Curriculum Vitæ

Education

University of Washington, Seattle WA USA
 PhD Student in Information Science, 9/2009-
 Research Areas: social computing and organizations of practical knowledge; end-user design and development; the evolution of technological infrastructures as conditioned by end-use; personal information management; histories and theories of design
Member, dub Community for Human-Computer Interaction and Design
Advisory Committee: Andrew Ko (Chair), Batya Friedman, David Hendry
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA USA
 PhD Student in Computational Design, 2/2007-5/2008
 Research Areas: shape grammar analysis of historic building styles; use of shape grammars for building layout determination; environmental simulation in building information modeling
Advisor: Ramesh Krishnamurti
The Architectural Association, London UK
 Master of Arts in Histories and Theories of Architecture, 11/2004
 Thesis: Design Education for the Open Society: Working Methods of the Cornell Urban Design Studio
Concentrations: research methods in design; design pedagogy; formalist perspectives in architecture
Tutor: Diana Periton
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA USA
 Bachelor of Architecture with an Additional Major in Philosophy, 5/2003
 Concentrations: architecture theory, urban design; epistemology and value theory
Design Commendation for Urban Design, 12/2002
 Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, 8/1997-8/1998

Publications

F Grobler, A Aksamija, H Kim, R Krishnamurti, K Yue, CR Hickerson. 2008. "Ontologies and Shape Grammars: Communication between Knowledge-Based and Generative Systems." DCC '08: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition. JS Gero & AK Goel, eds. Springer Netherlands. Download PDF
K Yue, CR Hickerson, R Krishnamurti. 2008. "Determining the Interior Layouts of Buildings Describable by Shape Grammars." CAADRIA '08: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Aided Design Research in Asia. Chaing Mai, Thailand. 9-12 April 2008. 117-124. Download PDF

Experience

The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle WA
 Predoctoral Teaching Associate, Autumn 2009–
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA USA
Research Associate II, 5/2008-7/2009
 Led interaction design of a web-based intelligent tutoring system for middle-school mathematics. This system aims to provide free, individualized mathematics instruction for students in grades six through eight using tutors built with Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools. My primary responsibilities included:
  • performing background research and precedent studies to refine the project's scope
  • generating prototypes, use cases and scenarios to identify functional and technical requirements
  • working with teachers, math coaches and other domain experts to improve the user experience
  • organizing the site's information architecture
  • designing the site's overall look and feel
Principal Investigators: Vincent Aleven and Bruce McLaren
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education
Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, Pittsburgh PA USA
 Graduate Assistant, 2/2007-5/2008
  • Developed decomposition algorithms and shape rules for an intelligent system that can predict buildings' interior layouts from their exterior features and contextual information. (PILOT), 2/2007-5/2008
  • Investigated ways of integrating environmental assessment methods, including LEEDTM and BREEAM, into building information modeling tools, 2/2007-8/2007
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Pittsburgh PA
Architectural Designer, 11/2005-2/2007
 Contributed to programming, schematic design, construction documentation, engineering systems coordination, code research, and related tasks for various projects, including:
Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, Pittsburgh PA USA
 Research Assistant to Professor Stephannie Bartos, 5/2002-8/2002
 Organized material for two textbook proposals and a course on the history of Japanese architecture
Thomas Spiegelhalter Studio, Pittsburgh PA (now Los Angeles CA) and Freiburg, Germany
Designer & Developer, 11/2001-12/2002
 Created and maintained an online presence for Spiegelhalter and his practice
Plumb Design [Thinkmap], New York NY USA
Developer, 5/2001-8/2001
 Developed an interactive tool to visualize relationships among Motorola's investments; maintained Plumb Design's internal resource management system; assisted with development of a corporate website for Bacardi
 Developer, 6/2000-8/2000
 Developed a web-based financial account management system for Merrill Lynch; maintained Plumb Design's internal resource management system
Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, Pittsburgh PA
 Teaching Assistant, Summer 1999–Spring 2000
  • Measure and Construction (McCullough), Spring 2000
  • Computer Modeling 1 (Krishnamurti), Fall 1999
  • Pre-College Computer Modeling (Temkin), Summer II 1999
Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
 Undergraduate Research Assistant for PASIS, 4/1999-8/1999
 Developed secure information sharing techniques for highly persistent distributed systems
Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
 Technical Assistant, CERT Coordination Center, 5/1998-10/1998
 Collected and organized material related to computer security and system infiltration techniques for the Vulnerability Analysis and Incident Response groups

Exhibitions

Projects Review 03/04, The Architectural Association, London UK, 10-30 July 2004
 Contributed text, sound, and images to a multimedia installation by the AA's Histories and Theories program
FUSE_03, The Terminal Buildings, Pittsburgh PA, 4/2003
 Contributed to a group exhibition of student work from Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture

Abilities

Development Technology
 Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Python, Ruby, SML, Perl, Bash, JavaScript, ActionScript 2/3
Markup Languages: XML, XSLT, XSD; SGML; LATEX
Development Tools: Eclipse, GNU toolchain, Visual Studio, Xcode; Git, Subversion
Microcontroller Platforms: Atmel AVR (Arduino and avr-libc)
Web Application Platforms: Apache, Rails, Tomcat, PHP, MS Internet Information Server, ColdFusion
Databases: MySQL, SQLite, MS SQL Server
Design Technology
 Graphics & Interaction: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash
Documentation: InDesign, Acrobat, LATEX, DocBook
Spatial Modeling & CAD: Revit, AutoCAD, MicroStation, SketchUp, 3ds max, form·Z, 3ds max
Miscellaneous
 Spoken Languages: English (native), German (reading knowledge)
Manual Skills: freehand drawing and rendering, physical modeling and fabrication, basic electronics
Amateur Radio License K7BNT

Activities

Professional Organizations
 Association for Computing Machinery [acm]
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction [sigchi]
The Architectural Association, London UK
American Institute of Architects, Associate, 2003-2007
American Institute of Architecture Students, 1998-2003
Service
 Volunteer, Seattle ACS and Capitol Hill Preparedness People, August 2010-
Graduate Orientation Counselor, Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, 2007
Chapter Secretary, aias Carnegie Mellon, 2001-2002
Webmaster & Member of Host Committee, aias forum [National Convention], 2001
Class of 2003 Representative, aias Carnegie Mellon, 1998-2001