Meet the staff
Instructor
Head Teaching Assistants

Brian Mi
Office Hours: Mon 9-11AM
Hello! I’m a 4th year CS major from Indiana. In my free time, I really enjoy playing tennis and badminton. This is now my fourth semester teaching CS88, and I’m excited for this unique semester! Let me know if there’s anything I can help with. Looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible!

Shreya Kannan
Office Hours: Tue 1-3PM
Hi everyone, I’m super excited to meet y’all this semester! In no particular order, I prefer musicals over concerts, cold over warm weather, dancing over singing, and sushi over tacos. Feel free to talk to me about great restaurants, cool study spots, and of course, CS 88 :)
Teaching Assistants

Jeff Chen
Office Hours: Wed 1:30-2:30PM
Hi! I'm a 4th year CS major from NY. I'm on the Cal Ice Hockey team, but outside of that I enjoy hanging out with friends and I'm also currently trying to learn to cook. Looking forward to meeting y'all!

Nicholas Ng
Office Hours: Tue 3-4PM
Hi! I'm Nicholas, and I'm a third year Computer Science Major from the San Gabriel Valley. I like playing video games (I probably spent too much of my summer playing Valorant), and every once in a while I'll go outside for a run (but not really though). I look forward to meeting everyone!

Vandana Ganesh
Office Hours: Mon 8-9AM
Hi everyone! I am a third-year EECS major from near Dallas, Texas. In my free time, I love binging a variety of TV shows, making desserts (and eating them :p), and working on a bunch of different fine arts hobbies (dancing, violin). Feel free to email me if have any questions or just want to talk. This is my third semester on 88 course staff (2nd time as a TA) and I am super excited to meet you all virtually!
Tutors

Kevin Gu
Office Hours: Thurs 6-7PM, Fri 4-6PM
Hi everyone! I’m Kevin, a 4th year Data Science major and CS minor from Irvine, So Cal. While I’m not analyzing data or programming/coding, I like to appreciate the humanities in general. Specifically, I love music, especially classical music or just any classics in general. I also love learning languages and enjoy talking/typing in French. Feel free to talk to me in any of these topics, in either English or French (or Python print statements and strings).

Michael Chou
Office Hours: Mon 12:05-1:05PM, Thurs 10AM-12PM
Hey all! Exciting to be teaching this semester! I’m a junior majoring in CS and I’ve previously mentored CS88 before and TA'd for 61BL this summer. I really enjoy doing: tennis, ice skating, weight lifting (pre-quarantine), petting my dog and following current events! Now at home, I started getting back into gaming. Feel free to talk to me about anything and come to office hours!