Meet the Course Staff

Teaching Assistants

Teaching Assistants (TAs) help teach and run the course. Some TAs have access to sensitive information, and so are listed first. A TA with the "@" tag has access to the cs88@berkeley.edu inbox, and so will see (and likely respond to) anything that goes through that email. A TA with the "DSP" tag has access to DSP information, and so will see anything related to accommodations.

Isabelle Ng

Isabelle Ng
she/her/hers

  • @
    DSP
    isabelle.ng@berkeley.edu

  • Hi there! I am a senior CS/DS/Music Major from San Jose, CA and this is my 4th semester being a TA for c88c/cs61a. I love writing songs and learning more about HCI and NLP. Excited to meet you all and have an awesome semester!
Mira Wagner

Mira Wagner
she/her/hers

  • @
    DSP
    mirawagner@berkeley.edu

  • Hi! I am a junior majoring in data science and linguistics. I love reading, especially mysteries, swimming and baking! Excited for this semester :)
Rebecca Dang

Rebecca Dang
she/her/hers

  • @
    DSP
    rdang@berkeley.edu

  • Hey there, I'm a 5th year MS EECS student and this is my fifth semester teaching C88C! Happy to chat about this course, classes and clubs at Berkeley, professional development, guitar, books, movies, TV, music, and more :D
Alicia Wang

Alicia Wang
she/her/hers

  • @
    awwang629@berkeley.edu

  • Hi! I am a junior studying Data Science and Cognitive Science. I love playing badminton and traveling! Excited to meet everyone!
Dhruv Syngol

Dhruv Syngol
he/him/his

  • @
    dhruvsyngol@berkeley.edu

  • Hey everyone, I'm a junior studying Data Science and Economics, originally from the Chicago Suburbs! I love to play pickleball, explore cafes and restaurants, and go on hikes! Super excited for this semester!
Grace Baek

Grace Baek
she/her/hers

  • gracebaek@berkeley.edu

  • Hi! I'm Grace, a senior majoring in Computer Science and Economics and this is my 2nd semester teaching C88C. In my free time, I like baking, trying new cafes, and watching kdramas :) Super excited to meet everyone!
Grace Xie

Grace Xie
she/her/hers

  • gracexie@berkeley.edu

  • Hello! My name is Grace. I'm a third-year majoring in MCB and Data Science :0 I love reading sci-fi and baking in my free time.

Tutors

Course tutors hold office hours, teach tutoring sections, and help with many other aspects of the course.

Cynthia Shao

Cynthia Shao
she/her/hers

  • cynthia_shao@berkeley.edu

  • Hey! I'm Cynthia, a sophomore in data science. You can find me dancing in The 510, jogging around campus, and finding/making/eating food at 1AM. See you in session :)
Maryam Akelyan

Maryam Akelyan
she/her/hers

  • maryam.akelyan@berkeley.edu

  • Hi! I'm Maryam, a junior majoring in Data Science and MCB, and I'm from La Crescenta, CA! In my free time I like to watch sitcoms and sci-fi shows. Super excited to meet you all! :)
Orazaly Kabdrakhmanov

Orazaly Kabdrakhmanov
he/him/his

  • kabdrakhmanov@berkeley.edu

  • Hi there! I'm Orazaly and I am a senior majoring in Data Science. I like playing tennis and video games(CS2). Hope you enjoy the class!
Reema Rafifar

Reema Rafifar
she/her/hers

  • reemarafifar@berkeley.edu

  • Hi everyone! I'm Reema, a junior majoring in Neuroscience & Data Science. I absolutely love movies so come talk to me about your favorite films! I can't wait to get through C88C with you!
Thompson Zhou

Thompson Zhou
he/him/his

  • chuanjunzhou@berkeley.edu

  • Hi! I'm Thompson, a third year double majoring in Applied Math and Data Science. During my free time, I like to read, play video games, and follow sports.