There and back again
Hey all, first post from Beijing, China. I arrived early in the afternoon on Sunday, June 12, after a thirteen-hour flight from DC. Things around here still appear to be the same as when I stepped out...
View ArticleFirst week at Google
In case you haven’t noticed from my profile, I’m interning at Google at Mountain View this summer. I started last Tuesday (interns start on Tuesdays – not entirely sure why), so it’s been a week so...
View ArticleHam radio
If interested, please call me at KB1TZR. I am listening to the MIT repeater W1XM (449.725MHz-) all the time.
View ArticleThank you, Jim Williams
— Zhen Li remembers Jim Williams It was a simple choice. At 11:30am, my friends were deciding where to have lunch. One suggested the company cafe; there was a $5 stake deal. Another proposed a...
View ArticleDrinking from a fire hose
If you were to describe MIT to another person in the most concise way, probably “drinking from a fire hose” is the best you can do. Despite the countless hours in labs and head banging on desk before...
View ArticleBlue skies in Beijing
Two full weeks in Beijing now, and my internship is in full swing. My new “toy” at work, which I’ve been playing with every day, is TILT – Transform Invariant Low-Rank Textures, a technique for...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Andrew P. Pinkham
With great sadness I want to inform the MIT VI-A, EECS, and Physics communities about the death of Andrew Patrick Pinkham from melanoma cancer of the brain on April 27, 2011 at the age of 26 years....
View ArticleWrapping up
12 weeks. That was fast. My internship at Ooyala flew by, and I was having so much fun that it was difficult to update this blog. I can say with 100% honesty that this internship has been all I had...
View ArticleLooking Back and Looking Forward
Sorry for late update, but now that I have had enough time to gather myself together after another overwhelming semester started I can finally tell you about my complete summer experience (ok, maybe...
View ArticleVI-A Reintjes Award Winner 2012
On May 20, 2012, one outstanding VI-A student, Travis Grusecki (NetApp, Sunnyvale, CA), was presented The J. Francis Reintjes Excellence in VI-A Industrial Practice Award at the EECS Spring...
View ArticleHappy 100th EECS Alumnus Robert Caldwell!
Robert J. Caldwell of Kansas City, MO graduated from MIT as a member of the Class of 1936 with an SM in Electrical Engineering and as an ROTC Officer in the US Army. Following study at the University...
View ArticleVI-A Reintjes Award Winners 2013
The J. Francis Reintjes Excellence in VI-A Industrial Practice Award was presented at the EECS Spring Celebration Awards Ceremony on May 19, 2013 to two outstanding VI-A students, Joseph Colosimo (MIT...
View ArticleThere and back again
Hey all, first post from Beijing, China. I arrived early in the afternoon on Sunday, June 12, after a thirteen-hour flight from DC. Things around here still appear to be the same as when I stepped out...
View ArticleFirst week at Google
In case you haven’t noticed from my profile, I’m interning at Google at Mountain View this summer. I started last Tuesday (interns start on Tuesdays – not entirely sure why), so it’s been a week so...
View ArticlePalacios is New VI-A Director
Tomás Palacios, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will become the new director of the VI-A Master of Engineering Thesis Program, effective July 1st. Palacios succeeds...
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