CSE Department

Working on exciting new research in digital fabrication technologies and drones!

Head TA for Berkeley's Intro to User Interface Design / Human-Computer Interaction class of 200 students.

Research intern in the Creative Technologies Lab.

Local Network Adminstrator (LNA), technology consultant, computer resource management

Web applications - Developed web applications to facilitate data-driven web design and search. Data mining - Extracted over 1700 features from design blocks in Webzeitgeist, a web design database of 1.6 million web design elements. Prepared features for machine learning applications and created a crowdsourcing interface for collecting semantic labels through oDesk.

Coordinated the production and distribution of publicity materials for El Centro Chicano's events and programs. Worked with both print and web media for marketing and refined graphic design speed and aesthetics. Performed administrative tasks and collaborations.

Physical computing - Designed and implemented a gestural interaction framework for TCP/ IP adaptive lighting systems.Computer vision : Developed a color appearance model to handle multiple-actor gesture recognition under extreme lighting conditions using webcam input. The system was able to segment cues down to 70 lux.

Conducted interdisciplinary research in the field of machine learning and computer vision. Determined the efficiency of super resolution techniques on face recognition by humans. Well-versed in signal detection theory and statistical analysis. Experience with MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox.

Managed and taught interdisciplinary, arts-themed curriculm in accordance to California State Board of Education Content Standards focused on health education at the 49ers Academy. Muralist for community-based service projects.