I'm taking classes to complete a post-baccalaureate premedical certificate at University of Massachusetts Boston.
I am currently employed at ChoiceStream and Boston Neurosurgical Foundation.
My research projects are in the areas of AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication) device design for persons with poor motor control, with Professor Rosalind Picard, and indoor navigation assistance for blind smartphone users, with Professor Hugh Herr.
Curriculum Vitae ::: Master's of Engineering Thesis
Publications
Madsen, M., Mahmoud, A., Kashef, Y. "iSET: enabling in situ & post hoc video labeling." Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, October 26-28, 2009. PDF
M. Madsen, R. el Kaliouby, M. Eckhardt, M. Hoque, M. Goodwin, and R.W. Picard, "Lessons from Participatory Design with Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum" Proc. Computer Human Interaction, CHI 2009. PDF
Eckhardt, M., Madsen, M., Kashef, Y., Nasser, A.R. , Hoque, M.E., el Kaliouby, R., Goodwin, M., Picard, R.W., "User-Centered Design of Technology for Just-In-Time, In-Situ Exploration of Facial Affect for Persons on the Autism Spectrum," in the Extended Abstract of IMFAR 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 7-9, 2009. Abstract in PDF
Madsen, M., el Kaliouby, R., Goodwin, M., and Picard, R.W., "Technology for Just-In-Time In-Situ Learning of Facial Affect for Persons Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder," Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), October 13-15, 2008, Halifax, Canada. PDF
Press
UMass Boston Bone Marrow donor registration drive (organizer and director) Israel work: MIT SHASS Profile, Profile in Technion Focus, MISTI Israel homepage.
ASSETS 1st Place Prize Article (Ikhwan Web)
Latke-Hamentashen Debate (organizer): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
Boston Globe profile of MIT Bellringers' Guild
Other activities:
Freelance Assistive Technology design,
Bone marrow donor registration drives at UMass Boston and MIT with DKMS (organizer),
Reviewer for ASSETS 2010 and 2011.
Past activities:
Red Cross of MIT (ARCTAN) (past blood drive publicity and volunteer coordinator),
Techiya a cappella (past president),
Hibur (MIT/Technion collaboration - past steering committee member),
MIT Hillel (past VP for Shabbat/holidays),
Hebrew@MIT (introductory Modern Hebrew teacher).
Contact me: madsen@alum.mit.edu
Last updated March 14, 2011.