I'm a PhD Candidate in the Human Dynamics Group at the MIT Media Lab, with Prof. Alex Pentland. My research interests are around modeling human behavior using large-scale mobile phone sensor datasets, using applied machine learning and data mining methods, a.k.a. 'Reality Mining'. For my dissertation, I'm modeling the diffusion of social behaviors using automatically captured face-to-face interactions.

You can find more information about my work in academic publications. You might have also read about my research in popular media like CNN, BBC, New York Times, Wired, BusinessWeek and Slashdot.

My past research focus was in building perceptual, 'socially-aware' mobile phones and wearable computers. By modeling vocal tone and prosody, we were able to predict interest, engagement and object outcomes of conversations, dates, tourist experiences and job interviews.

I have a genetic fascination for high-tech entrepreneurship. I have been involved as co-founder in early-stage, MIT-affiliated startups related to my work, most recently SocialSense Labs Inc. I've also received honors from the MIT 100k Competition and the MIT Enterprise Forum for various startup-related ideas. In a past life, I was a technical program manager for Windows Mobile.

When not working, I enjoy random sports and riding a beautiful SV650S.