Ben Burns

Hello! I am a first-year CSE PhD student at Georgia Tech advised by Peng Chen. My research interests lie broadly in the mathematics of machine learning and generative modeling. Until recently, I was an undergraduate at UMass Amherst studying math and CS, and was honored to be advised by Markos Katsoulakis and Benjamin Zhang.

I am passionate about computer science education, especially for introductory courses. During my time at a UMass, I was an Undergraduate Course Assistant (UCA) for Formal Language Theory, a Head UCA for both Algorithms and Foundations of Programming, and a UCA program coordinator. I am proud to have been recognized with one of the inaugural Lifetime UCA awards.

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