Matthew K. Gray
Work Address Home Address
MIT Room E15-468a 64 Webster Avenue
20 Ames Street Cambridge, MA 02141
Cambridge, MA 02139
Experience
MIT Media Lab, Personal Information Architecture Group Cambridge, MA
May, 1997 - present
Research into networking infrastructure for, and applications of
statistical inference to ``Things That Think'', a large scale project
on ubiquitous computing in everyday objects. Research
responsibilities include those described below, as well as supervising
undergraduates, team management, and high level project design.
MIT Media Lab, Physics and Media Group Cambridge, MA
April, 1996 - May, 1997
Research into electrostatic intrabody signaling. Research
responsibilities include hardware and software design, parts
acquisition, implementation, testing, presentation, and handling
sponsor relationships.
net.Genesis Corporation Cambridge, MA
April, 1994 - January, 1996
Founder and Chief Technologist for a company offering server side
software tools for web developers. Developed initial versions of
products, did product design and strategic planning. Other
responsibilities included coding, sales support, marketing support,
customer service, and management of engineering teams.
O'Reilly and Associates Cambridge, MA
May, 1994 - August, 1994
Consulting work focusing on producing advertiser reports and
performance enhancements to the GNN web server.
Other
Extensive prior work in undergraduate physics research at MIT and
Brookhaven National Labs. Work included data collection, analysis and
presentation.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
M.S. in Media Technology, May 1999
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
B.S. in Physics, May 1997
Publications, Organizations, Proficiencies
I wrote a book Build a Web Site, Prima Publishing, June,
1995, covering technical and design aspects of managing web sites. I
have also written extensively on the growth of the web, based on
research started in 1993. This research has been cited in Newsweek,
Scientific American, PC Week, PC World and many others.
I am a member and former chairment of the Student Information
Processing Board, a volunteer organization providing computing
services to the MIT community. I set up one of world's first 100 web
servers in May 1993 as part of this group.
I am a member of the Apache Group, a volunteer development group that
developed the Apache Web Server, the most popular web server in the
world.
I am fluent in a wide range of computer languages, including C, perl,
Java, and many others.