware and content for EECS courses as part of MITx, MIT's on-line education initiative.

Teaching

Introduction to EECS II: Digital Communications Systems (6.02). An integrated introduction to electrical engineering and computer science that explores communication signals, systems and networks. [F06, S07, F07, S08, S09, F09, S10, S11]

Computation Structures (6.004). 6.004 introduces the architecture of digital systems, emphasizing structural principles common to a wide range of technologies. [F99, S00, F00, S01, F01, S02, F02, F03, S05, S06, S07, S08, F10, F11, F12]

Introductory Digital Systems Laboratory (6.111). A hands-on introduction to current implementation techniques for digital systems, leading to a final project of the student's choice. [F04, F05, F06, F07, F08, F09]

Multicore Systems Laboratory (6.173). Lectures and labs illustrate how to build a multicore computer system. Using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) board, programmed with a simple multicore processor and a minimal software environment, students develop Verilog and software to implement different hardware/software designs for caches, messages, shared memory, and coordination primitives. [F10]

Introduction to VLSI Systems (6.371). An introductory graduate-level course providing a hands-on introduction to the design and implementation of large-scale digital systems in CMOS VLSI. [F96, F02]

Past projects

Interactive Learning Environment. An integrated set of Java-based CAD tools supporting hierarchical schematic entry, simulation and (soon) full custom layout, all accessible from the Web.

Curl. Curl is a new language for creating web documents with almost any sort of content, from simple formatted text to complex interactive applets.

Stata Center. The new home for the computing, information and intelligence sciences, this 713,000 SF building was designed by Frank Gehry. My job as chair of the Client Committee was to coordinate the clients' input to the FOG/A design process. As Associate Director of CSAIL, I organized space assignments, move-in activities and final client fit-out.

XTutor. Client- and server-side software to support an on-line interactive learning environment, funded by iCampus and the D'Arbeloff Program for Academic Excellence. Includes developing a system-independent XML-based framework for writing and annotating interactive educational content to be delivered as a client-side “workbook”.

• Resume

• Selected publications:
  • "A Single-Chip 1.6 Billion 16-b MAC/s Multiprocessor DSP," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, March 2000
  • "An Interactive Learning Environment for VLSI Design," Proceedings of the IEEE, January 2000
  • "A Video Decoder for H.261 Video Teleconferencing and MPEG Stored Interactive Video Applications," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1993

• Patents
  • Patent 7373639, System and method supporting type checking of options, issued 5/13/08.
  • Patent 7340720, System and method supporting mapping of option bindings, issued 3/4/08.
  • Patent 6769001, System and method supporting nonlocal values, issued 7/27/04.
  • Patent 5034907, Dynamically configurable signal processor and processor arrangement, issued 7/23/91.