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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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Ali

Ali

PhDLinguistics

Education

  1. University of Texas Austin (UT Austin)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...1981

    Linguistics

  2. University of Leeds

    MAMaster of Arts1975

    Linguistics

Expertise

Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Arabic Linguistics

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Thomas

Thomas

PhD candidateMechanical E...

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Mechanical Engineering

  2. University of North Dakota

    MSMaster of Science2025

    Physics

Expertise

Physics: semiconductor, quantum, astrophysics, electromagnetism, nuclear. Mathematics: algebra...

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Tristan

Tristan

PhDEnvironmenta...

Education

  1. Stanford University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2021

    Environmental Science

  2. Stanford University

    MSMaster of Science2020

    Statistics

Expertise

Data science, AI, machine learning, sustainability, renewable energy, weather, climate, ecology...

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Tony

Tony

PhD candidateRobotics

Education

  1. Technische Universität München

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Robotics

  2. Northeastern University

    MSEMaster of Scien...2023

    Robotics

Expertise

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

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Clayton

Clayton

PhDComputer Sci...

Education

  1. Universität des Saarlandes

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2024

    Computer Science

  2. Universität des Saarlandes

    MSMaster of Science2015

    Linguistics

Expertise

data science, computer science, computational linguistics, natural language processing, web scraping...

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Jesus

Jesus

PhDChemistry

Education

  1. Duke University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2021

    Chemistry

  2. Boston University

    MBAMaster of Busin...TBD

    Business

Expertise

Chemistry, drug design, nanotechnology, data science, machine learning, biosensors, digital health...

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Faisal

Faisal

PhDComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2017

    Computer Science

  2. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    MSMaster of Science2011

    Computer Science

Expertise

computer science, data science, machine learning, blockchain, cloud computing, web applications...

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Morteza

Morteza

PhD

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2021
  2. Sharif University of Technology

    MSMaster of Science2017

    Mechanical Engineering

Expertise

Healthcare, Biotech and bioengineering, writing papers (any type), Engineering (especially Mechanical &...

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David

David

PhD candidateCognitive Sc...

Education

  1. Tufts University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Cognitive Science

  2. Tufts University

    MSMaster of Science2022

    Psychology

Expertise

Cognitive neuroscience, psychology, biomedical engineering, electical & computer engineering, machine...

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Madeline

Madeline

PhDPsychology

Education

  1. Yale University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2023

    Psychology

  2. Yale University

    MPhilMaster of Philo...

    Psychology

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, moral psychology, artificial intelligence

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Clark

Clark

PhDElectrical E...

Education

  1. University of Wisconsin - Madison

    PhDDoctor of Philo...1997

    Electrical Engineering

  2. State University of New York at Buffalo

    BSBachelor of Sci...1989

    Electrical Engineering

Expertise

machine learning, artificial intelligence, microcontrollers, engineering, electric vehicles, electric...

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Baxter

Baxter

PhD candidateData Science

Education

  1. Texas Tech University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Data Science

  2. West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    EdMMaster of Educa...2021

    Education

Expertise

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

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Ross

Ross

PhDComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of California San Diego (UCSD)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...

    Computer Science

  2. University of California San Diego (UCSD)

    MSMaster of Science2018

    Electrical Engineering

Expertise

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Human-Robot (and...

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Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidateComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Computer Science

  2. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill)

    MSMaster of Science2021

    Computer Science

Expertise

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

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Yilan

Yilan

PhDGenetics

Education

  1. Harvard University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2024

    Genetics

  2. Northwestern University

    BABachelor of Arts2018

    Genetics

Expertise

method development to better understand the disease causes, applications of machine learning/deep...

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Jim

Jim

MSData Science

Education

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    MSMaster of Science2022

    Data Science

  2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    BSBachelor of Sci...2020

    Chemistry

Expertise

Any topic in data science (machine learning, applied math, statistics), web development, or chemistry.

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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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Emaan

Emaan

JD candidateLaw

Education

  1. Stanford University

    JDJuris DoctorateTBD

    Law

  2. University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

    MSMaster of Science2020

    Electrical Engineering

Expertise

Computer Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Economics

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David

David

PhDComputer Gra...

Education

  1. University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...

    Computer Graphics

  2. DePaul University

    BSBachelor of Sci...2017

    Physics

Expertise

Data science & visualization, digital media (audio/visual), web/application development

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