People

CSGSA will not be as successful as it is without the help of all of our amazing representatives, co-ordinators and volunteers. If you fancy being in one of these roles, the form for self-nominations go out sometime in late spring, keep an eye out for it!

Here are some of the people in these roles currently.

Department Graduate Committee Student Representatives

The Graduate Committee is charged with a broad range of graduate student affairs, both for Masters and PhD students. This committee reviews all applications for admission to the Masters and Doctoral programs in Computer Science. All problems regarding any proposed changes to both the Master’s program and the Ph.D. program are handled by this Graduate Committee. It is also responsible for defining course content, considering new course offerings, and other issues for the graduate degree programs. There are three student representatives on the Graduate Committee, two PhD students and one Masters student.

Bashayer Alharbi

Bashayer Alharbi

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Bio: Bashayer is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in the Computer Systems Lab. Her research interests are in network systems and security. She enjoys hiking for the stunning views, exploring nature, watching TV shows, and reading.

Aaptha Boggaram

Aaptha Boggaram

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Bio: Aaptha Boggaram is a 2nd year MS-CSEN student interested in applying AI in the field of biology and healthcare. But most importantly, she wants to make an impact with her work. She enjoys gaming, painting, hiking, spending time with her loved ones and exploring new places.

Department Executive Committee Student Representative

Ananya Ganesh

Ananya Ganesh

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Bio: to be done

The student member of this committee is considered to be the senior student representative. This committee usually meets once a week and is concerned with all Department issues: budget, space, promotions, etc. The Executive Committee also reviews applications from prospective new faculty members. The student representative sits on both the Executive Committee and the Search Committee with one full vote. This position provides an excellent opportunity to see how an academic Department is really run. Sometimes the representative is required to poll graduate student opinion and is usually in charge of taking prospective new faculty members out to lunch with a group of graduate students.

Student Representative for the DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) Committee

Karthik Sairam

Karthik Sairam

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Bio: To be done

Josh Myers-Dean

Josh Myers-Dean

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Bio: Josh Myers-Dean is a 3rd year PhD Student in Computer Science, primarily interested in accessibility and image segmentation. Josh is also passionate about engaging youth in computational tinkering activities and has been co-designing curricula with the ITLP here at CU. Outside of work, he enjoys running, climbing, biking, cooking, and knitting.

GPSG Student Representatives

The Graduate and Professional Student Government is the primary advocacy group for graduate and professional students on the CU Boulder campus. They are committed to enhancing the graduate student experience by interacting with CU administration and the University of Colorado Student Government (CUSG) concerning issues such as financial aid, graduate stipends, healthcare, tuition and fees and graduate student well-being. Graduate students from each department and program are solicited to serve on the GPSG Assembly, ensuring diverse representation of the graduate student body. We have an official voting GPSG representative, but any student can attend GPSG meetings. Meetings are held weekly on Wednesdays, from 4 - 5 PM.

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Tea Time Co-ordinator

Tea time is weekly social event with tea, snacks, board games and lots of fun. The Tea time coordinator(or the Chai Champion) is responsible for hosting the event, making sure the supplies are stocked, and sending out a reminder email.

Breanne crockett

Breanne crockett

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Bio: Breanne is a 3rd year PhD student working on human-robot interaction in the Collaborative AI and Robotics lab. In her free time, she enjoys knitting, hiking and playing trumpet in local Boulder bands.

Student Ambassadors

Our Student Ambassadors are volunteers who help us in student recruitment. They help the department in various events before and after students getting admits. They are often also helpful in the new students’ slack, answering any questions the incoming students might have. In the past, PhD volunteers have helped applicants in crafting a better application. They often give advice on how to improve the Statement of Purpose and other tips.

Saadhvi Rayasam

Saadhvi Rayasam

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Kushal Nagarajan

Kushal Nagarajan

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Neelima Prasad

Neelima Prasad

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Bio: Neelima is a 2nd year PhD student currently studying computer vision and deep learning. She loves dancing, cooking and exploring new cities. She can often be found in the forest photographing birds

Daniel Fang

Daniel Fang

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Web Guru

Kushal Nagarajan

Kushal Nagarajan

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Bio: tbd

Web Guru is responsible for maintaining CSGSA website (this website :P). This involves creating new pages, existing content updation and working of the website. Additionally, Web Guru has to collaborate with members of CSGSA to ensure all the work done is updated on the website.

Alumni

We’re sad to see you go! Thanks for all your help.

Grad comm reps

  • Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 » Sourav Chakraborty
  • Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 » Pawin Taechoyotin
  • Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 » Spencer Wilson
  • Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 » Corey Lynn Murphey
  • Fall 2021 - Summer 2022 » Vinitha Gadiraju
  • Fall 2021 - Summer 2022 » Owen Martin
  • Fall 2021 - Summer 2022 » Nikith Sannidhi
  • Fall 2021 - Summer 2022 » Max Donavan
  • 2020 - Spring 2021 » Amit Rege
  • 2020 - Spring 2021 » Varsha Koushik
  • 2020 - Spring 2021 » Evariste Some
  • 2019 - Spring 2021 » Arjun Rao
  • 2019-2020 » Emily Jensen
  • 2018-2019 » Prashil Bhimani
  • 2017-2019 » John Stechschulte
  • 2017-2019 » Stephen Hutt

Executive Committee

  • Spring 2024 » Julia Romero
  • Fall 2023 » Hemanth Rao
  • Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 » Rohan Das
  • 2021-2022 » Namratha Mysore Keshavaprakash
  • 2019-2021 » Layne Hubbard
  • 2017-2019 » Cecilia Mauceri

GPSG Rep

  • Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 » Chiranthan Sridhar
  • Spring 2024 » Arnib Alam
  • Spring 2023 » Paresha Farastu
  • Fall 2022 » Nikhil Hulle
  • Spring 2022 » Naga Sai Meenakshi Sistla
  • Fall 2021 » Megan Caruso
  • Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 » Jay Luther

Web guru

  • Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 » Chiranthan Sridhar
  • Fall 2021 - Fall 2022 » Abhishek Purushothama
  • Spring 2018 » Gerard Casas