Ben Burns

Hello! I am a first-year CSE PhD student at Georgia Tech advised by Peng Chen. My interests are in the mathematics of generative modeling and in AI4Science.

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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[2024-07-15] Navigating the UMass CICS Course Requirements
[2024-05-21] Advice for UMass Math/CS undergrads interested in research
[2024-04-21] UMassCTF 2024 writeups
[2023-06-25] "Missing Skills" not taught by the UMass CICS curriculum

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[2024-10-21] I presented a poster on PDE perspectives on score-based diffusion models at SIAM MDS 2024.
[2024-08-19] I started my PhD at Georgia Tech CSE.
[2024-06-24] I presented a poster on PDE perspectives on score-based diffusion models at CAIMS 2024.
[2024-06-17] This week I am attending QMSS 2024 at Queen's University.
[2024-05-01] I was honored with one of the inaugural Lifetime UCA awards.
[2024-04-20] I authored four challenges for UMassCTF 2024 this weekend.
[2024-04-19] I presented our mean-field games approach to score-based diffusion models in the UMass Theory Seminar and at Mass URC this week.

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