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Ayush Sood (President)
Ayush is a Stanford CS student & sophomore. Facinated by the world around him, he loves to hack and make things. He wants to change the world and he's looking for a partner. He dares you to consider.
Evan Shieh (Vice President)
Evan is a current sophomore (Class of '14) at Stanford, and was fatally bitten by the Computer Science bug as a freshman on September 20, 2010 (CS 106A, taught by Mehran Sahami). Since then, he has been coding actively, and enjoys solving real-world problems with software solutions. His latest project was a quiz-generating Android application, Encore that he hopes will replace self-made study guides. Evan also enjoys playing piano, having impromptu Red Hot Chili Pepper karaoke sessions, and playing basketball.
Alexander Atallah (Hack Competition Coordinator)
Alexander Atallah (Class of 2014) is from Louisville, Colorado and really, really likes to code, particularly websites. In high school he competed in Lincoln Douglas debate and felt guilty about fiddling with programs to procrastinate on schoolwork (because he liked Econ and philosophy and was kind of academically fuzzy), but now believes that it’s perfectly acceptable.
Daniel Robbins (LAN Party Coordinator)
Daniel Robbins is currently a Junior in Computer Science. He originates from Honolulu, Hawaii where he enjoys bodysurfing and playing volleyball. He is interested in several areas of CS including Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Physical Simulation, and Game Development. In 2010, Daniel participated in the CURIS research program where he built a distributed collision detection system. In his spare time, Daniel enjoys swimming, social dance, video games, and programming.
Ranjani Iyer (Financial Officer)
Ranjani Iyer is sophomore from Cary, North Carolina. She is interested in computer science and economics. She is unsure of what to specialize in, and has worked on analyzing Egyptian heiroglyphics and data mining medical school applicant data at Duke University over the past few years. She is classically trained in Bharatnatyam (South-Indian dance form) and enjoys learning new forms of dance.
Kapil Yedidi (Tech Talks Coordinator)
Kapil Yedidi is a junior majoring in Computer Science with a concentration in computer systems. Last summer he interned at Google where he worked in the Cluster Infrastructure and Management group. The previous summer he did systems research on heterogenous datacenters through the CURIS program at Stanford. During the school year, he is involved with bioinformatics research through the CS department. In his spare time he enjoys running, reading, and watching indie sci-fi movies.
Veni Johanna (Academic Event Coordinator)
Veni is a Computer Science sophomore from Jakarta, Indonesia. She is interested in building scalable systems, tech in third-world countries, CS education for women, and internationalization of web services. In high school, Veni represented and won a medal for Indonesia in International Olympiad in Informatics. Last summer, she interned at Facebook's Core Systems team. In her spare time, Veni likes to play badminton and watch cheesy movies and TV shows.
John Yang-Sammataro (Hackspace Coordinator)
John is a Stanford CS and MS&E student. Constantly on the go, he is as interested in bringing people together to build things as he is getting his hands on code. This past summer he helped build virtual worlds in Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab and started the ACM co-sponsored SVI Hackspace. In addition to Stanford ACM, he runs BASES's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Seminar. In his free time, he blogs about his exploits in Silicon Valley, sails, and works on microfinance.
Kingston Tam
Kingston is currently a junior, majoring in Symbolic Systems with an HCI concentration. With that aside, he really likes entrepreneurship, more specifically the building cool stuff part, and design thinking (brainstorming/product-building skillz). He is involved with BASES (Stanford’s entrepreneurship group) and Design Initiative (Stanford’s newest design thinking group), launching a new initiative aimed at making it really easy for students to build and launch side-projects. He’s also an international (British boarding school) and local (lives in Palo Alto) student. If you really want, you can learn more from his nascent and developing site: KingstonTam.com
Jay Patel
Jay Patel is a Sophomore at Stanford University, majoring in Computer Science. This past summer, he interned at eBay Inc, where he worked on the Platforms Team. He enjoys creating everything ranging from startups to philosophies to robots. At heart, Jay finds great contentment in conversing with different kinds of people, working on ideas as a team, and initiating effectual movements to right a wrong.
Rahul Pandey
Rahul is originally from Rochester, Michigan, although he has grown to adore Stanford and the Bay Area. He is a junior Computer Science major and a Section Leader for the CS198 Program. In his free time, Rahul enjoys baking vegan desserts, indulging unique musical tastes, and hanging out. You should follow him on Twitter here.
Club History
Officers 2011 - 2012
Officers 2010 - 2011
Officers 2009 - 2010
Officers 2008 - 2009
Former ACM Officers
Feross Aboukhadijeh (President 2009 - 2012)
Feross is a Stanford CS student & senior. Last summer, he worked at Quora where he launched video and helped port the site to Scala. The summer before that, he worked at Facebook where he helped build the new version of Facebook Groups. He also built YouTube Instant, which got a million visitors within 10 days of release. In 2008, he did CURIS research in HCI. He's also been a CS section leader for 5 quarters. Feross loves the web, video, computer security, and education. In his free time, Feross likes to run, play basketball & video games, and watch anime.
Jake Becker (Vice President 2011 - 2012)
Jake is a senior in Computer Science at Stanford, specializing in systems and web programming. He created the music website Instant.fm with Feross as his senior project, and has worked as a section-leader for the Stanford CS106 classes.
Michael Duong (VP External Affairs 2009 - 2010)
Mike is a junior at Stanford University majoring in Computer Science. His interests include computer security and usability, education, and solving interesting programming problems. He is also involved with EPATT, or East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring, where he tutors and manages tutors. When Mike is not coding or tutoring, he is either practicing magic tricks, playing tennis, working out at the gym, or reading a programming book for fun.
Xuwen Cao (VP Internal Affairs 2009 - 2011)
Currently a coterm student in Computer Science, I’m especially interested in AI, internet and mobile technology. I have conducted robotic research in the Stanford AI Lab, and developed multiple web and mobile applications during my free time. Besides computer science, I also love entrepreneurship, random topics in natural sciences and politics.
Beyang Liu (Financial Officer 2009 - 2011)
Beyang is a computer science major at Stanford whose interests include machine learning, web development, and iPhone development. In addition, he likes solving tricky math problems, listening to the sound of Garrison Keillor’s voice, and writing short stories. His work experience includes research in computer vision and human-computer interaction at Stanford, web design, and working as a clerk for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Eager to learn, grow, and challenge himself, he’s always open to new and interesting experiences that lie both within and outside of his comfort zone. To learn more, visit his website at http://beyangl.web.stanford.edu.
David Gobaud (President 2007 - 2009)
David Gobaud is a senior at Stanford University majoring in Computer Science. During the summer of 2005 he participated in CURIS (a Stanford Computer Science summer research program for undergraduates) and worked in the Stanford Logic Group with Professor Michael Genesereth. During the summer of 2006 he interned at Google and was a member of the Calendar Team. He was a member of the Stanford ACM-ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest Team for two years. He is interested in operating systems and networking. In his spare time he works on personal projects such as The Stanford GER Treasure Hunter and participates in TopCoder Algorithm Contests.
