Personal

• E-mail: ftong [at] mit.edu

Education

• May 2016: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science, GPA: 4.9/5.0
  • Relevant Coursework: Algorithms, Machine Learning, Theory of Computation, Software Construction, Mobile Software Development, Networks, Cryptography, Graphics, Semantic and Declarative Technologies

Experience

• June - August 2015: Software Engineering Intern, Google, San Bruno, CA
  • Working on Google�s Youtube Music team

Research

• June - July 2014: Research Intern, Laboratoire de l'Institut Gaspard Monge, Paris, France
  • Collaborated with Professor Xavier Goaoc to investigate simplification of inclusion-exclusion formulas and fast algorithmic implementations
  • Found and proved generalization of classic result (Naiman and Wynn 1992) to convex shapes in the plane
• June - August 2013: Undergraduate Researcher, MIT, Cambridge, MA
  • Worked with Professor Henry Cohn to analyze perfect matchings of graphs
  • Formulated and proved new theorem concerning perfect matchings of a particular class of graphs
  • Authored Divisibility of the number of perfect matchings of compound graphs (in review)

Projects

• March 2015: Tabi
  • Google Chrome browser extension that allows users to save tabs and visualize them as a network
  • Developed at HackTheBurgh in a team of four, using the Google Chrome API and d3 library

Skills

• Programming Technologies: Java, Python, C++, Swift, Javascript, d3, MATLAB, LaTeX

Awards & Activities

• April 2012: USA Math Olympiad
  • Ranked 13th in the nation, receiving Honorable Mention
• September 2013 - present: Co-founder of the MIT Musical Improvisation Ensemble
  • Co-founded an ensemble of musicians whose aim is to practice and perform musical improvisation,