Chris Piech
Summary
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SeniorChris Piech is a Stanford Assistant Professor of Computer Science with a background spanning academia, research, and industry. Born in Nairobi and raised across Kenya and Malaysia before settling in Stanford, he pursues the goal of making high-quality human learning openly accessible through machine learning. His research sits at the intersection of AI, education, and cognitive science, exploring how students acquire knowledge and how to scale educational tools, including curriculum development for CS106A, CS106B, and CS221. Earlier in his career, he conducted neuroscience research on MRI data from autistic children to identify neural subgroups predictive of future behavior and gained software engineering experience as an intern at Pixar and Microsoft. Based in Palo Alto, he combines rigorous scholarship with practical teaching and mentoring to empower educators and learners worldwide.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (24)
wysiwyg8
pulse8
rich-text8
javascript7
node-js7
richtext7
vue7
python7
react7
webassembly6
pyodide6
js6
editorjs6
browser6
draft-js6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chrispiech/thesis
Nov 2015 - Mar 2022
Contributions:2 pushes in 6 years 5 months
csbridge/csbridge2019uniandes
Mar 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:236 commits, 212 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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