Resume

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2002-Present
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Minor in Applied Mathematics. GPA: 4.0/4.0.
Research Interests: computer vision, medical imaging, PDEs and stochastic processes for image processing.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1997-2002
Masters of Engineering in Computer and Electrical Engineering, GPA: 4.8/5.0.
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Minor in European Studies.

Centre International de Valbonne, Sophia-Antipolis, France 1990-1997
Received Scientific French Baccalauréat, International Option, mention Bien.
Valedictorian, July 1997.

Work Experience

Georgia Institute of Technology, Biomedical Imaging Laboratory Atlanta, GA
Graduate Research Assistant for Professor Allen Tannenbaum and Professor Aaron Bobick
January 2003-Present

Developed an algorithm for vessel segmentation using shape priors and active contours.

Developing stochastic techniques for curvature-based curve evolution. Applications include robust segmentation of noisy data.

Harvard Medical School, Surgical Planning Lab, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston,MA
MIT/Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Medical Vision Group
Graduate Research Assistant for Professor Eric Grimson and Doctor Ron Kikinis
January 2000-June 2002

Created, developed and tested a Virtual Endoscopy Software. Integrated the system in the 3D Slicer, an open-source medical visualization system. Examined the feasibility of the system for clinical diagnosis in collaboration with physicians.

Developed an algorithm for real-time extraction of centerlines from 3D surface models and clinical scans (CT or MRI).

Developed an algorithm for non-linear registration of prone and supine colon datasets.

MIT/Media Laboratory, Synthetic Characters Group Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Research Assistant for Professor Bruce Blumberg
October 1998-January 2000

Developed a behavior-based virtual camera system for interactive virtual worlds of autonomous agents.

One of the 4 leading software developers for the interactive installation, ‘A Cast Of Characters’, presented at the ACM International Computer Graphics Conference (Siggraph ’99). Presented the installation to 5000+ people over a week.

Publications

See Publications.

Honors

Georgia Tech Dean’s Fellowship (2002-2003).

William A. Martin Memorial Thesis Award (for best Master’s thesis in the MIT Computer Science Department).

Masterworks Thesis Award (for best Oral presentation of Master’s work in the MIT Computer Science Department).

Graduate Student Research Fellowship (2001-2002), MIT Computer Science Department.

MIT Burchard Scholar (for excellence in humanities, arts and social sciences as well as science and engineering).

Kelly-Douglas Travel Fellowship Award, (1999), MIT Humanities department.

Activities

Honor Societies: Scientific Research Society Sigma Xi (2001), Electric Engineering Society Eta Kappa Nu (1999).

Campus Organizations: Student Coordinator for the Georgia Tech Women in Computer Science mentoring program (2003), Georgia Tech Arts Committee (2003), MIT St. Anthony Hall Literary Society (1997-2002), MIT Varsity Swimming Team (1997-1999), Volunteer French teacher for high school students in the Educational Studies Program at MIT (1999).

Skills

Computer: Java, C/C++, Linux/UNIX, MATLAB, MS Excel, MAC and Windows Operating Systems.

Languages: Fluent in French and English. Conversant in Spanish.

Background

See About Me.