Board Members

2017-2018 DGE BOARD MEMBERS

President:

Liliana Cruz Lopez

Data Science
MS Candidate
lc3211@columbia.edu

Liliana, a DACA student, is currently pursuing a master's degree in Data Science. She is originally from a small town in Puebla, Mexico. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the College of Staten Island, CUNY, and joined Columbia University in 2016 as a part-time student. Liliana is a high school teacher where she teaches mathematics. In her free time she enjoys reading and working-out.

Vice President

Congying(Claire) Qiu

Civil Engineering
MS Candidate
cq2192@columbia.edu

Congying is completing a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering at Columbia University and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering at Beijing University of Technology, China. Academically, with great interest in smart infrastructure, she is studying multi-discipline knowledge related to civil engineering and computer science. She loves outdoor adventure and Japanese anime.

Treasurer:

   Christopher James Rusnak

   Data Science
  MS Candidate
   cjr2176@columbia.edu

Chris earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics at Rutgers and is currently an MS candidate at the Data Science Institute. He does swing dancing and fencing in his spare time.

Communications Director:

Abhishek Bhatia

Computer Science
MS Candidate
ab4460@columbia.edu

Abhishek completed his undergraduate studies in Information Technology at University School of Information and Communication Technology, GGSIPU in 2015. Since then he has worked as Research Assistant at Emergent and Autonomous Systems Lab under Prof. Sachit Butail, IIIT Delhi and as a Project Assistant under Prof. Jayadeva at IIT Delhi. He currently a graduate student at the Computer Science Department in Columbia University, NY, USA. Abhishek is fascinated by natural and artificial complex systems, and likes listening to music.
(He does not usually refer to himself in the third-person.)

Outreach Coordinator:

Vincent Pan, CFA

Data Science
MS candidate
vp2346@columbia.edu

Vincent is from China originally. He has 10 years of experience in the financial market. He works full time and he is currently enrolled in part time Data Science MS program. His hobbies are soccer and movies.

Website Developer:

Xiaohui (Eartha) Guo

Data Science
MS Candidate
xg2225@columbia.edu

Xiaohui (Eartha) has an education background of cinema and television, statistics and management information systems. Now she is a candidate at the MS in Data Science program at Columbia. She loves music, math and machine learning.