Staff
Instructor
Rod Albuyeh
I was born and raised in the Bay Area and have spent my entire academic and professional life in various parts of California. I obtained my PhD in 2016 from USC, and have worked in machine learning and architecture roles in the FinTech and HealthTech scene. Currently, I run a machine learning consultancy and assist companies with scaling, automating, and productionizing their workloads. Outside of work, I practice martial arts, make music, and sightsee around San Diego with my family.
I am excited about the content we will be covering in this course because it is foundational to the algorithms you will be using in your career, whether you are working in “lift and churn” business applications or the next LLM.
TAs
Fatemeh Asgarinejad
I’m Fatemeh Asgarinejad. I am a PhD student in the ECE department in UC San Diego majoring in Machine Learning and data science. My primary research interests lie in the fields of hyperdimensional computing and machine learning. With previous TA experience ,I am excited to be part of the team this quarter. Please do not hesitate to reach out.
Yingyu (Anna) Lin
yil208@ucsd.edu • TA
I am Yingyu (Anna) Lin, a first-year Data Science PhD student. I participate in several research rotations this year and am currently working on research topics including statistical sampling, differential privacy, and causal discovery. I love photography, swimming, and traveling. Feel free to reach out with any questions and I am looking forward to meeting you all!
Tutors
Daniel Li
ddli@ucsd.edu • Tutor
Hello! My name is Daniel Li and I’m a 2nd year Data Science student. I’m originally from Montreal, Canada, but I moved to San Diego when I was 9. In my free time I enjoy hiking, reading, and playing poker with friends. I look forward to working with you guys!
Vivian Lin
vlin@ucsd.edu • Tutor
My name is Vivian Lin, and I am a 4th year Data Science major! I am super excited to be a part of the DSC 40A team again.
Yujia (Joy) Wang
yuw103@ucsd.edu • Tutor
Hi everyone! My name is Yujia(Joy), and I’m a third-year student double majoring in Data Science and Math&Econ. I was born and raised in China for the first fourteen years of my life, then my family moved to San Diego. This is my fourth time tutoring a data science class, and it’s my third time to tutur DSC 40A, I am really excited to tutor for DSC 40A again, and I am willing to provide as much help as possible to everyone in this class. I look forward to meeting you all, and please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns!