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| My Background |
In 2007, I received my Ph.D. from the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering. I received my B.A. degree from Occidental College in 1998. I double majored in Mathematics and Economics and completed two theses: a mathematics thesis on the mathematics of dance, and an economics thesis on the gender wage gap. I began my graduate studies at USC in 2002, and received my M.S. degree in Operations Research Engineering in 2004. In October 2002, I was selected as a Research Assistant on a National Science Foundation Information Technology Research project on Music Information Retrieval (MIR). I currently conduct research in MIR and more specifically in the area of music similarity assessment and visualization. Following my undergraduate studies and prior to my graduate enrollment, I was first employed as a consultant where I conducted financial analyses for clients, including present value, yield and cash flow analyses, asset valuation, and structuring of municipal bond offerings. I then made the transition to work as a software engineer. During this time, I determined requirements for, designed, developed, and tested telecommunications applications, and acted as project manager. I am also an artist focused on abstract painting. The inspiration for my art is mathematics. I believe that mathematical truths and theories can be used to either symbolically represent or explain our world. I have held several exhibitions and plan for more in the future. I am currently working on a series entitled 'Approaching Infinity'. |