Meet Our Team

This class is brought to you by a team of amazing instructors, TAs, and guest speakers. Meet them below!

Artem Lukoianov
Artem Lukoianov
Lead Instructor

Artem is a lead instructor for this class, PhD researcher at MIT CSAIL, and a co-founder of Sundai Club.

MIT
CSAIL
Sundai Club
Serge Vasylechko
Serge Vasylechko
Lead Instructor

Serge is a lead instructor for this class, AI researcher at the Harvard Medical School and a co-founder of Sundai Club.

Harvard
HMS
Sundai Club
Andrew Mead
Andrew Mead
Lecturer

Machine learning engineer, focused on code generation and local AI

Hacker =)
Sundai Club
Mike Boensel
Mike Boensel
Lecturer

Mike is a full stack software developer

MIT
Lincoln Labs
Sundai Club
Nikolay Vyahi
Nikolay Vyahi
Lecturer

CEO of Hyperskill, an AI-powered platform helping engineers build skills through hands-on projects

Hyperskill
Sundai Club
Abinaya Damodaran
Abinaya Damodaran
Lecturer

Full-stack dev building an AI-powered interactive reading platform for K-12 and a Sundai hacker.

K-12
Sundai Club
Aleks Jakulin
Aleks Jakulin
Guest Speaker

Winner of the EurAI award for the best PhD dissertation in artificial intelligence. Serial entrepreneur focused on raising intelligence through data excellence.

Data.Flowers
Sundai Club
Kush Varshney
Kush Varshney
Guest Speaker

IBM Fellow at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, specializing in trustworthy machine learning and AI. He has created notable open-source AI toolkits and is recognized for his work in data science, predictive analytics, and algorithmic fairness.

IBM
IBM Research
Mark Weber
Mark Weber
Guest Speaker

Mark is a seed investor, applied AI researcher, and adventurer.

MIT Media Lab
Tectonic Ventures
Sundai Club
Ilya Gulko
Ilya Gulko
Guest Speaker

Ilya is researching effective and user-friendly AI-enabled social networks. Ilya teaches software development using AI. Ilya helps run a community hacker house called C House

C House
Sundai Club
Maya Murad
Maya Murad
Guest Speaker

Maya is a Technical Product Manager at IBM Research focusing on incubating breakthrough technologies.

IBM Research
Sam Rowe
Sam Rowe
Guest Speaker

Sam Rowe is the Founder and CEO of Æthos, a global start up community building responsible AI

Æthos
Meera Lakhavani
Meera Lakhavani
Guest Speaker

Meera is an AI Solutions Engineer at Google, actively involved in the local venture and startup ecosystem. She is passionate about exploring the intersection of technology and ethics.

Google
Kanchana Patlolla
Kanchana Patlolla
Guest Speaker

Kanch is an AI enthusiast works with building agents in Google Cloud for Enterprises

Google
Nicole Bakker
Nicole Bakker
Lead TA & Course Prep

Nicole is a design engineer on a mission to accelerate the circular economy with digital tools. She graduated from MIT and Harvard and is founder of Circular Engine.

MIT Media Lab
Circular Engine
Sundai Club
Fridolin Haugg
Fridolin Haugg
Lead TA & Course Prep

Frido is a medical AI researcher who builds deep learning applications by day and develops AI projects at our Sundai hacker club by night.

Harvard
HMS
Sundai Club
Konstantina Yaneva
Konstantina Yaneva
Lead TA & Course Prep

Konstantina (Connie) Yaneva is the founder of Criterio Studios Inc, a gaming studio, and a graduate student in data science at Harvard Extension School

Harvard
Criterio Studios
Sundai Club
Angus Chen
Angus Chen
Lead TA & Course Prep

Angus Chen is a thought leader bridging technology and management in AI security.

Binary Defense
Sundai Club
Trevor Keith
Trevor Keith
Lead TA & Course Prep

Trevor is the founder of Codapt.ai, an agentic AI developer that leans into your existing tech stack to deliver more accurate code changes.

codapt.ai
Sundai Club
Gabriella Torres
Gabriella Torres
Lead TA & Course Prep

Gabriella is a product manager and researcher at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative who combines technical expertise in privacy technologies with a human-centered approach, co-founder of Sundai Club.

MIT
Æthos
Sundai Club
Kris Mondlane
Kris Mondlane
Teaching Assistant

Kris is an innovation facilitator at Captains of Innovation, leading Sundai spinouts and workshops to unite teams around bold, real-world solutions.

CIC
CAIRO
Sundai Club
Mihir Attale
Mihir Attale
Teaching Assistant

Mihir is a master's student at Northeastern, passionate about building machine learning and AI solutions.

Northeastern University
Sundai Club
Eduardo Baena Martinez
Eduardo Baena Martinez
Teaching Assistant

Eduardo Baena works on innovative AI solutions in wireless networks and the integration of terrestrial and space-based systems.

Northeastern
WIoT Institute
Sundai Club
Debamitro Chakraborti
Debamitro Chakraborti
Teaching Assistant

Debamitro is an AI-powered builder of AI-powered products.

Sundai Club
Siraaj Khandkar
Siraaj Khandkar
Teaching Assistant

Siraaj is a type-driven software engineer, often of systems distributed, and an organizer of Hack Free Or Die.

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