Megumi Ondo is an undergraduate student pursuing a Computer Science degree at UC Santa Barbara.

Laya Pullela is a BS Student in the College of Creative Studies and a member of the Bionic Vision Lab at UC Santa Barbara. She is interested in applying machine learning and computational biology to medical applications.

Ziming Qi is a MS student at UC Santa Barbara and member of the Bionic Vision Lab. He is interested in computer vision and machine learning. He received his BS degree in computer engineering at UCSB, and is currently pursuing his MS degree at UCSB as well. With passion to save people’s vision, he decided to apply his computer vision and machine learning skills in the area of biomedical image analysis.

Alex Rasla is currently a first-year graduate student in the B.S/M.S. program pursuing a Computer Science degree at UC Santa Barbara. He is interested in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AR/VR, and autonomous systems. In his free time, Alex enjoys playing the piano or guitar, and producing music. Some of his other hobbies include hanging out at the beach, reading books, and playing sports. Once he graduates, Alex wants to work for a company that makes the world a better place.

Lucas Relic is currently a Master’s Student in the Computer Science Department at UC Santa Barbara.

Versha Rohatgi is a rising junior at Mountain View High School and is part of the Research Mentorship Program at UC Santa Barbara. Versha is interested in biomedical engineering and computer science.

Ethan Roma is currently a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a Biopsychology degree in the College of Letters and Science at UC Santa Barbara. He wants to learn more about the behavioral and physiological causes of losses in sensation such as sight, and how technical prosthetics might be enabled/designed to address said losses. In his free time, he enjoys making music, skateboarding, and late night drive-thrus with his friends.

Shivani Sama is a student at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, WA. She is participating in the Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Bellevue College, to be held in March 2023. For this project she is interested in researching brain computer interfaces (specifically deep brain stimulation) and how they can be used to induce neuroplasticity and neuron regrowth to treat various types of neurodegenerative diseases and paralysis.

Melani Sanchez Garica is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Computer Science at UCSB. Prior to joining UCSB, she received a PhD in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, as well as a BS in Chemical Engineering and a MS in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Valencia, Spain. Melani’s main research interests lie in Computer Vision and Deep Learning. She is particularly excited about conducting research in simulated prosthetic vision (SPV) and building immersive virtual reality (VR) systems of SPV that combine computational modeling of the brain with different computer vision algorithms.

Callie Sardina is a first year student pursuing a MS in Computer Science at UCSB. She is interested in machine learning, deep learning, computational vision, and theoretical computer science. She is passionate about employing computer science within the realm of medical sciences to help make a positive impact on people’s well-being. In her free time, you’ll find Callie painting, watching sunsets, and doing gymnastics.