CSE 446/546 Staff Info
Instructors
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Natasha Jaques:
Background: I am a new Assistant Professor at UW and a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. My research is focused on Social Reinforcement Learning: learning from other intelligent agents like humans (e.g. via RLHF), or in multi-agent systems. Conversation Starter: I have a two year old son, I'm originally from Canada, and I love doing outside things. |
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Sewoong Oh:
Background: I am a Professor at Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at UW. My research is in foundations of machine learning, with focus on safe, responsible, and data-centric AI. Conversation Starter: I like listening to people tell me what they are most excited about. |
Teaching Assistants
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Varun Ananth: Background: Coming soon! Conversation Starter: Coming soon! |
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Donovan Clay: Background: I am an undergraduate double majoring in Computer Engineering and Comparative History of Ideas. I do research in robotics and also in implementing neural-network ML models on FPGAs. I'm in my 3rd and last year at UW. Conversation Starter: I like to play pool and rock climb in my free time. You might find me at SBP! |
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Marco Hendra Dani: Background: Coming soon! Conversation Starter: Coming soon! |
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Sankar Vaishnav Harilal: Background: Coming soon! Conversation Starter: Coming soon! |
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Leo Maynard-Zhang: Background: Coming soon! Conversation Starter: Coming soon! |
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Zeynep Toprakbasti: Background: I am a BS/MS student in CSE! As an undergraduate, I minored in Digital Arts and Experimental Media because I love to do art in my free time. I am passionate about ML as it relates to ways of modeling intelligence, hence I do research in computational neuroscience and neuro AI. Conversation Starter: I have a chess addiction! |
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Xinqi Wang: Background: Coming soon! Conversation Starter: Coming soon! |
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Cleah Taryn Winston: Background: I'm a 3rd year undergrad in CSE and this is my fifth quarter TAing. Apart from classes, I have been involved in research at UW Robotics as well several healthcare-tech projects. Conversation Starter: Outside of school, I enjoy basketball, tennis, and playing flute! |
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Anthony Xing: Background: I am a 3rd-year undergrad double majoring in CS and MATH. I like watching interesting history/science videos and anime/movies, and I play a few video games. I swim from time to time and I've been doing more weightlifting recently. Conversation Starter: I find interest in many things! |