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Acknowledgements

Created by Brandon Lee Concepcion

  • This page is still in beta, so we apologize that this section does not yet currently work for dark mode. We’re looking to fix this issue soon!

Curriculum Contributors

Website Contributors

James Weichert

In Fall 2022, James redeveloped the old Data 8 website by simplifying the layout and adding a custom dark mode.

Jessica Hu

Jessica was one of the co-creators of the Data 8 Python Reference Sheet

Nishant Kheterpal

Nishant was one of the co-creators of the Data 8 Python Reference Sheet

Jonathan Ferarri

During the Spring 2024 offering of Data 8, Jonathan co-created the Debugging Page and “Jump to Current Week” button on the landing page

Edwin Vargas Navarro

During the Spring 2024 offering of Data 8, Edwin co-created the Debugging Page

Brandon Concepcion

During the Summer 2024 offering of Data 8, Brandon added the Past Semesters auxillary link, Instructor Icon on the landing page, created the Acknowledgements page, and also implemented the Hover Photo feature on the staff page.

Instructional Contributors

Ciara Acosta

Summer 2023

Ciara is a 2024 Berkeley graduate who majored in Data Science, Computer Science, and Economics. Starting on staff in the summer of 2021, Ciara has also been a Lead for Data 8 Scholars, Lead for Data 8 Tutors, and head TA for DATA 375

Ellen Persson

Summer 2022

Ellen is a first-year PhD student in Applied Mathematics at New York University. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Mathematics and Statistics. She enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee and catching lots of virtual Pokémon in Pokémon Go.

Kevin Miao

Summer 2022+Summer 2023

Kevin is currently a ML research scientist at Apple, where he focuses on multimodal/vision models and interpretability. Kevin did both his undergraduate (2021) and Master’s in CS at UC Berkeley (2022), also teaching Data 8 for 10 semesters

Swupnil Sahai

Spring 2020 - Spring 2024

Swupnil is a 2013 Cal grad, CEO of SwingVision, and 8-time lecturer of Data 8 🤓 Previously, he led object tracking at Tesla A.I. ⚡ You can catch him traveling, hiking or playing tennis 🎾

Yanay Rosen

Summer 2021

Yanay is a 2021 Cal graduate who studied Computer Science and Data Science. He was on Data 8 staff for 9 semesters

Course Directors

Noah Tran

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024

Noah is a 2024 Cal grad who majored in statistics. He’s a big fan of crosswords, taking naps, and Data 8.

Sarah Song

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024

Sarah is an Iowa-born 2024 Cal grad who majored in Data Science and Statistics. She is a Data Science M.S. at the University of Chicago and adores cats, eating, and romping around town 😄

Nicole Park

Fall 2022 - Spring 2023

Nicole is a 2023 Cal grad who majored in Data Science and Economics. She now works at Apple in Information Security and Data Protection (ISDP). She loves live music, in-theater movies, new games, delicious food, beautiful scenery, and data 8.

Will Furtado

Fall 2022 - Spring 2023

Will is a current Machine Learning Engineer for SwingVision. He graduated Cal in 2023 as an Applied Mathematics and Computer Science major. He’s a big Spotify guy, but even bigger Wii Sports guy.

Ellen Persson

Fall 2021 - Spring 2022

Ellen is a first-year PhD student in Applied Mathematics at New York University. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Mathematics and Statistics. She enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee and catching lots of virtual Pokémon in Pokémon Go.

Ananya Krishnan

Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

Ananya is a San Diego native and current Senior Data Scientist at Warner Bros. She graduated in 2021 as a Cognitive Science, Computer Science, and Data Science major. In her free time, she enjoy watching TED Talks, going on hikes, baking, and eating ice cream

Resources Contributors

Aileen Wu

In Spring 2024, Aileen redesigned the resources page to include a table for past exams

Brandon Concepcion

During the Summer 2024 offering of Data 8, Brandon added the Previous Exam Problems by Topic buttons

Eunice Choi

Eunice co-created the Guide to Hypothesis Testing

Gregory Du

Gregory developed the Understanding Confidence Intervals document

Ian Castro

Ian developed the Arrays Primer Guide as well as the Understanding Confidence Intervals document

Peter Valverde

Peter co-created the Guide to Hypothesis Testing

Yanay Rosen

Yanay created the Data 8 Functions Visualizer