Current Leadership
Alex Wuqi Zhang
President
Alex is a PhD student in the Computer Science department, where he does research related to robots and stuff. He dabbles in low carbon cloud computing from time to time as well. Outside of the lab, Alex enjoys road cycling, golf (mostly so he can drag race golf carts), and hanging out in nature.
alexwuqizhang@uchicago.edu
Timmy Lin
Secretary
Timmy is a first-year PhD student in the computer science department. His research interest is in designing user-adaptive social robots that are capable of managing group dynamics, supporting user-initiated interaction, and ensuring long-term user engagement. Beyond research, Timmy likes to explore different restaurants, play ping pong, and go skiing.
tinghan@uchicago.edu
Anna Ha
Treasurer
Anna is a 1st year PhD student in the Computer Science department, researching adversarial attacks/defenses and ways to fight against unethical AI systems. Anna enjoys swimming, tennis, cooking, relaxing strolls in nature. She has a fresh Aussie accent so go hang out with her before she looses it!
The committee is made up of PSD student volunteers and all PSD students are encouraged to participate. A board (president, treasurer, secretary) is elected in autumn and serves a term from January to December. The committee meets at least once per quarter to approve proposed events, and discuss committee proceedings.
Solicitations are made in autumn for nominees to apply and submit a short bio. Elections are held online, anonymously, in tandem with Graduate Council elections. If you have further questions about getting involved, please contact us.
Previous Leadership
2023
Spencer Guo, President
Alex Wuqi Zhang, Secretary
Richard Liu, Treasurer
2022
Mauro Ballesteros Ayala, President
Alan Shen, Secretary
Youyou Li, Treasurer
2021
Elizabeth White, President
Megan Barnett, Secretary
Spring 2018 – Winter 2019
Airi Kawamura, President
Laura Watkins, Secretary
Sarah Zinn, Treasurer
Winter 2018
Airi Kawamura, President
Richard Mazuski, Secretary
Ryan Wood, Treasurer
2017
Rhys Povey, President
Darren Veit, Secretary
Becca Thompson, Treasurer
2016
Rhys Povey, President
Darren Veit, Secretary
Becca Thompson, Treasurer
2015
Sara Massey, President
Erica Sturm, Secretary
Darren Veit, Treasurer
2014
Andrew Sand, President
Robin Walters, Secretary
Zack Hund, Treasurer
2013
Charles Heffern, President
Andrew Sand, Secretary
Zack Hund, Treasurer
2012
Andreea Stuparu, President
Gaby Avila-Bront, Secretary
Raman Shah, Treasurer