EECS REFS

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To contact members of the EECS REFS you may either send an email to
EECS REFS Email Address: eecs-refs ~_A__T_~ mit DOT edu
which will reach all of us at once, or you may contact us individually.

Please note that if you contact a REFS member individually, it is not guaranteed that (s)he will get back to you immediatelly. We all try our utmost best to be in constant email contact; however, there are situations (conferences, internships, vacation, etc.) that make this impossible. If you do not hear back from a REFS memeber, please either contact another memeber or send an email to the entire group. Thank you in advance for your understanding!

	Myung Jin Choi Department: EECS Affiliations: LIDS Jin Choi is a fourth-year graduate student in LIDS working with Prof. Alan Willsky on stochastic signal processing and machine learning. Born and raised in Korea, she did her undergraduate studies at Seoul National University, and also spent one year at University of California, Santa Barbara as an extension student. At MIT, she participated in the Africa Internet Technology Initiative program, spending six weeks in Kenya teaching Java programming to high school and college students. Jin also served as a co-president of GW6 and a co-chair of the diversity committee in EECS GSA. She enjoys skiing, swimming, and reading in her free time.
	Dennis Wei Vice-Chairperson Department: EECS Affiliations: RLE Dennis Wei is a third-year graduate student working with Prof. Alan Oppenheim in the area of signal processing. He received S.B. degrees in electrical engineering and physics in June 2006 and an M.Eng. degree in electrical engineering in February 2007, all from MIT. A native of the multicultural city of Toronto, Canada, Dennis is very interested in other places, cultures, languages, and cuisines. In addition to English, Dennis also speaks Mandarin and some French and Spanish. He has played in the MIT Symphony Orchestra since 2001 and is currently principal violist.
	Jennifer Roberts Chairperson Department: EECS Affiliations: CSAIL Jennifer is a fourth year PhD student working with Prof. Patrick Winston. She is studying how people represent concepts during learning and development. She enjoys dancing and volunteering in her free time.
	Patrick Schmid Webmaster Fluent Languages: English, German (and Swiss German), Japanese Department: EECS Affiliations: CSAIL Patrick Schmid was born in Switzerland and then spent most of his youth in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 16 he moved to America, where he finished high school and his undergraduate studies. At home he speaks Swiss German with his family while he spoke Japanese to many of his childhood friends. As a matter of fact, he still tutors a middle school boy in Japanese. At MIT his research focuses on disease prediction using large-scale microarray expression databases. When he is not pounding away on his keyboard, he can be found riding his fixed-gear bicycle, watching movies, and doing all the fun things associated with being a Graduate Resident Tutor in one of the undergraduate dorms at MIT.
	Mohamad Araghchini Fluent Languages: English, Farsi (Persian) Department: EECS Affiliations: MTL, RLE Mohammad is currently a Ph.D. student working with Prof. Kolodziejski. His research interests include integrated optics and optoelectronics. He got his S.M. degree under the supervision of Prof. Kaertner. He holds an S.M. from MIT and a B.S. from the University of Tehran, both in electrical engineering.
	Harr Chen Publicity Coordinator Department: EECS Affiliations: CSAIL Harr Chen is a fourth year Ph.D. student in EECS/CSAIL working with Prof. David Karger and Prof. Regina Barzilay in the areas of information retrieval and natural language processing. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Washington. Harr grew up in the greater Seattle, Washington area, and speaks native English and some mandarin Chinese. His spare time activities include bartending at the on-campus Muddy Charles Pub, and playing board games and poker.
	Nancy Chen Historian Fluent Languages: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese/Min Affiliations: RLE, HST, Lincoln Labs http://www.mit.edu/~nancyc/
	Boon Thye Thomas Yeo Publicity Coordinator Fluent Languages: Hokkien, Mandarin Department: EECS Affiliations: CSAIL Thomas Yeo is a fourth year graduate student in CSAIL. He works with Prof. Polina Golland and Prof. Bruce Fischl on medical image analysis. Thomas grew up in Singapore. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and the chinese dialect Hokkien. He did his undergraduate in California and for some reason, decide to leave the sunny weather there for the gloomy weather here. Thomas is a sedentary animal that enjoys sleeping, eating and reading. He spends way too much time in front of his computer. More often than not, he is surfing the web and reading the news, so feel free to interrupt him!
	Stephen Hou Historian Fluent Languages: English, Mandarin Department: EECS Affiliations: MTL Stephen Hou is a PhD student in EECS and MTL, supervised by Prof. Jeff Lang. His research interests include microelectromechanical systems and signal processing. He is currently working on fabricating MEMS pressure sensors for underwater navigation and obstacle detection. He received undergraduate degrees in EE and Physics and the MEng degree in EECS, all from MIT. Stephen has also been involved with educational and community-building aspects of the department, including training fellow graduate students to become better teaching assistants. Originally from New Jersey, Stephen enjoys traveling, eating, skiing, reading, and good conversation related to those activites. Raised in a family from Taiwan, Stephen can speak Mandarin Chinese.