{
    items: [
        /* ----- Alumni ----- */
        
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Lynn Stein',
            firstName:	'Lynn',
            lastName:	'Stein',
            exRole:     'principal investigator',
            role:	['pi','alum'],
	    current:	'alum',
            newRole:    'professor, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Stephen Garland',
            firstName:	'Stephen',
            lastName:	'Garland',
            exRole:     'research scientist',
            role:	    ['research scientist', 'alum'],
	    current:	    'alum',
            newRole:    'retired'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Adam Holt',
            firstName:	'Adam',
            lastName:	'Holt',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Aidan Low',
            firstName:	'Aidan',
            lastName:	'Low',
            role:	['meng', 'alum'],
	    current:	    'alum'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Andrew Hogue',
            firstName:	'Andrew',
            lastName:	'Hogue',
            exRole:     'meng',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Christine Alvarado',
            firstName:	'Christine',
            lastName:	'Alvarado',
	    role:       ['phd', 'alum'],
	    current:	    'alum',
            newRole:    'assistant professor, Computer Science Department, Harvey Mudd College'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'David Huynh',
            firstName:	'David',
            lastName:	'Huynh',
            homepage:   'http://people.csail.mit.edu/dfhuynh/',
	    role:       ['phd', 'alum', 'research scientist'],
	    current:	    'active'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Eytan Adar',
            firstName:	'Eytan',
            lastName:	'Adar',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Ilya Lisansky',
            firstName:	'Ilya',
            lastName:	'Lisansky',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Jaime Teevan',
            firstName:	'Jaime',
            lastName:	'Teevan',
	    role:       ['phd', 'alum'],
	    current:	    'alum',
            newRole:    'researcher, Microsoft Research'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Dennis Quan',
            firstName:	'Dennis',
            lastName:	'Quan',
	    role:       ['phd', 'alum'],
	    current:	    'alum'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Jonathan Derryberry',
            firstName:	'Jonathan',
            lastName:	'Derryberry',
            exRole:     'meng',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Joshua Kramer',
            firstName:	'Joshua',
            lastName:	'Kramer',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Kai Shih',
            firstName:	'Kai',
            lastName:	'Shih',
	    role:       ['phd', 'alum'],
	    current:	    'alum'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Karun Bakshi',
            firstName:	'Karun',
            lastName:	'Bakshi',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:       ['sm','alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Marina Zhurakhinskaya',
            firstName:	'Marina',
            lastName:	'Zhurakhinskaya',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Mark Asdoorian',
            firstName:	'Mark',
            lastName:	'Asdoorian',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Mark Rosen',
            firstName:	'Mark',
            lastName:	'Rosen',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Sumudu Watugala',
            firstName:	'Sumudu',
            lastName:	'Watugala',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Svetlana Shnitser',
            firstName:	'Svetlana',
            lastName:	'Shnitser',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Vineet Sinha',
            firstName:	'Vineet',
            lastName:	'Sinha',
	    role:       ['phd', 'alum'],
	    current:	    'alum',
            newRole:    'founder, Architexa'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Wendy Chien',
            firstName:	'Wendy',
            lastName:	'Chien',
	    current:	    'alum',
            role:	['meng', 'alum']
        },
        
        
        /* ----- Current People ----- */
        
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'David Karger',
            firstName:	'David',
            lastName:	'Karger',
            role:	    'pi',
	    startDate:  '1995-01-15',
	    current:	'active',
	    homepage:	'http://people.csail.mit.edu/karger/',
	    interest:   ['database systems','human computation','human-computer interaction','information retrieval','personal information management','quantitative conceptual diagrams','semantic web','social computing','user modeling']
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Harr Chen',
            firstName:	'Harr',
            lastName:	'Chen',
            role:	    'phd',
	    current:	'active',
            interest:   [ 'information retrieval' ]
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Michael Bernstein',
            firstName:	'Michael',
            lastName:	'Bernstein',
            role:	    'sm',
	    startDate: '2006-09-06',
            interest:   [ 'human-computer interaction' ],
	    current:	'active',
	    homepage: 	'http://people.csail.mit.edu/msbernst/'	
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'electronic Max (Max Van Kleek)',
            firstName:	'electronic',
            lastName:	'Max',
            homepage:   'http://people.csail.mit.edu/emax/',	
            role:	    'phd',
	    current:	'active',
            interest:   [ 'user modeling', 'personal information management', 'semantic web' ]
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Adam Marcus',
            firstName:	'Adam',
            lastName:	'Marcus',
            homepage:   'http://people.csail.mit.edu/marcua/',	
            role:	    'sm',
	    current:	'active',
            interest:   [ 'database systems' ]
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Mihir Kedia',
            firstName:	'Mihir',
            lastName:	'Kedia',
            role:	    'phd',
	    current:	'active',
            interest:   [ 'human computation', 'social computing' ]
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Robin Stewart',
            firstName:	'Robin',
            lastName:	'Stewart',
            homepage:   'http://www.robinstewart.com',
            role:	    'sm',
	    current:	'active',
            interest:   [ 'human-computer interaction', 'information visualization', 'quantitative conceptual diagrams' ]
        },
        
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Peter Lai',
            firstName:	'Peter',
            lastName:	'Lai',
	    current:	'active',
            role:	    'meng'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Margaret Leibovic',
            firstName:	'Margaret',
            lastName:	'Leibovic',
	    current:	'active',
            role:	    'urop'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Michael Kuo',
            firstName:	'Michael',
            lastName:	'Kuo',
	    current:	'active',
            role:	    'urop'
        },
        {	type:		'Person',
			label:		'Edward Benson',
            firstName:	'Edward',
            lastName:	'Benson',
	    	current:	'active',
            role:	    'phd',
		    startDate:  '2008-09-02',
            homepage:   'http://www.edwardbenson.com',
            interest:   [ 'semantic web', 'social computing', 'database systems' ]
        },
	{       type: "Role",
		label: "Principal Investigator",
		id: 'pi',
		pluralLabel: "Principal Investigators"
		},
	{	type: "Role",
		id: 'phd',
		label: "Ph.D. Student",
		pluralLabel: "Ph.D. Students"
		},	     
	{	type: "Role",
		id: 'sm',
		label: "S.M. Student",
		pluralLabel: "S.M. Students"
		},	     
	{	type: "Role",
		id: 'meng',
		label: "M.Eng. Student",
		pluralLabel: "M.Eng. Students"
		},	     
	{	type: "Role",
		id: 'urop',
		label: "Undergraduate Researcher",
		pluralLabel: "Undergraduate Researchers"
		},	     
	{	type: "Role",
		id: 'alum',
		label: "Alumnus/ae",
		pluralLabel: "Alumni"
		},	     
	{	type: "Role",
		id: 'active',
		label: "Current member",
		pluralLabel: "Current members"
	},

  {       type:           'Person',
            label:          'Sacha Zyto',
            firstName:  'Sacha',
            lastName:   'Zyto',
            homepage:   'http://web.mit.edu/~sacha/www',
            role:       ['phd'],
            current:        'active', 
            interest:   ['human-computer interaction', 'education' ]
        }


    ]
}