Christopher Halordain Tsai

Christopher Halordain Tsai MSCS Graduate Student Ph.D Candidate Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Contact

5909 Toppingham Street
Plano, TX 75093
United States of America
tsaic@mit.edu

Current Research & Career Interests

• Mathematical Methods of Training a Computer to Extract Visual Information

• Game Applications of Computer Graphics and Vision

• Communication Networking for Multiplayer Games

• Parallel Processing in Portable Game Development

• Digital Image Processing

• Two-Dimensional Information Theory

• Three-Dimensional Image Transforms

• Three-Dimensional Object Classification

• Morphological Image Processing

• Stochastic Image and Video Processing

• Connotative Computer Vision

• Emotion Recognition in Face Images

Education

• B.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, January 2009

• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, January 2009

• M.S., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expected 2011-2012

Japanese Sakubun

• Self-Introduction in Japanese

• Why I Value Pokemon in Japanese

• Pokemon Popularity Study in Japanese

• Pokemon Popularity Presentation in Japanese

• Pokemon Popularity Research Outline in Japanese

• Pokemon Popularity Survey in Japanese

• About Facebook in Japanese

• Why I Like Stanford in Japanese

• Pokemon Showdown Worlds in Japanese

Japanese Game Designs

• School Days

• Shopper’s Paradise

• Pokemon Tactics

• Jishomon

Recent Compositions

• Doshisha University Study Abroad Reflections

• Mind over Matter: Making the Most out of Henry James’ Endings - Reconciling the Life Not Lived with the One That Is

• Not Merely Child’s Play: A Study of Gameplay as a Window into Character in Henry James’ Fiction

• The Scientific Method: A Study - The Cause and Effect of Presumption in Henry James’ Early Works

• Pokemon Showdown 2008 Worlds @ Orlando, FL

• Pokemon Showdown 2008 Qualifier @ Los Angeles, CA

• Mind over Matter: How Pokemon Made Its Metagame

• How to Live Forever: The Pleasure of Immortality

• “Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand”

Technical Writing

• Learning to Understand: Mathematical Methods of Training a Computer to Extract Visual Information

• Pictures at an Eigen-Exhibition: Painting Identification Using Eigenimages
  with June Zhang and Ivan Janatra

• A Class of One’s Own: Image Classification Using Forward Recursion
  with June Zhang

• Effects of Image Compression on Extracted Feature Quality
  with Damien Cerbelaud

• Facing the Truth: Using Color to Improve Facial Feature Extraction
  with Maria Jabon and Damien Cerbelaud

• Effects of 2-D Preprocessing on Feature Extraction: Decimation, Contrast Enhancement, Filtering
  

• Current Errata for Umran and Aziz Inan’s Electromagnetic Waves

• Maximum Likelihood Prediction of Team Ability

• Titan’s Young Surface: Initial Impact Crater Survey by Cassini RADAR and Model Comparison
  with R.D. Lorenz, C.A. Wood, J.I. Lunine, S.D. Wall, R.M. Lopes, K. Mitchell, F. Paganelli, L. Wye, H. Zebker, and the Cassini RADAR Team

Presentations

• Effects of Image Compression on Extracted SURF Quality
  with Damien Cerbelaud

• Facing the Truth: Using Color to Improve Facial Feature Extraction
  with Maria Jabon and Damien Cerbelaud

• Mind over Matter: How Pokemon Made Its Metagame
  

• A Class of One’s Own: Image Classification Using Forward Recursion
  with June Zhang

• Compressed Image-Based Retrieval: Scalable Recognition of CD Covers
  with David Chen, Gabriel Takacs, and Vijay Chandrasekhar

• A TITANic Catalog of Features & Surface Types Revealed by Cassini SAR and Its Application to Studying Saturn’s Largest Moon
  

• Mapping the Surface of Titan Using Cassini
  

Performances

• Pokemon Showdown Practice Gauntlet with Haruhi
  filmed by Alan Hum (Haruhi)

