Current

2024 Spring
Team Leads
Image 1 Nick Chao is a graduate student at Courant from Hsinchu, Taiwan. His technical interests lie in Cloud, infrastructure, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Linux, and Python. For fun, he likes jogging and casual marathon runs. A fun fact about Nick is that he used to speak intermediate level German. Nick is the current Program Lead of the HSRN VIP.
Image 1 Diego Troy Lopez is a Senior Network Engineer at NYU IT, previous Program Lead for the HSRN VIP, and graduate student at Tandon from Orange County, California. His technical interests are in Network Engineering, Machine Learning, Systems Optimization, Security, Automation and Astroinformatics. For fun, he enjoys working out, reading and boxing. A fun fact about Diego is that he never has free time. Diego is the team lead for multiple projects.
Image 1 Zack Nguyen is a student at Tandon from Hanoi, Vietnam. He is interested in web development and audio programming. In his free time, Zack enjoys brewing coffee and watching documentaries. Zack’s fun fact is that he lived in Charlotesville, Virgina for 3 years before coming to NYC. Zack currently leads the General Applications team.
Image 1 Tia Kumar is a student at Tandon from Manila, Philippines. Her technical interests include Social Entrepreneurship and Data Science. In her free time, Tia enjoys scuba diving, playing touch rugby and baking. A fun fact about Tia is that she has a french bulldog named Bacon. Tia currently leads the Business, Finance & Project Management team.
Image 1 Idan Lau is a student at Tandon from Hong Kong, China, and has technical interests in backend programming, data science and computer networking. Idan watches movies when he’s free, and his fun fact is that he does’t like to eat breakfast. Idan currently leads the Network Engineering Research team.
Image 1 Baraq Lipshitz is an undergraduate at NYU from the Bay Area, California. He is deeply interested in a wide range of technology, with a keen focus on machine learning and distributed cloud infrastructure. In his free time he’s an avid skier and sailor. Baraq is the current Lead Engineer on the Corelink team.
Image 1 Kaiwen Guo is a student at Tandon from Jinan, China. His technical interests are in AI and Cybersecurity. In Kaiwen’s free time, he is a guitarist and drummer for a band called “Brittany Can’t Tell”. One fun fact about Kaiwen is that he has built a unique instrument similar to the stylophone. Kaiwen currently leads the Real-time application team.
Image 1 Lander Duncan is a student at NYU CAS from San Fransisco, California. Lander is interested computer networking and algorithmic problem solving. In his free time, Lander likes to spend time with his friends, which usually involves lots of ice cream. Lander’s fun fact is that his favorite dessert is tiramisu. Lander currently leads the Media Storage (NSF Grant) team.
Image 1 Yuheng Lu is a graduate student at Courant from Beijing, China. His technical interests are Full-Stack Development, Kubernetes and Cloud. In his free time, he hikes and spends time with his dog, Bagel. A fun fact about Yuheng is that he got lost in Myanmar. Yuheng currently leads the Deployments team.
Image 1 Po-Hsuan Huang is a graduate student at Courant from Taipei, Taiwan. Her technical interests are in backend development. In her free time she enjoys hiking, yoga, and attending music festivals. A fun fact about Po is that she has completed Camino de Santiago. Po currently leads the Audio Engineering team.
Students
Image 1 Zihang Xia is a graduate student at the Center for Data Science from Hangzhou, China. His technical interests are in Computer Security. In his free time, he enjoys cooking. Zihang is a researcher on the Network Data Science team.
Image 1 Zoe Hsu is a graduate student at the Center for Data Science from Taiwan. Her technical interests are in Data Science. Zoe is a engineer on the Network Data Science team.
Image 1 Olive Song is a graduate student at the NYU Center for Data Science from Shijiazhuang, China. Olive’s technical interests are recommendation systems, reinforcement learning, and the general applications of neural networks with sparse data. In her free time, she loves to play Pipa or guitar, play video games, or buy Jellycats. Her fun fact is that she graduated as a math major but sucks at doing algebraic calculations. Olive is a engineer on the Network Data Science team.
