Yannick Assogba

Education

2007-2009   MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology    Cambridge, MA

Master of Science in Media Arts & Sciences

2003-2006   Concordia University    Montreal, QC

Bachelor of Computer Science, Honours

Minor in Digital Image/Sound and the Fine Arts

Experience

2007-Present   Graduate Research Assistant, Sociable Media group, MIT Media lab   Cambridge, MA

Research on new ways for individuals and communities to communicate and collaborate. Built and launched a web based ‘visual microblogging’ system that allowed people to document and share their everyday data and create info-graphical portraits of their lives. Currently developing a new programming environment to encourage co-operation between distributed programmers within communities of practice. Gave numerous presentations to sponsors in both small and large groups.

2005-2007   Software Developer, Obx labs, Concordia university    Montreal, QC

Software development on NextText and TextEngine libraries for dynamic typography and its integration with real time human performance respectively. Design, both technical and aesthetic, and implementation of installation and performance art pieces using said libraries. Led a team of three developers (coordinated software development schedule and process) during my last six months there.

2004-2007   Teaching assistant, Concordia university    Montreal, QC

Gave tutorials to aid student understanding of material presented in class. Prepared practice exercises & learning resources. Marked assignments and provided feedback to students. Courses include:

• COMP 248: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming (Java)
• COMP 335: Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
• COMP 471: Computer Graphics (Max/Jitter)

Summer 2005   Research Assistant, Centre Inter-universitaire des Arts Médiatiques (CIAM)    Montreal, QC

Spent summer researching techniques for optimized graphical rendering on the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) for later implementation in the NextText library. Prepared report on findings for other CIAM researchers.

Skills

Java, Ruby, C, C++, Max/MSP/Jitter, OpenGL, OpenCV, PHP, SQL, HTML/CSS, Version Control Software (Git, Bazaar, CVS) Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Audio Editing (Adobe Audition, Soundtrack Pro)

Publications

Mycrocosm: Visual Microblogging. With J. Donath. 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 4-8, 2009, Waikoloa, Hawaii

Taking Sides: Dynamic Text and Hip-Hop. With J. Lewis. 14th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, October 22-28, 2006, Santa Barbara, California.

Awards & Distinctions

2005/2006, Dean’s List, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University

2004/2005, Dean’s List, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University