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Academic History
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA | |
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Ph.D. in Computer Science, May 2009 Dissertation: "Enhanced Visual Authoring Using Operation History" Committee: Frédo Durand (supervisor), Maneesh Agrawala, Robert Miller, Sylvain Paris |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA | |
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M.S. in Computer Science, January 2005 Thesis: "Perceptual Picture Emphasis Using Texture Power Maps" Advisor: Frédo Durand |
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| University of Washington, Seattle, WA | |
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B.S. in Computer Engineering, June 2002 Advisor: Richard Anderson |
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Professional Experience
| Tufts University, Medford, MA | September 2009-present |
| Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science. In addition to research and student
supervision, responsibilities include teaching load of two courses per semester. |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA | June-September 2009 |
| Postdoctoral researcher in the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA | August 2002-June 2009 |
| Graduate student researcher with Prof. Fredo Durand
in the Computer Graphics Group, focusing on image enhancement,
interactive techniques, and visualization. |
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| Adobe Systems, Newton, MA | September 2007-January 2008 |
| Intern in the Creative Technology Labs with
Dr. Sylvain Paris. Introduced methods for visualizing and
interacting with the editing history of graphical
documents. |
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| Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA | Summer 2003 |
| Intern in the Document Processing and
Understanding group with Dr. Maneesh Agrawala. Investigated
techniques for re-directing viewer attention in
photographs. |
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| Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA | Summer 2002 |
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Graphics intern in the Advanced Technology Group
with Dr. Dick Sites. Developed methods for generating
superior quality thumbnails from digital photographs.
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| Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China | Jun 2001-Dec 2001 |
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Intern in the Visual Computing Group with
Dr. Harry Shum and Dr. Ying-Qing Xu.
Designed methods for interactive painting and digital handwriting enhancement.
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| University of Washington, Seattle, WA | 2000-2001 |
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Undergraduate research assistant, advised by Prof. Richard Anderson.
Developed tools for the Tutored
Video Instruction educational technology initiative.
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| Cray, Seattle, WA | Summer 2000 |
| Software engineer intern with Dr. Andrew Shapira and Dr. Robert Henry. Programmed modules of the scanning subsystem used to test the MTA supercomputer. | |
Teaching Experience
| Tufts University, Medford, MA |
Sole instructor for the following courses:
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| MIT Women's Technology Program |
| Sole instructor for Introduction to Computer Science, Summer 2006 |
Awards and Honors
- Morris Joseph Levin Award for Best Thesis Presentation in Computer Science, MIT, 2005
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2005
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2002 (declined)
- MIT Presidential Fellowship, 2002-2003
- Runner-up, Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Award, 2002
- NASA Space Grant Scholarship, University of Washington, 1998-2002
- Mary Gates Undergraduate Scholarship, University of Washington 1998-2002
- Boeing Scholarship, UW College of Engineering, 2000
- National Merit Scholarship, 1998-2002
- Coca-Cola/QFC Scholarship, 1998
- Washington delegate to National Youth Science Camp, 1998
Publications
(Please see List of Publications.)
Activities
Program Committee
- Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Conference, 2008, 2009
Reviewing
- IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications
- IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
- Computers & Graphics
- The Visual Computer
- CHI (ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
- UIST (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology)
- SIGGRAPH (ACM Conference on Computer Graphics and Interface Techniques)
- SIGGRAPH Asia
- Graphics Interface Conference
- Eurographics Conference
- EGSR (Eurographics Symposium on Rendering)
- NPAR (Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering)
- ICPR (International Conference on Pattern Recognition)
- IEEE Visualization
Service
- Faculty advisor, Tufts ACM SIGGRAPH chapter, 2010-present
- MIT Student Oxygen Workshop organizer, 2004, 2005
- MIT Graphics lunch seminar organizer, 2004
- Host for prospective graduate students, MIT CSAIL, 2003, 2004
- Interviewing committee for UW CSE undergraduate advisor, 2001
- Treasurer, University of Washington ACM, 2001
- Outreach volunteer, UW CSE, 2000-2002
- Peer mentor, UW Women in Science and Engineering, 2001
- Treasurer, UW Eta Kappa Nu EE Honor Society, 2000
- Programming tutor, UW EE Department, 2000
- Board member, Whispering Heights Community Association, 1998-2001
- Volunteer, Puget Sound Blood Center, 1996-1998
- Volunteer, UW Medical Center, 1997
Memberships
- Member of ACM, SIGGRAPH
- Elected to Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Golden Key honor societies
- Participant in CRA-W Graduate Cohort (2007), CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshop (2007), Tapia Symposium on Diversity in Computing (2001), Grace Hopper Conference (2000, 2008, 2009)
Personal
- Citizenship: United States
- Date of birth: January 1982
- Place of birth: Jackson, Mississippi
- Languages spoken: English, Chinese
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Updated February 2010