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Instructors
This year's group of 11 instructors was selected from a pool of over 40 applicants.

Aaron

Aaron
Aaron Bornstein received his B.S. in Mathematics and concentration in Economics from MIT in 2003. He currently works as an independent technology consultant based in New York City. His 13 years in the software industry have included diverse experiences including co-founding two software startups and working at Fortune 500 corporations and venture capital firms. Aaron enjoys cooking, playing baseball, and listening to new music.

Aline

Aline
Aline Lerner was born in the former Soviet Union and has lived in such awesome places as Brooklyn, Berkeley, and the Milwaukee area. She graduated MIT with a Cognitive Science B.S. in 2004 and spent the next 2.5 years cooking professionally. She is currently living in San Francisco where she works as a software engineer and goes salsa dancing whenever she gets the chance.

Brennan

Brennan
Brennan Sherry just completed his Masters in Engineering degree at MIT and will work in California next year.  In college he played American football and lacrosse, another American sport.  He also plays basketball which he played in high school. Being at MEET is the farthest and longest amount of time he has ever been from his mother.

Christine

Christine
Christine Corbett Moran just graduated from MIT with a double major in Computer Science and Physics. Next year she has a nice job at BBN Technologies in Boston. She'll also start her own company with a few friends. They hope to make the world a better place using computers. She loves languages, physics, reading, traveling and meeting new people.

Emre

Emre
Emre Aciksoz comes from the only city in the world that is located on two continents: Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated from MIT in 2007 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has interned at many different companies, working on diverse projects, and will soon join Oracle in Silicon Valley as a software engineer. He speaks Turkish, English, French, and German and has travelled the world over.

Helen

Helen
Xun (Helen) Hou, born in Beijing, China, is a rising sophomore at MIT. She is interested in Physics, Biology, and programming. Beyond academics, she enjoys traveling, photography, and intramural sports.

Jorge

Jorge
Jorge Urrutia del Pozo was born and raised in Madrid, Spain, but has lived in such awesome places as Paris, Montreal, Florence, Jerusalem, New York City and of course, Cambridge, MA. In June 2007, he graduated with an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. His professional experience includes work as a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), as well as other companies such as MTV, EMI Music, DHL or Societe Generale. Jorge enjoys music (with a focus on Guitar Hero!), soccer (a true Atletico de Madrid fan) and running.

Josh

Josh
Josh Lim is a second year undergrad student at MIT studying Math and Computer Science. He likes to play games and solve puzzles: Halo, Civilization, Wi Sports, (real) basketball, (real) badminton, poker, bridge, crosswords, Rubik's Cube, etc.

Mike

Mike
Mike Borohovski is a junior at MIT majoring in Computer Science, minoring in Music/Theatre. He attened circus school for a year and magic camp for 2 years. He also loves soccer, singing, and talking about anything and everything.

Ted

Ted
Ted Golfinopoulos is a graduate student in MIT's Electrical Engineering department. He loves the sciences, music, literature, philosophy, learning and teaching, and multicultural activities, especially when food is involved. He enjoys soccer and spending time with his wonderful family spread out on both sides of the Atlantic and both US coasts.

Tom

Tom
Originally from Knoxville, TN, Tom Kollar majored in Mathematics and Computer Science and minored in Psychology at the University of Rochester in 2004. He is currently a robotics PhD student in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT. Tom enjoys soccer, traveling, concerts, movie-making,  snowboarding, rock climbing, diving, and sailing.

 
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