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Pursuing BSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mathematics (double major) at MIT.
Headline:
Entrepreneur
Work status:
Full-Time Student
Industries:
Computing, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Food and Drink, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Travel
Skills:
Business, C/C++, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Event planning, HTML / CSS, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Marketing, Perl, PHP, Public speaking, Python, SQL, Web Development
Location:
Cambridge, MA
Interested in:
Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Getting press, Internships, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback
Schools:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Jane Street Capital
Position:
Winter Trading Intern
Time period:
January 2010 - January 2010
Description:
Wrote scripts to amalgamate real time information from the SEC and from Bloomberg. Modeled returns on a particular class of dividends around ex-date to find arbitrage opportunities.
Employer:
Camera Culture, Media Lab: MIT, Cambridge, MA (http://cameraculture.media.mit.edu/)
Position:
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Time period:
June 2009 - September 2009
Description:
Devised ways to recover information about a scene, such as depth and refraction index, from raw images. Processed the raw images in MATLAB and C using new analytic methods. Modified the optics of traditional cameras
Employer:
Research Science Institute
Position:
Residential Counselor
Time period:
June 2009 - August 2009
Description:
Organized and led activities for seventy students from around the world, coached Ultimate Frisbee. Designed the 140-page Summerbook, a networking tool distributed to students and staff, in InDesign.
Employer:
Fluid Interfaces, Media Lab: MIT, Cambridge, MA (http://ambient.media.mit.edu/)
Position:
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Time period:
September 2008 - May 2009
Description:
Developed MemTable, a multi-user multi-touch table that records and analyzes user interactions. Integrated the custom hardware/software components, reusing code from open source multi-touch projects. Designed the audio widget, the text widget, and two data visualizations, in ActionScript 3.0.
Employer:
Kanwisher Lab: MIT, Cambridge, MA (http://web.mit.edu/bcs/nklab/)
Position:
Research Fellow
Time period:
June 2007 - August 2007
Description:
Mapped functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) response to visual stimuli in the human temporal cortex using a novel method of quantified signal distribution, in MatLab. Uncovered new regions of interest. Sponsored by the Research Science Institute (http://www.cee.org/rsi/).
Employer:
InfoLab: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (http://infolab.northwestern.edu/)
Position:
High School Research Assistant
Time period:
September 2006 - April 2007
Description:
Using Python and C#, designed an application called News at Seven that generated a digital news broadcast.
EDUCATION
University:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period:
2008 - 2012
Degree:
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mathematics, BSc
INFORMATION
Sports:
Club ultimate frisbee, Varsity cross country and track (2004-2008)
Hobbies:
Making websites, Solo and ensemble flute
Clubs:
MIT Science Engineering and Business Club, MIT TechFair
Awards:
Apple iPhone Scholarship, Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist, National Merit Scholarship Finalist.
Pursuing Bachelor’s in Computer Science from MIT, Co-Founder, Developer at Kakeya Startup (2008), Software Developer Intern at Qwobl Inc (2009), Search Division Extern at Monster.com since 2010.
Philip Hu attends Yale College. He has been doing award-winning research since his Sophomore year in high school, and has received dozens of national and international distinctions.