Image 1 Benjamin DeWeese van Schooneveld is a student at CAS from San Jose, California. His technical interests are in Software Engineering, Cyber Security and OSINT. In his free time he enjoys Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and hiking. Benjamin is a engineer on the Network Security and Media Storage teams.
Image 1 Asif Mammadov is a graduate student at Tandon from Baku, Azerbaijan. His technical interests are in Distributed Systems and Machine Learning. In his free time he enjoys hiking, jogging, and hanging out with friends. Asif’s fun fact is that he can speak 5 languages. Asif is a engineer on the Media Storage team.
Image 1 Baijia Ye is a graduate student at Courant from Wenzhou, China. His technical interests are in Systems and Computer Graphics. In his free time, he enjoys computer games, hiking, watching plays, and hanging out with friends. Baijia’s fun fact is that he won two gold medals in a world-class choir festival. Baijia is an engineer on the Media Storage team.
Image 1 Brayton Lordianto is a student at Courant from Jakarta, Indonesia. He has technical interests in computer graphics, XR, and networks. Brayton’s hobbies include playing chess and rock climbing. A fun fact about Brayton is that his birthday is on Halloween. Brayton is a researcher on a DURF-funded project in systems optimization.
Image 1 Kaan Karakas is a student at CAS from Istanbul, Turkey. He is interested in low latency and distributed systems. In his free time, Kaan is into body building, traveling, hiking, soccer and any team sports. Kaan’s fun fact is that he is currently learning Russian and hopes to stay at Russia at least for a month when he graduates. Kaan currently is a researcher on a DURF-funded project in systems optimization.
Image 1 Sai Padmapriya Korrapati is a graduate student at Tandon from Andhra Pradesh, India. Her technical interests include Audio, Speech and Spatial Audio Signal Processing. In her free time, she enjoys painting and working out in the gym. A fun fact about Priya is that she is a cat lover. Priya is a researcher on the Audio Engineering team.
Image 1 Hanzhi Zhang is a student at Steinhardt from Shenzhen, China. His technical interests are in JUCE and Audio Engineering. In his free time, he plays Baldur’s Gate 3. A fun fact about Hanzhi is that he used to play carillon at the top of a library. Hanzhi is an engineer on the Audio Engineering team.
Image 1 Rita Han is a student at CAS from Beijing, China. She has technical interests in all areas of Software Development. In her free time, Rita likes to play guitar, walk around the city, watch movies, and crochet. Her fun fact is that she is mermaid certified. Rita is a engineer on the Real-time Applications team.
Image 1 Sean Lai is a student at Tandon from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His technical interests are in Reinforcement Learning, AI, Deep Learning, and Algorithms. In his free time, he enjoys game design, video games, reading, and watching operas. A fun fact about Sean is that he once played Go at the amateur level. Sean is a software engineer on the Corelink Development team.
Image 1 Gloria Zhu is a CAS student from Acton, Massachusetts. Her technical interests include full stack development, computer networking, and computer science education. In her free time, Gloria loves to read books, make music covers in GarageBand, and enjoy the outdoors. A fun fact about Gloria is she walked the entire length of Manhattan, from Marble Hill to Battery Park, in 7 hours! Gloria is a software engineer on the Corelink Development Team.
Image 1 Alex Liu is a student at Tisch/CAS from Nanjing, China. His technical interests are in Computer Graphics, HCI and AR/VR. In his free time, he enjoys playing piano, making video games, and strolling in the park. A fun fact about Alex is that his favorite food is the sukiyaki hot pot. Alex is a researcher on the AR/VR team.
Image 1 Tina Su is a graduate student at Courant from Guangxi, China. Her technical interests are in Computer Graphics, Generative AI and Media Technology. In her free time, she enjoys dancing and traveling. A fun fact about Tina is that she is incredibly insensitive to caffeine. Tina is a researcher on the AR/VR team.
Image 1 Alex Tang is a student at Tandon. He is interested in web development as well as cyber security. In his free time, Alex enjoys rock climbing and playing the piano. A fun fact about Alex is that he fences. Alex is a researcher on the Data Center Robot team.
