Kevin Chiu

Current

• Grad Student at MIT Media Lab
• Founder at Plastachio
• Co-founder, Co-director at The Prism Foundation

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Past

• Chief Technology Officer at Climate Culture
• Research Assistant at Computer Graphics and User Interface Laboratory
• Research Assistant at Internet Real Time Lab

• Teaching Assistant at Columbia University
• Research Assistant at CAVE Lab
• Associate Product Manager at Google
• Ambassador at Google
• Research Assistant at Charles Simonyi Graphics and Imaging Laboratory
• Co-Founder, Partner at Kaison International Consulting
• Teaching Assistant at University of Washington
• Research Assistant at The Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory at the University of Washington

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Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York
• University of Washington

Recommended

5 people have recommended Kevin

Connections

330 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• Twitter

Kevin Chiu’s Summary

Creative, objective, and entrepreneurial.

Kevin Chiu’s Specialties:

Computer Vision, Graphics, User Experience Design, Product Management, Human Computer Interaction, Science, Technology, Design

Kevin Chiu’s Experience

• Grad Student

  MIT Media Lab

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  March 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Working with the Camera Culture group at the Media Lab on Computer Vision.

• Founder

  Plastachio

  (Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Simple iPhone apps with simple business models.

• Co-founder, Co-director

  The Prism Foundation

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

  Alumni Association for an established gifted education program.

• Chief Technology Officer

  Climate Culture

  (Internet industry)

  April 2008 — January 2009 (10 months)

  Also known as Efficiency 2.0 or America's Greenest Campus.

• Research Assistant

  Computer Graphics and User Interface Laboratory

  (Research industry)

  January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year)

  3D motion tracking and augmented reality research.

• Research Assistant

  Internet Real Time Lab

  (Research industry)

  September 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Pre-SDK iPhone and Wii Remote hacking.

• Teaching Assistant

  Columbia University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

  TA'd the Advanced Internet Services graduate course.

• Research Assistant

  CAVE Lab

  (Research industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

  Created real time online 3D avatar interactions using Java and OpenGL (JOGL).

• Associate Product Manager

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)

  Planned development of Chrome developer tools as an intern.

• Ambassador

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)

  Managed campus relations and scouted exceptional students.

• Research Assistant

  Charles Simonyi Graphics and Imaging Laboratory

  (Research industry)

  March 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Co-developed Photo Tourism, precursor to Microsoft Photosynth.

• Co-Founder, Partner

  Kaison International Consulting

  (Think Tanks industry)

  June 2006 — May 2007 (1 year)

  Manufacturing engineering consulting. Learned that consulting is not a business naturally fit for scaling.

• Teaching Assistant

  University of Washington

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)

  TA'd an honors course on intellectual property.

• Research Assistant

  The Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory at the University of Washington

  (Research industry)

  March 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  Co-published a journal article on resin flow tracking using interdigitated fringing field sensors.

Kevin Chiu’s Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  MS , Computer Science , 2007 — 2009

  Advisor: Shree Nayar

  Activities and Societies:

  Engineering Graduate Student Council Treasurer, Hong Kong Students and Scholars Society, Asian American Alliance

• University of Washington

  BS , Computer Engineering , 2003 — 2007

  Full College Honors, Honors with Distinction in Computer Engineering, Advisor: Steve Seitz

  Activities and Societies:

  Mary Gates Research Scholar, GRAIL, Google Ambassador, RRC Charter Executive Officer, Microsoft SSUG Officer, HKN, NSCS, Honors, SIGGRAPH, Heroes @ UW

Additional Information

Kevin Chiu’s Websites:

• My Blog
• Twitter

Kevin Chiu’s Interests:

computer vision, graphics, teaching, infographics, design, technology

Kevin Chiu’s Honors:

Full College Honors, 2007
Mary Gates Research Scholarship, 2007
Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Society Lifetime Honors
National Society of Collegiate Scholars Diploma
University of Washington Honors Program
College of Arts and Sciences Admittance with Distinction
Advanced Placement Diploma
National Honor Society Achievement in Scholarship, Leadership & Service
AP Scholar with Honor Award
President's Award for Educational Excellence
16th Place ACM Programming Contest Pacific Northwest Regional
1st Place DECA E-commerce Team Management and Decision Making
11th Place Microsoft Imagine Cup IT (National, Round 1)
National Written and Illustrated Top 100

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