Bio

Experience

2022-              Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington Dept. of Electrical Engineering

2020-              CEO/Co-Founder, Didero

2020-             CEO/Co-Founder, Hoefnagel Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles Club

2009-now      CEO/Founder/Art Director, Artifact Puzzles

2012-2020      Principal Scientist and Manager of the Glassbox Machine Learning R&D Team, Google Research

2009-2012     Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Univ. Washington

2003-2009     Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Univ. Washington

2003-2012     Adjunct Professor, Applied Math, Univ. Washington

1999-2003     Researcher, RICOH

1997-1998     R&D Engineer, Hewlett Packard

Internships:   AT&T Labs (2000), NATO’s Undersea Research Center (1997),

  HP R&D (1996), Microsoft (1995),

Selected Awards

2007               PECASE Award

2007               Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (ONR YIP)

1997               National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

1990               Top Female MATHCOUNTS National Math Contest (1st Place Washington State)

Education

1999     Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (Advisor: Robert M. Gray)

1999     M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

1997     B.S. Electrical Engineering, Rice University (Advisor: Rich Baraniuk)

1997     B.A., Economics, Rice University

1994     International Baccaleaureate (IB Diploma), Mt. Rainier High School