Image 1 Emily Dong is a student at Tandon from New York City, USA. Her technical interests are in Software Engineering and Security. In her free time, Emily enjoys reading, and painting. A fun fact about Emily is that she likes cats. Emily is an engineer on the Network Security team.
Image 1 Ana Eremina is a graduate student at Tandon from Moscow, Russia. Her technical interests are in User Experience and AR/VR. In her free time, she enjoys running, Hockey, and Graphic Design. A fun fact about Ana is that she is lactose intolerant. Ana is a designer on the Business, Finance and Project Management team.
Image 1 Jaya Sabarish Reddy Remala is a graduate student at Tandon from Nellore, India. His technical interests are in Software Engineering, specifically Full-Stack Development. In his free time, Jaya plays the piano and reads books. A fun fact about Jaya is that one day he ate an entire pie of pizza. Jaya is a developer on the Web Development team.
Image 1 Iryn Abigail Delim is a student at Tandon from New York City. She has technical interests in front-end development and UX/UI research. In her free time, Iryn likes to workout, bake, eat sushi, and listen to podcasts. A fun fact about Iryn is that her birthday is the day after Valentine’s Day. Iryn is a designer on the Finance and Project Management team.
Image 1 Emma Burns is a student at Tandon from Boston, USA. Her technical interests are in Information Systems, Business Analytics and Industrial Biotech. In her free time she enjoys reading, gardenening, and finding new coffee shops. Emma’s fun fact is that she used to be a competitive freestyle skier for 8 years. Emma is a administrator on our Business, Finance and Project Management team.
Image 1 Vivi Wei is a graduate student at Tandon CS. Her fun fact is that she used to be a CTO of a startup from NYU. Vivi is currently an engineer on the Real-time Applications team.
Image 1 Kevin Aguirre is student at Tandon from New York City. He is interested in full-stack software development and data science. Outside of technicals, Kevin goes to the gym, codes personal projects, reads books, goes on runs, cooks, and plays video games. His fun fact is that he likes to try different places to eat when he gets hungry. Kevin is a part of the Web Development team.
Image 1 Satya Vamsi Gudimella is a graduate student at Tandon from Visakhapatnam, India. He excels in machine learning and data engineering. In his free time, Satya loves photography, bar hopping, and watching TV shows. His fun fact is that he can watch any thriller series in one go without break! Satya is a engineer on the Web Development team.
Image 1 Subham Kumar is is a student from New Jersey. His interests are Backend Development, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Engineering, and Environmental Sciences. In his free time, he enjoys cleaning, coding, messing around with friends. His fun fact is that he hates yogurt. Subham Kumar is a member of our Web Development team.

Alumni & Previous Members

2023 Fall
2023 Fall
Image 1 Mahavarshini Madhan is a graduate student at Tandon, originally from Chennai, India. Her technical interests are spatial computing, especially VR/AR technologies like computer vision, 3D rendering, simulation and human-computer interaction. She enjoys working with 3D pipelines, real-time rendering, and leveraging cloud infrastructure. In her free time, Mahavarshini likes to play sports like badminton, cycling, dance, play guitar and the keyboard. A fun fact is that she also likes to bake and cook! Mahavarshini is a member of the AR/VR team.
Image 1 Devarshi Chatterjee is studying for his Masters at Tandon, and was originally from Kolkata, India. His technical interests are programming, product design, UI/UX design, Big Data, and Cloud. On his free time, Kevin plays badminton and tennis, listens to music, and dances.
Image 1 Pan Sichen is a 2nd year Tandon graduate from Wuhan China. He has technical interests in game AI, meta AI, network security, and embeded systems. On his free time, Pan enjoys video games, electrical violin, photography, and landscape charcoal drawing. His fun fact is that he lost 30kg in the past 3 years.
Image 1 Mohanna R S is a second year graduate from Chennai, India. She is specifically interested in information security and backend developmet. In her free time, Mohanna likes to sing and play the ukelele. Her fun fact is that she is a passionate gardener, and is growing herbs in her small apartment.
Image 1 Olivia Feng is a senior at CAS from Beijing, China. She is interesting in game development, and AR/VR application development. On her free time, She plays video games and snowboards. Her fun fact is that she has two cats. Olivia currently leads the AR/VR Application team.
