about

Hello! I'm Jason Gao, a PhD student at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. I'm advised by Professor Li-Shiuan Peh, and I work on mobile and distributed computing networks, platforms, and applications.

I graduated from Harvard University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences, specializing in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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research projects

Harvard Sensor Networks Lab
- Design of a solar-powered wireless sensor node for geophysical and acoustic monitoring. [Senior Design Project]
Harvard Biorobotics Lab
- Contact Sensing and Grasping Performance of Compliant Hands^PDF. Aaron M. Dollar, Leif Jentoft, Jason H. Gao, and Robert D. Howe. Autonomous Robots, vol. 28(1), pp. 65-75, 2010. doi:10.1007/s10514-009-9144-9
- Contact detection with piezoelectric film embedded in robotic fingers.
- The effect of link flexibility and latency in teleoperated robotics.
- Stereoscopic object tracking for a compliant robotic grasper.

other projects

nChooseTwo. Social matchmaking between friends. 2011
Harvard Energy and Emissions Visualization. Interactive visualization of Harvard's 2008-2009 energy consumption and carbon emissions across the campus. Final project for CS 171. 2009
Cookie Crumbs. A location-based services platform to connect people through shared local experiences. Harvard College Innovation Challenge winner. 2008