Our 2022-2023 Team
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Maggie Xiong
Co-President
Maggie is a third year Computer Science student interested in NLP and ML. When she’s not struggling over exams, she enjoys hiking, trying cuisines from all around the world, and window shopping.
Benjamin Segall
Co-President
Ben is a third year cognitive science student interested in higher order cognition and how it can be modeled. You can often find him practicing oboe or on a long walk lost in thought.
Signe Hoel
VP Communications
Signe is a third year Computer Science and Biology student interested in computational biology and using AI to analyze biological data sets. She spends her free time exploring, crocheting, cooking or watching everything on Netflix.
Rebecca Xie
VP Communications
Rebecca is a third year Computer Science student interested in Natural Language Processing. In her spare time, she likes to watch stand-up comedy and cook.
Veronica Xia
VP Events
Veronica is in her third year, completing a degree in Honours Math and Computer Science. She enjoys trying to cook, reading, and going on walks.
Katrina Poulin
VP Events
Katrina is a first-year Masters student in Electrical Engineering. In her free time, she likes jogging, reading, binging reality TV and eating peanut butter.
Lynn Cherif
Podcast Producer
Lynn is a fifth year Mechanical Engineering student doing a minor in Computer Science. She is currently completing her undergraduate thesis on leveraging CNNs to monitor and improve a metal 3D printing process. She is interested in AI4Good applications. In her free time, she’s a long-distance runner, cyclist and reader.
Jasper Jian
Podcast Producer
Jasper is a fourth year linguistics and computer science student interested in how theoretical linguistics can inform NLP and other language technologies. In his free time, he likes to ski, bike, and discover new foods.
Nathan De Lara
Podcast Producer
Nathan is a third year Honours math and computer science student Interested in learning theory and generalizable AI. In his free time, he likes to play sports and create new sports analytics.
Samar-Balkiss Benaskeur
Podcast Media
Samar is a third year law student interested in the legal and ethical challenges of artificial intelligence. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, dancing, and taking her cat for a walk in Côte-des-Neiges.
Bonnie Li
VP External
Bonnie is a maximum entropy reinforcement learning agent trying to figure out what she wants to do next. She is studying Math and CS, and likes running, hockey, basketball, and hopping around places.
Kai Deutschmann
VP Finance
Kai is a fourth year cognitive science student specializing in Computer Science with an interest in predictive analysis. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, running and fine tuning his espresso shots.
Lucy Zhang
VP Community
Lucy is a second year software engineering student, and her favorite programming language is C#. During her free time, she enjoys hiking, video editing, learning new pieces on her piano, and consuming mustard.
Sarah Johnson
VP Community
Sarah is a second year student majoring in CS with a minor in French. She is interested in the ethics and effects of AI, and she enjoys traveling, backcountry skiing, and music.
Zoe Wefers
Academic Lecturer
Zoe is a fourth year math and computer science student interested in machine learning and its biomedical applications. In her spare time, she like swimming, biking, hiking and playing board games.
Sheheryar Parvaz
Academic Lecturer
Sheheryar is a U3 Math & CS student interested in machine learning theory and analysis. In his free time he enjoys reading and gaming.
Mohamed Mohamed
Technical Project Manager
Mohamed is a fifth year software engineering student interested in applications of machine learning. In his spare time he likes to workout and to watch anime.
Victor Cruz
Technical Project Manager
Victor is a fourth year statistics and computer science student interested in time series prediction and machine learning theory. In his spare time, he enjoys biking, swimming and running around Mont-Royal.
Jacob Junqi Tian
Technical Project Manager
Jacob is a fourth year math and computer science student interested in machine learning theory and natural language processing. In his spare time, he enjoys biking, jogging, swimming, and food photography.
