Ashwin Kumar

Ashwin Kumar

Improving Fairness and Explainability in modern AI algorithms.

Teaching

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Assistant in Instruction, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Computer Science, 2022

As an assistant in instruction, I was responsible for providing one-on-one assistance to more than 130 students on coursework and homework assignments covering the mathematical foundations and application of algorithms for search, constraint satisfaction, Markov models, reinforcement learning and propositional and first order logic for the course “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”. I graded homework assignments and exams, and conducted office hours to help students with their coursework. I also delivered guest lectures on Reinforcement Learning and conducted problem-solving sessions on Logic and MDPs.

Learning and Academic Support Centre (LASC)

Academic Support Mentor, Shiv Nadar University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 2017

As a mentor for the Learning and Academic Support Centre (LASC), I was responsible for providing assistance to over 100 undergraduate students for the course “Introduction to Computer Science and Programming”. I organized evening study sessions to help students with their coursework and introduced them to concepts in Object Oriented Programming through hands on excercises in C.