Sihan Chen
Ph.D candidate, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
Hi! I am a Ph.D candidate at Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. I am currently working in TedLab, where I apply quantitative methods to look into many interesting topics related to natural languages. Before, I was an undergraduate student majoring in mechanical engineering at University of Miami. Here is my CV.
Interests
- Psycholinguistics
- Linguistics
- Information Theory
- Linguistic Typology
Education
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B.S., Mechanical Engineering (summa cum laude), 2019
University of Miami
Selected Publications
Experience
Teaching Assistant - 9.59 Lab in Psycholinguistics
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Teaching Assistant - 9.59 Lab in Psycholinguistics
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Teaching Assistant - 9.66 Computational Cognitive Science
MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Assistant Scientist
SilicoSpine Inc.
Responsibilities include:
- Magnetic Resonance (MR) image segmentation
- Finite element modeling of the human intervertebral disc (IVD)
- Mathematical modeling of nutrition pathways in the human IVD
Peer Tutor
Camner Center for Academic Resources at the University of Miami
- 360 hours of tutoring experience in total
- CRLA (College Reading and Learning Certification) Level 3 certified;
- courses tutored: Calculus 2 (MTH 162), Linear Algebra (MTH 210), Differential Equations (MTH 311), University Physics I, II, and III (PHY 205, PHY 206, and PHY 207), Mechanics of Solids I and II (CAE 210 and MAE 207), Thermodynamics (MAE 303), Fluid Mechanics (MAE 309), Heat Transfer (MAE 310), and Mechanical Design I (MAE 341), Electric Circuit Theory (ECE 205)
Accomplishments
Social & Behavioral Research Investigators
See certificate