Computer Science 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.

Computer Science
Majid

Majid

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Machine Learning

Karan

Karan

MS

Expertise

Computer Science, Software Development, Data Structures & Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Embedded Systems, Computer Networking

Eduardo

Eduardo

MS

Expertise

Data Science, Python, SQL

Cody

Cody

Industry expert

Expertise

Music, Film Scoring

Darrell

Darrell

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioinformatics, Immunology, Genetics, Computational Biology, Environmental Science, Water Treatment, Aviation Safety, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Physics

Ritu

Ritu

PhD

Expertise

Application Development, Website or Blog Development, Open-Source Initiatives, Peer Learning Apps, Social Media Platform, AI in education

Khushi

Khushi

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Amanda

Amanda

MS candidate

Expertise

combinatorics, graph theory, algebra, math but make it girlypop, girlypop but make it math, co-opting math content from one area and using it in wildly incompatible (but not really) areas

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Shalimar

Shalimar

PhD candidate

Expertise

Ecology, marine biology, oceanography, fisheries management, environmental policy, remote sensing

Shervin

Shervin

PhD

Expertise

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

Megan

Megan

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, biostatistics, bioinformatics, neuroscience, autism, athletics, big data, disparities

Emir

Emir

Industry expert

Expertise

Computer Sciences

Nathan

Nathan

MBA

Expertise

Computer Science, Frontend Engineering, Product Management

Aaron

Aaron

PhD candidate

Expertise

materials science, light-matter interaction (novel materials and nanostructures), high-performance computing, (quantum) chemistry, solar panels, algorithmic development/stochastic algorithms

David

David

PhD candidate

Expertise

distributed systems, databases

Meha

Meha

MPH candidate

Expertise

Immunology or Public Health

Bruno

Bruno

PhD

Expertise

quantum communication, quantum optics, quantum computing, quantum dynamics, computational materials science, computational physics, machine learning (esp applications to quantum)

Tony

Tony

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Grace

Grace

PhD candidate

Expertise

cancer biology, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis in R