ANNA CUSTO

as of September 27th, 2003

 

 

annac@mit.edu

 

(617) 726 9332

(MGH, Charlestown)

 

(617) 253 8829

(MIT, Cambridge)

OBJECTIVE   

To obtain a position as Information Technology Consultant/Manager in a company where initiative, creativity and interpersonal skills will be exploited to improve results. Attracted by the opportunity of traveling to and working in different locations around the world

WORK EXPERIENCE      

Research Assistant

  Artificial Intelligence laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge and

  Massachusetts General Hospital, NMR Center, Boston

  Conducts research on Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT). This non-invasive metabolic-imaging technique will lead us to an improved

  understanding of the brain activation and functionality and ultimately it will contribute to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of

  mental illness and neural disorders

 

Teaching Assistant

  Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell’Informazione, Università degli studi di Genova, IT

1.       HTML class, 2001

2.       Assistant in “Introduction to Information Technology” class, 2001

 

Tutoring

  Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell’Informazione, Università degli studi di Genova, IT

1.       Freshmen tutor for the Academic year 1999 – 2000

2.       Formula 2000 (orientation event): assistance to the prospective student for the Department of Computer Science

 

Projects

  Artificial Intelligence laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

1.       Simulation of bacteria behavior: reproduction and evolution (best fit selection) (using C)

2.       Simulation of ant colony to study constructive outcome of a random behavior (Lego robot design and implementation)

 

  Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell’Informazione, Università degli studi di Genova, IT

3.       Control unit design and simulation (using VHDL)

4.       Compiler for NFL imperative language (using C)

5.       Videogame on the web (using HTML, applet and Java script)

6.       Graphic driver for the kernel of Minix Operative System

7.       Vehicle business Data Base design and implementation (using SQL and Access)

8.       3D multifunctional graphic interface (using C, Xform and OpenGL)

9.       Astronomical images in the thermal Infra Red simulator (using IDL and Matlab)

10.    Multifunctional 8 bits timer design and implementation (using Oracle and Palasm i.e. PAL/EPROM sw)

11.    Stereo vision system: 3D visualization (using C++ and VRML)

 

Publications

1.     “Comparison of Diffusion and Transport in human head” [in progress], Cambridge 9/2003

2.     “Comparison of Monte Carlo and Finite Difference predictions of near-infrared light propagation in realistic adult head model”

          [talk], Cambridge 8/2003

3.     “A Fourier-based method for the restoration of chopped and nodded images” [A&A], Genoa 5/2003

4.     “Mid-IR emission of circumsteller disks in the Orion Nebula” [poster], Munich 4/2001

  5.     “Infrared image restoration” [talk], Genoa 6/2001

  6.     “Infrared image restoration in specific environment” [master thesis], Genoa 7/2000

 

EDUCATION 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science candidate

 

Space Telescope Science Institute (J. Hopkins, MD)

  Research for post Master Thesis full three-month fellowship

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Research in Center for Biological and Computational Learning in genome selection

  (summer student) full two-month fellowship

 

Università degli studi di Genova, DISI

  Master of Science magna cum laude in Computer Science

 

Space Telescope Science Institute (J. Hopkins, MD)

  Research for Master’s Thesis full three-month fellowship

 

Liceo Classico C. Colombo (Genoa, IT)

  Diploma di maturita Classica (high school) magna cum laude

09/2001 – present

 

 

02/2001 – 04/2001

 

 

07/2000 – 09/2000

 

 

 

07/2000

 

 

11/1999 – 02/2000

 

 

07/1995

HONORS AND AWARDS

1.       Five year grant from NIH (National Institute of Health) for research in DOT, 2003 - 2008

2.       Full financial support from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, 2001 - present

3.       One year fellowship offered by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation at Mass. Institute of Technology, 2001 - 2002

4.       Full financial support from Max Planck Institute für Astronomy (Heidelberg, Germany) for data acquisition at the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (Hawaii, USA), 12/1999

5.       G. Buranello award in poetry contest (1994 and 1995)

 

PERSONAL AND LANGUAGES

1.       Fluent English. Spoken Spanish. Native Italian.

2.       Research interests include machine learning, neural networks, inverse problems and regularization theory

3.       Other interests include competitive sailing, tango dancing and writing

 

OTHER EXPERIENCES

1.       Commodore of the MIT yacht club (MIT Nautical Association, MITNA), 12/2002 - present

2.       Treasurer of the MIT Italian Club (MITaly), 1/2003 - present

3.       Vice President of the MIT Argentine Tango Club (ATC), 3/2003 - present

4.       Founder and administrator of the Catholic Italian group at MIT, 2/2002 - present

5.       Experience in a Catholic Mission in Matiri (Kenya, Africa), 07/2001

6.       Member of the city committee promoting the “Theatre for students” activities in Genoa (IT), 1999