Pei-Yu Chi
2nd-yr grad student
Software Agents Group
MIT Media Labpeggychi (attttt) media.mit.edu
http://web.media.mit.edu/~peggychi/
:: about me ::
Pei-yu (Peggy) Chi is a graduate student in the Software Agents Group at MIT Media Lab with Prof. Henry Lieberman. Her research interests include commonsense reasoning, intelligent systems, human-computer interaction, and ubiquitous/pervasive computing. She received the People’s Choice Award in ACM CHI 2007 on her work in the “Nutrition-aware Kitchen”. She holds a M.S. in Computer Science in 2008 and a B.B.A. in Information Management in 2006 from National Taiwan University.
Her name in Chinese: 
Since it's not easy to call her name in Madarine, her parents gave her a nickname "Peggy" when she was born, and this becomes a more well-known name to find her.
Find her resume from here: [pdf] (Nov 2009)
--- Education ---
Sep2008 -
M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT Media Lab
Software Agents Group with Prof. Henry Lieberman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Sep 2006 - June 2008
M.S. in Computer Science from Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia
Ubicomp Lab with Prof. Hao-hua Chu
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Sep 2002 - June 2006
B.B.A. in Information Management
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
July 2004 - Aug 2004
“U.S. Language and Culture” Program
Stanford University, US
July 1999 - Aug 1999
“English as a Foreign Language” Program
New College Nottingham, UK
--- Honor and Awards---
May 2008
Phi Tau Phi Award, member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Award Society, the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Mar 2008, Oct 2007
1st place, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
GPA in the top of students in Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, 2007 Fall and Spring semester
Mar 2008
Third prize of Paper Award, The Cooperative Workshop of CyberLink and CML on Communications and Multimedia, Taiwan
Dec 2007
Garmin Scholarship, Taiwan
May 2007
People's Choice Award, ACM CHI2007 Work-in-progress paper, San Jose, CA
May 2007
2nd place, ImagineCup 2007 Software Design Competition, hosted by Microsoft Taiwan
Oct 2006
Excellent Work Award, The 1st Acer Long-term Smile Contest, Taiwan
Mar 2005
Presidential Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
GPA in the top 5% of the students in Dept. of Information Management, 2004 Fall semester
--- Others facts that you may not find in my resume ---
* I play piano from age 3 and violin from 9 and had quite much experience to perform. I also joined an orchestra (to play violin) from 5-6th grades and senior high. Though I stopped taking classes after going to college, occasionally I play in my leisure time.
* I dance! - ballet when I was a little girl, and pop dance (hiphop, house, jazz, etc.) when I was in undergrad. It's a good way to enjoy music.
* Flying, moving, exploring... I love travelling a lot. Visiting a new place always brings me surprises, new thoughts, and refreshment.
* I like to stay with my family and friends when I have free time. Always want to know more about the people I love.
* After coming to the states, I realized I prefer cold weather more than hot one... But that won't change my love to my country, Taiwan! It's a lovely and energetic place you must visit!
* Cooking + enjoying tasty food are part of my biggest happiness in everyday life (and that's why I really like to visit food markets).
* Thanks to my parents, I love nature. Planting is also one of my habits.
* I was filmed as one of the main characters in a TV advertising in Taiwan at age 7. Hope I can find the video file in some day...
* I was a really little runway model from age 7-8 in some shows...!
* Very luckily, I haven't experienced any entrance exams (高中/大學聯考/研究所考試) in Taiwan but through different means (Math&Science exam 數理資優 to high school, 申請入學 to undergrad, 推薦甄試 to grad school in NTU), and then applied to grad schools in the states. I guess it's because I love to stick to what I'm interested in very much such as certain areas and research!