Terrence Tian-Jian Ho


MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 35-425, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.
hot@alum.mit.edu, http://ssg.mit.edu/group/hot/

EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, September 1998
M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February 1994
GPA: 4.9/5.0
Specialization in statistical signal processing
Minor in Management (courses in finance, marketing, law, and behavioral science)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
Student member (since 88) of IEEE
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, May 1992
Summa Cum Laude; ranked 1 out of engineering class of 120
GPA: 3.9/4.0
Four-year full scholarship
1992 Cooper Union Abraham Pletman Prize
New York State Regents Scholarship
Member of Tau Beta Pi, Treasurer 91 of New York Iota
Member of Eta Kappa Nu

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
9/94-9/98 Stochastic Systems Group, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Research assistant under Prof. Alan Willsky. Ph.D. thesis on computationally efficient algorithms for stochastic multiscale modeling and estimation of large-scale dynamic systems with applications in remote sensing and image processing.
1/93-12/93 Laboratory for Electromagnetics and Electronics Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Research Assistant under Prof. George Verghese. Master's thesis on the modeling, simulation, and control of an electronic power converter. Presentation and publication at the 1994 Power Electronics Specialist Conference in Taipei, Taiwan.

WORK EXPERIENCE
7/94-8/94 Allied Ordnance of Singapore, Singapore
Engineer. Proof-of-concept design of an analog-to-digital converter unit for a weapon terminal system using A/D IC chips and microcontrollers. Advised the management on the feasibility of producing the unit in house vs. subcontracting.
6/92-8/92 Helsinki Telephone Company, Helsinki, Finland
Intern in Data Systems Department. Development of traffic statistics programs in C for data retrieval and performance analysis of the Telenet X.25 data packet switch network.
1/91-9/91 American Broadcasting Company Radio Networks, Inc. , New York
System operator in Department of Management Information Systems. System operations on VAX 8250, IBM 5360, and HP 1000 computers including daily system backups. Programming in C and Paradox for financial information processing and conversion. In charge of setting up and maintaining a Macintosh LAN including equipment purchase, hardware installation, software installation, and testing. User support for nearly a hundred PC and Macintosh computers.
6/90-10/90 Alexander & Norton Publishers, Inc., New York
Client database maintenance. Programming in dBASE III+ to improve efficiency of the database system.
7/90-8/90 AlbumX Corporation, Port Chester, New York
Production projection and planning to supply the purchase department with ordering information and the assembly lines with work orders. Inventory control database maintenance. Programming in Lotus 1-2-3.

PUBLICATIONS
T. Ho, P. Fieguth, A. Willsky, "Computationally Efficient Steady-State Multiscale Estimation for 1-D Diffusion Processes", submitted to Automatica.
T. Ho, P. Fieguth, A. Willsky, "Computationally Efficient Multiscale Estimation of Large-Scale Dynamic Systems", to appear in Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Image Processing, Chicago, October 4-7, 1998.
T. Ho, A. Frakt, A. Willsky, "Multiscale Realization and Estimation for Space and Space-Time Problems", to appear in Proceedings of 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Cambridge, MA, August 16-21, 1998.
P. Fieguth, D. Menemenlis, T. Ho, A. Willsky, C. Wunsch, "Mapping Mediterranean Altimeter Data with a Multiresolution Optimal Interpolation Algorithm", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 15, pp. 535-546, April, 1998.
T. Ho, P. Fieguth, A. Willsky, "Multiresolution Stochastic Models for Efficient Solution of Large-Scale Space-Time Estimation Problems", Preceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, vol. VI, pp. 3098-4001, Atlanta, GA.
T. Ho, G. Verghese, et al., "Dynamic Modeling, Simulation, and Control of a Series Resonant Converter with Clamped Capacitor Voltage", Power Electronics Specialists Conference 94 Record, vol. II, pp. 1289-1296.

PROFICIENCIES
Computer Languages: C, Pascal, FORTRAN, BASIC, Occam2
Operating systems: MS-DOS, Macintosh, XWindow, Unix, VAX/VMS
Software: Matlab, Maple, Paradox, dBase, Lotus, Word, WordPerfect, LaTex, AutoCAD, PSpice, Opnet, etc.
Language Fluent Chinese

LEADERSHIP/ ACTIVITIES
9/93-8/98 MIT Tang Hall Residents' Association
President 95-97, Vice President 97-98, Secretary 93-95. Increased resident participation in house activities and expanded the orientation program during my tenure as president. Worked closely with the other nine member of the association and with house management to serve some 410 mostly first-year residents.
94 MIT Skydiving Club
President. Revitalized the defunct club. Organized first-jump classes.
93-95 MIT Graduate Student Council
Volunteer member. Helped organize activities. Participated in Safe Walk - a program that provided on-campus escorts and foot patrols during nighttime.
7/97 Volunteer for MIT KEYS to Empowering Youths community outreach program
Private pilot; Member 96 of MIT Flying Club
Certified scuba diver; Member of MIT Scuba Club
Member of MIT Ballroom Dance Club (My notes on ballroom steps)
Other: international travel (30+ countries), swimming, sailing, philately.


Current as of September 1998.

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