President: Siddharth Sharma
I am currently a senior at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley. I was inspired by other online coding blogs and tutorials to create a free easy-to-use, interactive platform to learn AI. I enjoy playing tennis, exploring deep learning, and trying new recipes! I hope that this organization can help to change CS education and impact a broad audience of both students and adults alike!
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VP of Operations: Shrey Gupta
Hi! I'm a high school sophomore interested in Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, and Robotics. I was first introduced to AI my freshman year when I attended a summit at my school and since then it has been a growing passion of mine. I understand how difficult of a skill it can be to pickup and it is my hope through StartOnAI you will enjoy learning about this innovative field.
VP of Content: Andy Phung
I am a freshman at Independence High School currently interested in and pursuing deep learning for computer vision and machine learning for social good. I usually spend my free time reading papers, working on projects, and taking courses to further my knowledge.
VP of Research: Anaiy Somalwar
I am currently a sophomore at Basis Independent Silicon Valley. I am interested in the real world applications of machine learning as well as finding the most ergonomic solutions to problems through competitive programming. Besides spending much of my time working on FRC robotics, reading books, and writing code, I enjoy competing in chess tournaments and am currently a titled National Master. Although learning about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning has seemed daunting for many, I hope that through StartOnAi, those topics will become easily accessible and approachable.
Director of Programming: Aditya Chakka
I am a student at John P. Stevens high school, in NJ and am interested in machine learning and natural language processing. Other than machine learning I like to do competitive programming on sites like USACO and codeforces, and enjoy playing soccer and working out.
Director of Clubs: Keshav Shah
Keshav is currently a sophomore that attends Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. He is extremely passionate about finding intricacies in the natural world and loves exploring all things math and science. Keshav loves practicing his violin through orchestra, doing computer science, and traveling to unique locations!
Director of Mathematics: Navein Suresh
Hey there! I’m Navein, a sophomore from Spring-Ford Area High School in Pennsylvania. My main interests include mathematics, specifically number theory and topology. Outside of academia, I’m an active chess player and compete on the varsity tennis team for my high school. Other pastime activities include quiz bowl and solving logic puzzles. I also participate in a lot of community service activities, which hopefully will help me provide the skills to develop this website to its fullest potential.
Director of Workshops: Aurko Routh
Hi! I'm Aurko, a student at Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas. I am very experienced in CS and I am captain of the computer science club, programmer of my FRC robotics team, and Assistant director of a hackathon organization called TeenHacksHtx. I am in USACO Platinum as well; some of my hobbies include Minecraft, browsing quora and reddit, game development, piano, and studying machine learning
Director of Software: Karthik Bhargav
Karthik is currently a Freshman at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology(TJHSST). He is interested in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision. He is a USACO Silver competitor and frequently participates in Kaggle, Codeforces, and other programming competitions. During his free time, Karthik enjoys playing chess and doing bhangra, and is an active member of TJHSST's chess team. He hopes to explore various avenues of Machine Learning research.
Director of Machine Learning: Ayush Karupakula
Hi! I'm Ayush, a freshman from John P. Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey. I love to play tennis and am interested in and passionate to learn more about Artificial Intelligence, Machine
Learning, and Web Development. I was introduced to Machine Learning last year through a club at my school. Ever since then, I have been learning more and more about the subject and hope to share my knowledge through StartOnAI.
Director of Curriculum: Sonnet Xu
Sonnet is a rising high school sophomore from Troy, Michigan. She is an avid member of robotics and in her free time, enjoys programming, learning about STEM and AI, and participating in various STEM organizations.
Team Member: Benjamin Chen
Benjamin is a rising sophomore at Taipei American School, Taiwan. He is extremely passionate about Mech/Robotics Engineering, Business & Management, Marketing. He was in the VEX and FRC team as an engineer and will be serving as a robotics teaching assistant. During his free time he likes to do boxing as a sport, he participated in local-small boxing competitions and won various awards.
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Team Member: Ishan Jain
Ishan Jain is a sophomore at Mission San Jose High School. He has a passion for the state of the art machine learning tools, various sciences, high level math, and a wide scope of computational tools.
Team Member: Trenton Kim
Hello! I'm Trenton, but feel free to call me Trent. I'm currently self-learning programming in Java and Python and hold strong interest in pursuing AI and ML. In my spare time, I enjoy learning new topics all across various subjects, but especially STEM. I'm excited to help Start on AI let other students self study STEM topics that they wouldn't normally have access to at their schools.
Content Head: Felix Liu
Hi! I am a rising sophomore at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley. I enjoy digging deep into all kinds of academic fields, especially math. In my free time, I am passionate about music and love playing the guitar. I hope to contribute as much as possible to this website!
Team Member: Nathan Z.
Hi, my name is Nathan, and currently a freshman in the Charter School of Wilmington. I like coding, math, and basically anything STEM. Specifically, I have an interest for machine learning and algorithmic problems. In my free time, I like to learn about new topics and problem-solving. By being in this organization, I hope to help others learn and improve their skills in AI.
Team Member: Manasa Kalaimalai
Manasa is a rising junior from Bangalore, India. She is passionate about AI and Machine Learning and helping reduce the gender gap in STEM-related activities. Besides working on ML research and coding, she is an avid MUN debater who enjoys playing tennis and painting portraits during her free time. She hopes to extend this wonderful platform to people worldwide and help minorities gain an interest in AI.
Team Member: Aaron Chew
Aaron is a high schooler from Yorba Linda, California interested in machine learning, competitive programming, and argumentative and public speaking. He is a USACO Finalist and enjoys teaching kids topics that he is well-knowledged in.
Team Member: Sauman Das
Hi! I’m Sauman and I am currently a sophomore at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. I am interested in exploring novel applications of Machine Learning. I especially enjoy using deep learning to solve image classification projects. I frequently participate in Kaggle competitions and have created a couple tutorials in my free time. Other than ML, I am passionate about mathematics and I am on my school's Varsity Math Team. Outside of school, I love playing tennis and basketball. I hope I can contribute to the Machine Learning community through StartOnAI!
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Team Member: Edward Zhang
I’m currently a Sophomore at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). I’m interested in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to solve real world problems. I’m a Kaggle Expert in Datasets, Notebooks and Discussions, and I love to participate in programming competitions. I’m currently focusing on medical applications of Computer Vision such as diagnosis of Glaucoma and Lyme Disease. Additionally, I run track for school, love skateboarding, and also am part of the TJHSST’s public forum debate team. I hope to spread my passion for CS and AI here at StartOnAI!
Team Member: Kenadi Waymire
Hello! I am Kenadi, a fifth form (11th grade) student at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT. I love computer science and mathematics; I am interested in artificial intelligence, specifically natural language processing! I participate in robotics, serving as a programmer for my school's FRC team. I also debate, run a girls' coding club at my school, serve as our community service club VP, and act in theatrical productions. I'm so excited to be able to share my knowledge in the fields I love!