about : electronic Max

electronic Max is a senior graduate student and research scientist at MIT CSAIL working on making computers more personal for the purpose of being able to help us more effectively in our work and personal lives.

eMax is primarily affiliated with the Haystack directed by David Karger. He is jointly advised between David and monica (mc) schraefel, Howard Shrobe, Rob C. Miller. His other mentors include Ora Lassila, Jamey Hicks, Wendy Mackay, Paul Robertson.

He has most recently collaborated with: Michael Bernstein, Mikko Perttunen, Paul André, Greg Vargas.

While an undergrad at MIT, eMax worked at the MIT Media Lab under John Maeda at the Aesthetics and Computation Group. Max helped develop a piece for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) called Atmosphere for the Workspheres exhibit in 2001.

Max grew up in Tokyo, Japan and his family hails from Boise, Idaho.

Late every Friday night (2-4am), eMax spins a show on WMBR 88.1FM Cambridge called DarkBOT Radio: Music for your Lonely Robot.

A formal list of what he does for work can be found on emax's resume.

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