About Us
BUGS is the premier open source club at NYU; we advocate for the ideals of open source via first-hand experience of students having an exciting and inclusive environment for them to develop their own projects, work together with other members on larger projects, and take their skills to contribute to pre-existing open source projects.
Executive Board
Abigal Zhou
President
Abigail is a junior majoring in CS at CAS with an interest in operating systems and machine learning. Sheâs currently exploring the fintech space and enjoys trying new restaurants and running in her free time!
Alex Ying
Lead Event Coordinator
Alex Ying is a Junior studying CS in Tandon. He enjoys skiing, rock climbing, and learning about cool algorithms. He is currently teaching himself how to cook (with mixed results).
Alex Jia
Event Coordinator | Developer
Alex Jia is a freshman majoring in computer science and mathematics at CAS. They were born in Xiâan and raised in Seattle. They are interested in the intersection between image processing and machine learning. In their free time, they enjoy hanging out with friends, watching anime, and going to cons.
Phil
Event Coordinator
Phil is a Freshman, Studying CS at CAS
Sewon Kim
Website Designer
As a passionate musician who has been composing and performing on the clarinet from an early age, Sewon has a great interest in the art of creation. For this reason, Sewon believes that computer science means more than simple coding as it is a form of art, built of inspirations and innovations.
Isha Gopal
Graphic Designer
Isha is a sophomore studying CS at CAS, minoring in Economics and Film. In her free time, sheâs either dancing, drawing, or playing video games!
Riley Dou
Communications | Photographer
Riley is a sophomore studying CS at Tandon. Born near the brown waters of Galveston, Texas, she enjoys dancing and skiing, and really really really likes dogs.
Elaine Zou
Treasurer
Elaine is a sophomore majoring in Business and CS at CAS. Originally from northern Virginia, she enjoys reading, drawing, and exploring New York in her free time.
Lawrence
CS Wiki Writer
Lawrence is a senior studying CS and Math at CAS. He likes abstract stuff. Besides coding, he also enjoys coffee brewingâď¸ and singingđ¤ a lot.
Faith Winford
Website Maintainer
Faith Winford is a freshman studying CS and Philosophy at CAS. Sheâs interested in the intersection of AI and ethics. In her free time she likes listening to music and going to conerts.
Members
A list of some of our active members (in alphabetical order): Abhilasha Tandon, Akash Iyer, Alex Xie, Alex Ying, Andrew Ma, Aranzazu (Ahri) Bravo Cerpa, Betty Li, Catherine Ku, Cathy Huang, Christopher Li, Daisy Liu, David Shen, Dongje Kim, Elaine Zou, Elizabeth Tang, Flora Cai, Gefei Gong, Grace He, Jessica Chen, Josef Dunlap, Junyao Chen, Kairui Huang, Kevin Chan, Madison Phung, Manav Parikh, Matthew Cheng, Mihir Prajapati, Navid Chowdhury, Nick Wu, Noah Zhou, Paul Ioffreda, Phoebe Huang, Rahul Narayanan, Rick Li, Riley Dou, Sachin Iyer, Sam Frank, Sam Huppert, Sewon Kim, Thomas Wang, Tianhao Gu, Triet Vo, Walker Tupman, Xiaomin Liu, Xiaoyi (Amy) Liang, Yifei Zhu, and Zayn Wang
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