AI/ML Research Program Mentors for High School Students | Polygence
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Research Program Mentors

Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.

AI/ML
Won

Won

PhD

Expertise

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

Brock

Brock

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of consciousness, applications of machine learning to biomedical research, how do our genetic backgrounds influence our psychology

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Multimedia systems, back-end engineering, data compression, computer vision

Baxter

Baxter

PhD candidate

Expertise

Mental Health, Material Science, Design, Consulting, User Interface, User Experience

Alice

Alice

PhD candidate

Expertise

bioinformatics, machine learning, cancer, drug discovery, drug development, translational science, startup, academia

Laura

Laura

MA

Expertise

Evolution, Genetics, Adaptation, Speciation, Natural Selection, Biodiversity, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary adaptions in response to climate change, Projects focused on analyzing the genetics underlying a specific phenotype or disease, Projects that focus on mining available data (such as collecting and analyzing downloadable genetic sequences from published research work)

Keith

Keith

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Molecular Biology, AI genetics, chemistry, developmental biology, Coding

Xiao

Xiao

PhD

Expertise

Cryptography, Machine Learning, Algorithm

Jeremy

Jeremy

PhD

Expertise

chemistry, physics, machine learning, computational modeling, programming, quantum chemistry

Issam

Issam

MS candidate

Expertise

Medical AI | Digital Twins | Computer Vision

Jean

Jean

Industry expert

Expertise

Computer Science is my main area of expertise as it is my current job is as a software engineer. I have to use calculus and statistics in my job as well since I focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence in that role. I am an active investor so I can also tell students about business. As a former frontend developer I also have a solid understand of product design.

Shervin

Shervin

PhD

Expertise

computational fluid dynamics, computer aided design, artificial intelligence, high performance computing, machine learning, large language models, product management

Clarissa

Clarissa

MS

Expertise

Data Science, Social Sciences, public policy, policing and criminal law,

Khushi

Khushi

PhD candidate

Expertise

machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, artificial intelligence, computational biology, genomics

Lucas

Lucas

Industry expert

Expertise

Coding, Python, Machine Learning, Neuroscience, Data Science

Tony

Tony

PhD candidate

Expertise

Robotics, aerodynamics, system design, drones, structures, programming, computer vision

Matthew

Matthew

PhD

Expertise

Medical Imaging, Medical Physics, Machine Learning, Medical Image Analysis/Processing, Artificial Intelligence

Clayton

Clayton

PhD

Expertise

data science, computer science, computational linguistics, natural language processing, web scraping (Twitter) and analytics, probability theory, statistics, calculus

Francesca

Francesca

PhD

Expertise

Applied statistics, data science, political science, social science, machine learning, regression

Liam

Liam

PhD candidate

Expertise

Physics, Quantum Condensed Matter Theory, Computational Physics