• Pokemon Showdown Los Angeles Finals, Part I

• Pokemon Showdown Los Angeles Finals, Part II
  filmed by Thomas Mifflin (POKEMONBATTLEBRAIN)

• Pokemon Showdown Worlds 2008 Semifinals, Part I

• Pokemon Showdown Worlds 2008 Semifinals, Part II
  filmed by Ray Rizzo (bluecookies)

Coursework

Applied Vision and Image Systems: Winter 2008

• Tutorial #1: Image Formation

• Tutorial #2: Color Matching

• Tutorial #3: Color Metrics

• Tutorial #4: JPEG

Convex Optimization: Winter 2008

• Problem Set #3: Convex Optimization Problems

• Problem Set #4: Convex Optimization Problems

• Problem Set #5: Duality

• Problem Set #6: Approximation and Fitting

• Problem Set #7: Unconstrained Minimization

• Problem Set #8: Standard Form LP Barrier Method

Digital Image Processing: Spring 2007

• Problem Set #1: Quantization and Histogram Equalization

• Problem Set #2: Color Spaces and Interpolation

• Problem Set #3: Image Sampling and Soft Coring

• Problem Set #4: The Hough Transform and Haar Eigenimages

Image and Video Compression: Winter 2008

• Problem Set #1: Lossless Coding

• Problem Set #2: Arithmetic Coding

• Problem Set #3: Quantization

• Problem Set #4: Predictive Coding

• Problem Set #5: Transform Coding

• Problem Set #6: The Wavelet Transform

• Problem Set #7: Video Sequence Coding

Imaging Radar and Applications: Winter 2007

• Problem Set #2: The Chirp Pulse and Range Compression

• Problem Set #3: System Design and Sidelobe Reduction

• Problem Set #4: Azimuth Processing and Unfocused SAR

• Problem Set #5: A Focused SAR Processor

• Problem Set #6: Range Migration

• Problem Set #7: SAR Image Formation from Raw Data

• Problem Set #8: Radar Interferometry and Correlation Images

• Problem Set #9: Interferometric Digital Elevation Models and Geocoding

Linear Dynamical Systems: Spring 2007

• Problem Set #1: Linear Systems

• Problem Set #7: Low-Rank Approximation in Search

• Final: Low-Rank Approximation in Images

Planetary Exploration: Spring 2007

• Problem Set #1: Observing the Sky, The Birth of Astronomy

• Problem Set #2: Orbits, Gravity, Earth, Moon, and Sky

• Problem Set #3: Radiation and Spectra

• Problem Set #4: Astronomical Instruments, Other Worlds

• Problem Set #5: Earth as a Planet, Cratered Worlds, Earth-Like Planets

• Problem Set #6: The Giant Planets

• Problem Set #7: Rings, Moons, Comets, and Asteroids

Two-Dimensional Imaging: Winter 2008

• Problem Set #1: The Image Plane

• Problem Set #2: Coherent and Incoherent Imaging

• Problem Set #3: Two-Dimensional Impulse Functions

• Problem Set #4: The Two-Dimensional Fourier Transform

• Problem Set #5: The Two-Dimensional Convolution Theorem

• Problem Set #6: Imaging the Earth’s Subsurface

• Problem Set #7: Rotational Symmetry

• Problem Set #8: The Optical Transfer Function

Favorite Textbooks

Digital Image Processing (3rd edition). by Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. Woods. Prentice Hall Publishing, 2007.

Real-Time Rendering (3rd edition). by Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines, and Naty Hoffman. AK Peters, 2008.

Elements of Information Theory (2nd edition). by Thomas M. Cover and Joy A. Thomas. John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

Effective C: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd edition). by Scott Meyers. Addison-Wesley, 2005.

Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library. by Scott Meyers. Addison-Wesley, 2001.

Introduction to Algorithms (3rd edition). by Thomas H. Cormen, Ronald L. Rivest, Charles E. Leiserson, and Clifford Stein. The MIT Press, 2009.

2100 Useful Kanji. Sanseido Publishing, 2008.