Staff

Instructors

Nicholas Tomlin

Hi! I’m a current faculty fellow at NYU, working on LLMs, reasoning, and interaction. In my spare time, I enjoy playing chess, eating bagels, and entertaining my cat Coco.

Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00pm - 4:00pm (CDS 617)

Sam Deng

samuel.deng@nyu.edu

Hi! I’m currently an adjunct instructor at NYU and final-year PhD student at Columbia, working on topics in machine learning theory. In my free time, I love going to the movies and running.

Office Hours: Tuesdays 5:30pm - 6:30pm (after class in CDS 242); Wednesdays 1:00pm - 2:00pm (CDS 242)

Unstructured Office Hours: If I’m in my office in CDS 236, I’m usually available to answer questions as well (usually on Tuesdays and Wednesdays). Please drop by and say hello!

Teaching Assistants

Ansh Sharma

as20482@nyu.edu

Section Leader & Grader

Office Hours: Mondays 11:30am - 12:30pm ET in CDS 242

I’m a second year MSCS student at Courant. Currently, I’m interested in exploring decision making for robots. Away from work, I like to spend time hiking and playing tennis.

Hanzhe Wu

hw3858@nyu.edu

Grader

I’m a second year master’s student at NYU CDS, interested in optimization, deep learning, and LLM theory. I enjoy reading science fictions, having desserts and traveling in my spare time.

Haoxu Huang

hh2740@nyu.edu

Section Leader & Grader

Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:00am - 12:00pm ET on Zoom (link on Ed/Calendar page).

I’m a second-year PhD student at NYU CDS. My current research focuses on 3D vision model pre-training and multi-modal learning. I enjoy hiking, photography and star gazing during spare time.

Jiacheng (Patrick) Shen

js12556@nyu.edu

Section Leader

Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:00pm - 5:00pm ET on Zoom (link on Ed/Calendar page).

I am a first-year PhD student at CDS, working on reinforcement learning for mean field game and LLM post-training. I also enjoy skiing.

Karine Karine

kt1707@nyu.edu

Section Leader & Grader

Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00pm - 4:00pm ET in CDS 242.

I am a PhD student in Computer Science. I enjoy yummy food and sports. :)

Zining (Tenny) Liu

zl6113@nyu.edu

Grader

Tenny is a second-year MSDS student currently interested in language model interpretability and machine learning for science. She’s always looking recommendations for ironically bad movies and pleasant routes for long walks through the city.

Yihuai Hong

yh6210@nyu.edu

Section Leader & Grader

Office Hours: Fridays 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET in CDS 242.

Hi! I’m a first-year PhD student at NYU CS, working on the Mechanistic Interpretability of LLMs and Reasoning. In my spare time, I enjoy working out and watching anime.

Yixuan Wang

yw8735@nyu.edu

Grader

Hi, I’m a second year master student at CDS. I’m interested in LLM interpretation and agentic AI application. In my free time, I love exploring food and knitting.