| 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. | ||