Georgina Woo

CS Student

I graduated with a BA, with a double major and honors in Computer Science and Theatre from Hunter College in 2025. My interests lie in logic, computer vision, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics.

I am a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the United States’ oldest and most prestigious academic honor society. I am also a recipient of the John P. McNulty Scholarship for Leadership in Science and Mathematics.

Research Assistant

As a research assistant, I have had the opportunity to work on various projects that intersect computer vision, robotics, and cognitive science:

• Kanwisher Lab, MIT (2024 - 2025):
  Beginning as a research intern through the MIT Summer Research Program (2024), working in the Kanwisher Lab in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department, focusing on computational modeling of human perception.
• Computer Vision Lab, Hunter College (2023 - 2025):
  Developing AR applications for a MagicLeap headset, using Unity3D to implement mesh building and hand tracking for real world reconstruction and interaction.
• Trustworthy, Intelligent, and Explainable Robotics (TIER) Lab, Hunter College (2024 - 2025):
  Working on projects involving robotics, socially aware navigation, and explainable AI.

I've presented our work in poster sessions at

• Hunter's STEM Conference 2025 (Computer Vision & Robotics Lab, TIER Lab, First Author)
• Cognitive Computational Neuroscience 2024 (Kanwisher Lab, Second Author)
• MIT Summer Research Program 2024 (Kanwisher Lab, First Author)
• Hunter's STEM Conference 2024 (TIER Lab, First Author)

My research interests include machine learning, computer vision, robotics, and the cognitive science.

Theatre Practitioner

My second major was in Theatre. Before starting my BA, I received my diploma with merit in Arts and Theatre Management (concentration in production management and technical theatre) from Republic Polytechnic in Singapore (2019).

I have worked extensively as a freelancer in the performing arts industry in roles such as:

• Lighting technician, programmer, and designer
• Scenic and puppetry design
• Stage management

At Hunter, I served on the committee of the Hunter Theatre Company (HTC), the fully student-run theatre club at Hunter College, from 2021 to 2024, first as its Treasurer and later as its President.

• As Treasurer of HTC, I successfully obtained and managed our yearly SAF grants to fund our productions from 2021-2023.

• As President of HTC, I helped set the direction for how the club would be run and, together with the committee, curated our 2023-2024 season of plays and productions. A project that existed before I joined Hunter, and I was proud to help produce each year from 2021-2024 was the Undergraduate Playwrights Festival, an event that celebrated and showcased theatrical works written by undergraduates from various majors at Hunter.

• As a committee member, I also took on roles in production management, technical management, and design, contributing to the planning and execution of our shows.

Through Hunter's Theatre Department, I have received:

• The Baker Fellow Award (2021, 2022) which recognizes students that contribute extensively to theatre productions.

• The Charles Elson Award (2025), for students that demonstrate excellence in design and production.

As a theatre maker, in addition to lighting programming and design, I've contributed to productions through puppet, scenic, and costume design.

• I designed and handmade > 20 creatures for May's Mandala (2023), including a Caterpillar puppet that grew in size over the course of the show, and wasp puppets, that were definitely not related to the Caterpillar...

• I've also designed and fabricated a Monster (2024) and incorporated Blender modelling and 3D printing to bring the creation to life.

I've also dabbled in writing short plays.

Teaching Assistant

I began studying computer science in 2021 out of curiousity, and found that I was supported by many wonderful professors, staff, and tutors in the Computer Science department at Hunter.

I attribute my academic success and my increasing interest in computer science to their support, and enjoy being able to tutor others on campus in many core and elective CS classes:

• CSCI12700 Introduction to Computer Science
• CSCI13500/23500/33500 Software Design and Analysis I, II, III
• CSCI26500 Computer Theory
• CSCI35000 AI
• CSCI35300 Machine Learning
• CSCI39536 Robotics

I have designed software design projects based on role-playing games for students to practice and apply programming concepts, and developed autograding scripts for Gradescope, as well using Github Classroom to distribute starter code.

I have also developed my own material to teach workshops at Hunter and MIT on programming in Python, machine learning, and technical interview preparations.