Staff

Nicholas Tomlin he/him

Hello! I’m a rising fifth-year PhD student in Berkeley EECS, where I’m advised by Dan Klein. My research focuses on natural language processing. Outside of work, I enjoy swimming, crosswords, and chess.

Saagar Sanghavi he/him

ssanghavi404@berkeley.edu

I like puzzles. All of life is just one giant puzzle to solve. Let’s solve some fun puzzles together this semester :)

Ruiqi Zhong he/him Head TA

ruiqi-zhong@berkeley.edu

Hi! I am a 4th year Ph.D. student in EECS. In my free time, I enjoy playing the piano and jogging. Excited to meet you all this semester.

Austen Liao he/him

austenliao@berkeley.edu

Hi! I’m Austen, a rising 4th-year CS major from the Bay Area. I like video editing, playing Smash, and collecting Kirby merch <3. I’m looking forward to meeting you all!

Eric Wallace he/him

ericwallace@berkeley.edu

Hi! I am a 4th year Ph.D. student in EECS. In my free time, I enjoy running and playing sports. Excited to meet you all this semester.

Linyuan Gong he/him

gly@berkeley.edu

Hi! I am a 3rd year PhD student in EECS. I do research in large language models. I am excited to be a TA for CS 188!

Michael Wu he/him

michael.wu1@berkeley.edu

Hi! I’m Michael, a rising third year EECS and Business major from San Diego. Fun facts about me: I’ve watched The Office ~8 times, I’m hardstuck 1000 elo on Chess.com, and I’m learning a Chinese song on the guitar to finally earn my parents approval :’). Looking forward to meeting you all this semester!

Ramanan Abeyakaran he/him

ram.abey2001@berkeley.edu

Hi! I’m a CS and Stats major from Atlanta, GA. I love going on walks and listening to music. Super excited to meet you all this summer!

Stanley Kwon he/him

shkwon@berkeley.edu

Hey! I’m Stanley and I’m a rising senior majoring in CS and Econ! I’m interested in computer vision, chipotle, and reaching the end of the #fyp on TikTok. Looking forward to meeting you all this summer!

Yahav Avigal he/him

yahav_avigal@berkeley.edu

Hi! I am a 4th year Ph.D. student in EECS. In my research, I try to make robotic manipulation efficient and reliable for commercial applications.

Alexander Di he/him

alexanderdi@berkeley.edu

Hi! I’m a rising junior studying EECS and chemistry. Aside from 188, I also enjoy folding origami and playing tennis. Excited to meet you all this summer!

Arvind Rajaraman he/him

arvind.rajaraman@berkeley.edu

Hi! I’m Arvind. In my free time, I like cooking, singing, investing, and listening to music (pop, hip hop, & Bollywood!).

Jerry Sun he/him

Hi I’m jerry! I was a ta in the spring and before that I was a reader for a few semesters. Looking forward to meeting you guys this summer!

Kirthi Kumar she/her

kirthi.kumar@berkeley.edu

Hi! I’m Kirthi, a rising senior studying EECS and Business from northern VA. Excited to be reading for CS 188 this summer!

Leo Huang he/him

klhftco@berkeley.edu

Hi! I am a fourth year studying BioE & EECS with a passion for biomimetic robotics. My free time is usually filled with watching anime, biking, volleyball, and climbing. Excited to meet you all this semester!

Samantha Huang she/her

samanthahuang@berkeley.edu

Hi, I’m Samantha! I’m so excited to help y’all with CS 188. I enjoy listening to music, walking during sunset, and eating yummy food (lmk if ya’ll know any secret spots ;)). I pretty much listen to music 25/8 and am always excited to meet dogs (send pics of your cute pets :))!

Shawn Zhao he/him

shzhao@berkeley.edu

Hi everyone, I’m Shawn, a rising EECS Master’s student, and I will be one of the readers fo CS 188 this summer. In my free time I enjoy playing FPS video games. Hope you enjoy the course this summer!