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Akshay Paruchuri

Postdoctoral Scholar, Computer Science

BioI'm a computer scientist by training. For most of my career, I've built and evaluated AI systems to improve health and well-being. I currently focus on multidisciplinary measurement of AI systems at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). I work on the Applied Systems team led by Stevie Bergman.

I also remain a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, working with Sanmi Koyejo and Ehsan Adeli on building and evaluating multimodal AI systems.

Contact Info
Mail Code: 5717
akshaypa@stanford.edu

Tara Peña

Postdoctoral Scholar, Electrical Engineering

BioTara Peña is a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, where she is working with Prof. Eric Pop and is supported by the NSF MPS-Ascend postdoctoral fellowship. Peña received her Ph.D. (2023) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from the University of Rochester, where she won the university-wide Provost’s Fellowship then the nationwide NSF GRFP award. Before obtaining her doctorate, she earned a M.S. degree in ECE from the University of Rochester (2019) and a B.S. degree in Physics from Adelphi University (2017). Peña’s research interests include strain engineering nanomaterials to uncover advanced device structures.