Akshat Talreja

President

Akshat is a sophomore from Singapore studying Business Analytics and Finance at Wharton. He currently serves as the President. Having previously worked in the areas of Natural Language Processing, Fraud Detection, and Recommendation Systems, Akshat is interested in the use of AI to drive automation within businesses. Outside of AI@Penn, Akshat is the events at the Wharton Data Analytics club, Business Director at the International Affairs Association, and an Associate Consultant with the Global Research & Consulting Group. In his free time, Akshat enjoys pool, watching movies, or trying new food.

Patrick Liu

Vice President

Patrick is a junior from California studying Computer Science and Statistics. He currently serves as Vice President. Having worked in fields such as Recommendation Systems, Feature Engineering, and NLP, Patrick is interested in a wide range of AI applications. He is also interested in the role of AI in health, having done research in signal processing and image classification. Outside of AI@Penn, Patrick is on the Events Committee at the Wharton Data Analytics Club, an undergraduate researcher at the Shen Lab, and a tenor in Disney A Cappella. In his free time, Patrick enjoys doing song covers, photography, and basketball.

Ella Cho

VP of Marketing

Ella is a junior from California studying Neuroscience and Political Science while pursuing the pre-medical track. She currently serves as VP of Marketing. Having studied pain and its neural basis and volunteered in the pre-op/post-op unit of a local hospital, Ella is interested in AI’s potential role in guiding pain treatment and recovery. Outside of AI@Penn, Ella is a board member and violist for Penn Symphony Orchestra, a Peer Advisor for the College of Arts and Sciences, and an undergraduate researcher at Betley Lab. In her free time, Ella enjoys film photography, video games, and playing with her pet hamster and dogs.

Cedric Chua

VP of Events

Cedric is a sophomore studying Computer Science, and was born in the Philippines but grew up in Vietnam. He currently serves as the VP of Events. Having worked on a mobile application that tracks snake bite incidents in Vietnam, Cedric is interested in how AI can be used for data analysis and representation in the field of healthcare. Outside of AI@Penn, Cedric is a board member of CodeBono and a tutor for the West Philadelphia Tutoring Project. In his free time, Cedric enjoys basketball, piano, and video games.

Aakash Jajoo

VP of Consulting

Aakash is a junior from India studying Computer Science. He currently serves as the Director of Consulting. Aakash is interested in the applications of AI in healthcare and has worked on generative models to see how socioeconomic status and functional connectivity in the brain affect each other. Outside of AI@Penn, Aakash works as a Quantitative Analyst at the Center for Neuroscience and Society and serves as a member of the Executive Committee at Ideas4Action. He loves teaching - he’s currently a TA for two classes. In his free time, Aakash enjoys reading and watching sports.