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Research Program Mentors

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Clarissa

Clarissa

MSData Science

Education

  1. Duke University

    MSMaster of Science2023

    Data Science

  2. University of Minnesota

    BSEBachelor of Sci...2018

    Statistics

Expertise

Data Science, Statistics, Big Data, Scientific Method, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, AI

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Yash

Yash

MS candidateElectrical E...

Education

  1. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

    MSMaster of ScienceTBD

    Electrical Engineering

  2. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

    BSBachelor of Sci...2025

    Computer Science

Expertise

Electrical and Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Scientific Simulation/Chip Design/Software Engineering

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Shomik

Shomik

PhDMechanical E...

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2026

    Mechanical Engineering

  2. Imperial College London

    MPhilMaster of Philo...

    Materials Science

Expertise

Renewable energy (solar), heat transfer, computational materials science

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Yixi

Yixi

MBAManagement S...

Education

  1. Stanford University

    MBAMaster of Busin...2022

    Management Science & Engineering

  2. Purdue University

    BSBachelor of Sci...2012

    Chemical Engineering

Expertise

business, business analytics, data visualization, data analysis, marketing, power BI, Business...

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Delia

Delia

MSComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of Edinburgh

    MSMaster of Science2024

    Computer Science

  2. University of Dublin, Trinity College

    BSBachelor of Sci...2023

    Computer Science

Expertise

Artificial intelligence(ML/NLP/DL), Computer vision & graphics

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Arpit

Arpit

MSComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

    MSMaster of Science2021

    Computer Science

  2. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

    BSBachelor of Sci...2020

    Computer Science

Expertise

AI/ML, Programming, Career Guidance, Computer Science, Software Eng, AppDev

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John

John

MSData Science

Education

  1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    MSMaster of Science2021

    Data Science

  2. University of Connecticut

    BABachelor of Arts2019

    Statistics

Expertise

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Business, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, Statistics...

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Sejal

Sejal

MSData Science

Education

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology

    MSMaster of Science2025

    Data Science

  2. Tufts University

    BSBachelor of Sci...2021

    Data Science

Expertise

Data Science, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Sports Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Data...

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Malek

Malek

MSMechanical E...

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    MSMaster of Science2024

    Mechanical Engineering

  2. University of Texas Austin (UT Austin)

    BSBachelor of Sci...2022

    Mechanical Engineering

Expertise

engineering product design and development, upcycling and recycling waste into products, applications of...

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Vardhan

Vardhan

PhD candidateComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Computer Science

  2. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

    MSMaster of Science

    Computer Science

Expertise

NLP, LLMs, Agentic AI, Computer Vision, Deep Learning Research

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Sona

Sona

MEngComputer Sci...

Education

  1. Cornell University

    MEngMaster of Engin...2026

    Computer Science

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    BSBachelor of Sci...2021

    Computer Science

Expertise

Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, Applied AI/RAG Systems, Full-Stack Development

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Brock

Brock

PhDNeuroscience

Education

  1. University of Southern California (USC)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...

    Neuroscience

  2. Hendrix College

    BABachelor of Arts2016

    Neuroscience

Expertise

Neuroscience of consciousness, applications of machine learning to biomedical research, how do our...

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Ercag

Ercag

PhDPhysics

Education

  1. Bilkent University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2016

    Physics

  2. Bilkent University

    MSMaster of Science2008

    Physics

Expertise

LLMs, ViTs, Reasoning Models, AI, Physics & Statistics

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Mariel

Mariel

PhDComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2024

    Computer Science

  2. The Juilliard School

    MAMaster of Arts2019

    Music

Expertise

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, and Math

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DaVante

DaVante

PhD candidatePhysics

Education

  1. University of California Irvine (UCI)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Physics

  2. University of California Irvine (UCI)

    MSMaster of Science2024

    Physics

Expertise

Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Machine Learning, Quantum Information

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Hossein

Hossein

PhDChemical Eng...

Education

  1. University of Maryland

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2019

    Chemical Engineering

  2. Sharif University of Technology

    MSMaster of Science2014

    Chemical Engineering

Expertise

Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Large Language Models, Natural Language...

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Mina

Mina

PhD candidateData Science

Education

  1. University of Central Florida

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Data Science

  2. University of Central Florida

    MSMaster of Science2025

    Data Science

Expertise

Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Statistics

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Melanie

Melanie

PhDBiology

Education

  1. Stanford University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2019

    Biology

  2. Oberlin College

    BABachelor of Arts2013

    Biochemistry

Expertise

Biophysics, bioinformatics, statistics, data science, machine learning, cellular and molecular biology...

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Won

Won

PhDComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2023

    Computer Science

  2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    MSMaster of Science

    Computer Science

Expertise

Machine Learning, Security, Privacy, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science

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David

David

PhDNeuroscience

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2022

    Neuroscience

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    MSMaster of Science2013

    Computer Science

Expertise

neural signal processing, data science and statistics, AI/ML for medical applications

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