I’m a first-year PhD student in computer science at UC Berkeley advised by Ben Recht.
Previously, I received my Bachelor’s in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and my Master’s in human rights studies from Columbia University.
I work on on interdisciplinary applications of computer science, from
astrophysics to history to politics.
My research has been featured in over 100 media outlets and has been
liked and shared tens of thousands of times on social of media.
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WORK IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
01 EVOLUTION GYM
The first and largest benchmark for evolving soft robot morphology.
Read more2021
02 UNLOCKING HISTORY
An algorithm to virtually unfold intricately-sealed historic letters.
Read more2016-21
03 COSMIC EVOLUTION
Building an evolutionary tree of stars in the Galaxy based on their chemical signatures.
Read more2019-21
04 TOPOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION
Optimizing low-mass truss bridges with programmable stiffness properties for space travel.
Read more2015-17
WORK IN HUMANITIES
05 ANTI-PALESTINIAN MEDIA BIAS
Quantitative studies of anti-Palestinian bias in mainstream US news.
Read more2021-23
06 THE ON-CAMPUS ISRAEL LOBBY
How the Israeli government has spent millions of dollars to suppress Palestinian activism on US college campuses.
Read more2023
MINI PROJECTS
07 LASER COMMUNICATIONS
Creating a mini internet with lasers.
Read more2022
08 REAL-TIME IMAGE PROCESSING WITH A MICROCONTROLLER
A simple real-time image processing pipeline on a PSoC.
Read more2020
09 SPARSITY-BASED MIXED-MODE AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION
Optimizing automatic differentation for nonlinear nodal analysis.
Read more2020
10 ARCHIVE
Science fair projects throughout the ages :)
Read more2013-15