Image 1 Zhengyao Gu currently leads the Network Security AI Research team.
Image 1 Arnav Kanwal is a junior at NYU Tandon pursuing a bachelors in computer science and has a wide variety technical interests from cloud computing to embedded systems. At the VIP Team, he currently works as a team manager as well as a mentor to the web development team which focuses on building and maintaining a wide variety of web applications related to Corelink and HSRN. Arnav was the Web Applications team.
Image 1 Avinash Vijayarangang is from Chennai India and is now a sophomore at NYU. He is passionate about cloud computing and cybersecurity, and for fun, he reads TV show scripts, reads mystery books, and plays frisbee. A fun fact about Avinash is that he makes memes out of every situation.
Image 1 Wenqi Xu is a NYU tandon 2026er majoring in electrical and computer engineering. She loves cs, physics, anime, music, and exploring new things!
  Nicholas Ko is a member of our Business, Finance and Project Management team.
Image 1 Harsha Josh is from Jersey City, with techncal interests in cloud technology and DevOps. Harsha’s hobbies include reading and painting. Her fun fact is that she can be quite clumsy, and has broken 3 phones and 1 laptop!
2023 Spring
2023 Spring
Image 1 Sachin Iyer (Spring 2021-Fall 2022) was the founder of the current iteration of the HSRN VIP. He graduated from the Tandon School of Engineering with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science in Spring 2023. You can find more about him on his website.
Image 1 Kerry Huang is a freshman at Tandon majoring in Computer Science. Kerry currently leads the Security Infrastructure team.
Image 1 Sidharth Shyamsukha is a grad student pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering. He always had a strong interest in backend tools and technologies like Kubernetes, JS, Python, Docker, and more. Working with these technologies gives him a real sense of satisfaction, and he finds myself constantly learning and growing in his field.
Image 1 Santino Lopez is currently a senior at NYU majoring in Business and Technology Management, with a concentration in Financial Strategy. Throughout his undergraduate and professional career, he has found a passion for leveraging technology to analyze and solve complex business problems. In addition to taking various courses in finance, management, and data science, he am involved in several organizations focused on strategic partnerships and development. Through his internship experiences in various areas of financial services, he have also picked up various quantitative and analytical skills that allow him to extract valuable information from data, and incorporate these findings into comprehensive models.
Image 1 Harini Buddaluru is a CAS freshman planning to major in computer and data science, interested in web development and enjoys writing.
Image 1 Shrey Jasuja is a grad student pursuing Masters in Computer Engineering at NYU. He love multiplying matrices and generating meaningful insights from data. He also love learning from history as part of profession as well as the real world history.
Image 1 Sally Yang is a master student from Master of Science Data Science program at NYU whose interests includes image understanding, social media monitoring and data visualization. Before joining NYU, she had several research experiences in data mining, neural networks and NLP during her undergraduates. Right now, she is working as a part of Security Infrastracture team and Anomaly Detection team with focuses on security graph analysis and real-time data visualization with dashboards.
Image 1 Xiyu Hao is a Computer Science major at CAS who is interested in distributed systems.
Image 1 Axel Mierczuk is a part-time student pursuing a M.S in Cybersecurity at NYU, and full-time Cyber Threat Hunter at RBC. Some of his interests include the latest threat actor tradecraft and reverse engineering.
  Obinna Nwaokoro is a member of our security infrastructure team.
  Daniel Lee is a member of our Business, Finance and Project Management team.
  Curtis Men
  Aneesh Maganti
  Andres Bravo
  Avik Gomes
  Akash Datta
  Ammaar Firozi
  Alex Martin
  Blake Han
  Calvin Tian
  Elvis Yan
  Ethan Marot
  Jaylan Wu
  Joe Braha
  Joe Prakash
  Kai Shinozaki-Conefrey
  Ke Yang
  Naren Srinivasan
  Nishat Kabita
  Patryk Markowski
  Staford Titus
  Triet Vo
  Tanvi Saini
  Yoga Keshnen
  Zihan Lin