🎓 Teaching

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA

Head Teaching Assistant — Aug 2019 – Dec 2025

• Courses: Introduction to Machine Learning (CSCI 467), Machine Learning for Data Science (DSCI 552) — 400+ students per term
• Supervised 20+ Ph.D. and Master’s TAs across multiple semesters
• Designed instructional material, rubrics, and project guidelines for exams, quizzes, and assignments
• Conducted tutorials, managed online Q&A forums (Piazza), and held one-on-one office hours
• Delivered guest lectures on AI integrity, diffusion models, and state-space models (SSMs)
• Mentored graduate projects on biomedical image forensics and vision-language modeling

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University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence, KS

Graduate Teaching Assistant — 2014 – 2016

• Departments: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) and Physics & Astronomy Department
• Courses:
  • Circuits & Electronics Lab (EECS 318)
  • Random Signals & Noise (EECS 861)
  • Electromagnetics (EECS 220)
  • College Physics II (PHSX 115)
  • General Physics II (PHSX 212)
• Led lab sessions, graded assignments, and assisted students with theoretical and experimental problem-solving

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