👩🏫 Staff
Instructor
Sam Lauhe/him
Lecture: TuTh 3:30-4:50PM, CENTR 115 (B00) – TuTh 5:00-6:30PM, CENTR 119 (A00)
Sam Lau is an assistant teaching professor in the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego. His research creates novel interfaces for learning and teaching data science, including the popular Pandas Tutor tool (https://pandastutor.com/) which serves over 40,000 people per year. He is the author of an introductory data science textbook called Learning Data Science, published by O’Reilly Media in 2023.
Staff
TA
Aditya Vyankatesh Mandkehe/him
Hello everyone! I am Aditya in my 2nd year of my MS in CS, originally from Pune, India. This is my 2nd time as a TA for DSC 106 and I look forward to making this an engaging and enjoyable class for you all. Fun fact: I love the German language, and have written and acted in German plays (won a few awards too!) Please feel free to ask me any questions about the course material, or even just to chat! I’m here to help make this a valuable learning experience.
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Deevanshu Goyalhe/him
Hi all! My name is Deevanshu Goyal and I am a second-year masters student in the Machine Learning and Data Science track of the ECE department. I am originally from India and I moved to San Diego in 2022. In my free time, I like to learn new recipes, watch new movies/animes and read about genetics. Do you have the Hitchhiker’s Thumb? Check it out if you haven’t already. Looking forward to meeting you all for DSC 106, it will be a fun quarter!
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Giorgia Nicolaoushe/her
Hi everyone! I’m Giorgia, a second year graduate student in HDSI. I’m originally from San Diego and loved it so much I had to come back for grad school! Outside of academics I spend most of my time cooking, hanging out with friends, and practicing yoga. I look forward to meeting and working with everyone in DSC 106!
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Gurpreethe/him
Hey everyone! I’m Gurpreet. Welcome to DSC 106! I’m currently a second-year Master’s student in Data Science. This is my second time as a TA for DSC 106. Outside of academics, I love photography, flying drones, and watching movies. I’m looking forward to meeting all of you!
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Saihe/him
Hello everyone! My name is Sai, and I’m currently pursuing my Master’s in Business Analytics here in San Diego. My professional aspiration is to excel in the field of Business Data Science, where I have a particular interest in developing applications using Large Language Models (LLMs). I welcome any exciting use case discussions related to LLMs! Before my journey here, I gained experience as a software developer, focusing mainly on front-end development.
Outside my academic pursuits, I’m an avid sports fan. I passionately follow football, with Real Madrid as my favorite team, and I’m a fan of Djokovic in tennis and Kohli in cricket. Balancing my love for sports with my master’s studies is challenging, but I always find time to stay updated.
As your teaching assistant for this course, I’m excited to meet all of you. I’m looking forward to a great learning experience where we can share knowledge and insights. Let’s make this journey an enriching one together!
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Vancheeswaran Vaidyanathanhe/him
Hi! I am Vancheeswaran Vaidyanathan (you can call me Vanchy), currently a master’s student specializing in Machine Learning and Data Science in the ECE department at UCSD. Prior to joining UCSD, I worked as a DevOps Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services. I am originally from Chennai, India. I love traveling, trekking, playing cricket and badminton, and watching TV series. I am looking forward to working with everyone this quarter. Wishing everyone good luck with this course and the quarter!
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Shaokang Jianghe/him
Hello, I am Shaokang Jiang, a second-year master’s student from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. I am happy to meet with all of you this quarter. I believe DSC 106 will be immensely valuable in refining your ability to represent data effectively to external audiences and in discovering the hidden potential within datasets. I hope you thoroughly enjoy the course and find it both engaging and beneficial.