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Dan received his PhD from Stanford University in September 2008. His Ph.D. is titled . Dan received his PhD from Stanford University in September 2008. His Ph.D. is titled .


Dan received his master's degree from ], where he was a member of the ] at the ] under the direction of Professor ] from 2001-2003. There he worked on the Actuated Workbench, a device that uses magnetic forces to move objects on a table around in two dimensions. Dan received his master's degree from ], where he was a member of the Tangible Media Group at the ] under the direction of Professor ] from 2001-2003. There he worked on the Actuated Workbench, a device that uses magnetic forces to move objects on a table around in two dimensions.


Dan received his bachelor's degree from ], where his research advisor was ]; his Undergraduate Honors Thesis is titled "Techniques for Interactive Audience Participation".<ref>http://www.monzy.org/monzy-cv.pdf ()</ref> Dan received his bachelor's degree from ], where his research advisor was ]; his Undergraduate Honors Thesis is titled "Techniques for Interactive Audience Participation".<ref>http://www.monzy.org/monzy-cv.pdf ()</ref>
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== Nerdcore hip-hop == == Nerdcore hip-hop ==
Monzy made his hip-hop debut with '''' which called out his musical rival ]. It gained large popularity after being described as "the best fucking thing I've ever heard" by ] creator ].<ref>https://brad.livejournal.com/2116192.html</ref> It eventually made it into a ] article , and Monzy was interviewed for a segment on the German television program ''Taff''. He was also mentioned in the February 2006 issue of '']'', an academic and industry-oriented publication dedicated to issues in the field of ]. Monzy made his hip-hop debut with '''' which called out his musical rival MC Plus+. It gained large popularity after being described as "the best fucking thing I've ever heard" by ] creator ].<ref>https://brad.livejournal.com/2116192.html</ref> It eventually made it into a ] article , and Monzy was interviewed for a segment on the German television program ''Taff''. He was also mentioned in the February 2006 issue of '']'', an academic and industry-oriented publication dedicated to issues in the field of ].


On January 10, 2006, Monzy performed at the DivX, Inc. booth of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with other nerdcore artists. With Karl Olson acting as a mediator, Monzy and MC Plus+ finally ended their rivalry and performed together on the same stage. On January 10, 2006, Monzy performed at the DivX, Inc. booth of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with other nerdcore artists. With Karl Olson acting as a mediator, Monzy and MC Plus+ finally ended their rivalry and performed together on the same stage.

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American rapper
Dan Maynes-Aminzade in 2005.

Dan Maynes-Aminzade (a.k.a. Monzy; born Daniel Maynes-Aminzade in 1979) is a nerdcore hip hop artist and software engineer at Facebook.

Professional history

Dan received his PhD from Stanford University in September 2008. His Ph.D. is titled Interactive Visual Prototyping of Computer Vision Applications.

Dan received his master's degree from MIT, where he was a member of the Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab under the direction of Professor Hiroshi Ishii from 2001-2003. There he worked on the Actuated Workbench, a device that uses magnetic forces to move objects on a table around in two dimensions.

Dan received his bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University, where his research advisor was Randy Pausch; his Undergraduate Honors Thesis is titled "Techniques for Interactive Audience Participation".

From 1997–2001 he was a member of Stage 3 Research Group, based at Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute. There he worked on new techniques for interactive audience participation.

Nerdcore hip-hop

Monzy made his hip-hop debut with Drama in the PhD which called out his musical rival MC Plus+. It gained large popularity after being described as "the best fucking thing I've ever heard" by LiveJournal creator Brad Fitzpatrick. It eventually made it into a Wired magazine article , and Monzy was interviewed for a segment on the German television program Taff. He was also mentioned in the February 2006 issue of EE Times, an academic and industry-oriented publication dedicated to issues in the field of Electrical Engineering.

On January 10, 2006, Monzy performed at the DivX, Inc. booth of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with other nerdcore artists. With Karl Olson acting as a mediator, Monzy and MC Plus+ finally ended their rivalry and performed together on the same stage.

HHP

Daniel "Monzy" Aminzade also created the fabled HHPCounter, the official counter for mayorship on HHP.

References

  1. http://www.monzy.org/monzy-cv.pdf (Archived)
  2. https://brad.livejournal.com/2116192.html

External links

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