OMSCS Buzz
Episodes
S6E4: Dr. Joy Arulraj on Database Systems, AI, & the Future of Learning
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Joy Arulraj. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science, leading the Advanced ...
S6E3: Vaibhav Jain- Engineering with a Global Mindset
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Vaibhav Jain. He’s a Tech Lead who’s built high-impact systems across India, Singapore, and the Ne...
S6E2: Dr. Ana Rusch & Alex Duncan - OMSCS Staff Spotlight
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Ana Mary Rusch and Alex Duncan, two members of OMSCS staff and the OMSCS Buzz team!Dr. Ana Mary Rusc...
S6E1: Dr. Maria Konte on Computer Networks, Tackling Misinformation, & More
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Maria Konte. She is a researcher at Georgia Tech whose work sits at the intersection of Internet s...
S5E7: Erik Goh - Student Spotlight
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Erik Goh. Erik is an OMSCS student with a fascinating career ranging from film freelancing to startups to...
S5E6: Bree Shi - Founder of Human-Augmented Analytics Group
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Bree Shi—Research Program Director in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech and founder of the Human...
S5E5: Dante Ciolfi - Alumni Spotlight
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dante Ciolfi. Dante is a Research Associate and educator at Georgia Tech whose journey through technology...
S5E4: Dr. Jay Summet on AI x Robotics & Career in Academia
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Professor Jay Summet. He is a Senior Lecturer and OMSCS Associate Director for Academic Affairs. He tea...
S5E3: Murilo Gustineli on DS@GT, Research Experiences in Grad School & More
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Murilo Gustineli. Murilo is a current OMSCS student and co-lead of the Applied Research and Competitions ...
S5E2: Joves Luo on Graduate Algorithms & Software Engineering Journey
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Joves Luo. Joves is a long-time member of the OMSCS community as an alumnus and one of the Head Instructi...
S5E1: Dr. Melody Jackson on Brain-Computer Interfaces & Animal-Computer Interaction
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Melody Jackson. She is a pioneering researcher and educator at Georgia Tech. Dr. Jackson is the creat...
S4E8: Recapping OMSCS Conference 2025 with Dr. Ana Rusch, Alex Duncan, & Hannah Moon
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Ana Rusch, Alex Duncan, & Hannah Moon, three key members of the OMSCS community and masterminds b...
S4E7: Dr. David Joyner on What's New in OMSCS
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. David Joyner, Associate Dean for Off-Campus & Special Initiatives and the Executive Director of O...
S4E6: Maritza Mills - Product Management, Creativity in AI, & More
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Maritza Mills. Maritza is a product manager who most recently was at Google focused on cloud and AI. Pre...
S4E5: Dr. Jon Duke's Journey in Health Informatics
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Jon Duke. He is the Director of the Health Emerging and Advanced Technologies Division at the Georgia...
S4E4: Rob Lindgren- Alumni Spotlight
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Rob Lindgren. Rob is an OMSCS alum and machine learning engineer at Capital One. Previously, he conducted...
S4E3: Dr. Irfan Essa on Computer Vision, Impact at GT, and More
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Professor Irfan Essa. He’s a long-time member of the Georgia Tech community and holds numerous titles i...
S4E2: IA Spotlight - Jim Lohse
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Jim Lohse. Jim was born and raised in Silicon Valley, but has lived in Utah since 2007. He’s been a...
S4E1: Conversation with Dr. Kishore Ramachandran- Cofounder of OMSCS
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Kishore Ramachandran. He is a Professor in the College of Computing where his research areas speciali...
S3E7: Peter Graening on Unconventional Career Paths, Lifelong Learning, & More
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Peter Graening. Peter is a Lecturer and Academic Program Director for Georgia Tech Professional Education...
S3E6: Dr. Santosh Vempala on Efficient Algorithms, Computing for Good, & More
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Santosh Vempala. He is the Frederick Storey II Chair of Computing and Distinguished Professor in the ...
S3E5: Prof. Keith McGreggor on AI, Cognitive Science, and Serial Entrepreneurship
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Keith McGreggor. He is a Professor of the Practice at Georgia Tech and a serial entrepreneur with ove...
S3E4: Maxx Lee - Systems Engineering in Hollywood
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Maxx Lee. Maxx is Head of Systems Engineering at Scanline VFX’s Eyeline Studios, an innovative and reno...
S3E3: Justin Bailey - TA Spotlight
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Justin Bailey. Justin is a Lead Software Engineer at a leading financial services company in New York Ci...
S3E2: Dinesh Ayyappan- Engineering, Educating, and Traveling the World
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dinesh Ayyappan. Dinesh is an OMSCS student, soon to be graduate, with an incredibly interesting journey ...
S3E1: Dr. Thad Starner - Wearable Computing Pioneer
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are excited to kick off the Fall 2024 semester with a brand new season of the OMSCS Buzz podcast! On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr....
S2E11: Owen Sizemore - TA Spotlight
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Owen Sizemore. Owen is an Android Software Engineer at Wealthfront, an automated investment firm in Palo Alto, Cal...
S2E10: Anthony Miyaguchi- Student Spotlight
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Anthony Miyaguchi. Anthony is a current OMSCS student and software engineer at Planet Labs, an Earth observation an...
S2E9: Dr. Carmine Guida on Game Development and Being an Educator
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Dr. Carmine Guida. Dr. Guida is an alum of the OMSCS program and currently a Professor at Pace University where he ...
S2E8: Staff Spotlight- Hannah Moon
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Hannah Moon. Hannah is Associate Director of External Engagement in the OMSCS program. Among her many other duties,...
S2E7: Dr. Nick Lytle on Research at Scale
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Dr. Nick Lytle, Associate Director of Research for Georgia Tech’s OMSCS program. Prior to his current role, Dr. L...
S2E6: Dr. David Joyner's Georgia Tech Journey (Part 2)
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Dr. David Joyner, Executive Director of OMSCS and Online Education in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. This ...
S2E5: Dr. David Joyner on the New Age of Learning & Teaching (Part 1)
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Dr. David Joyner, Executive Director of OMSCS and Online Education in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. He is ...
S2E4: Zoey Beda- Music, Mathematics, and Technology
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Zoey Beda. Zoey is a TA for CS 6750: Human-Computer Interaction in OMSCS along with being a musician and developer....
S2E3: Professor Rich Vuduc on High-Performance Computing
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Professor Rich Vuduc. Dr. Vuduc is a Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering. He researche...
S2E2: Sagar Badlani- Blockchain, ML, Indian Innovation, & More
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Sagar Badlani. Sagar hails from Mumbai, India where he completed his undergraduate studies in computer science. He’...
S2E1: Cherie Lum- The Power of Community
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Cherie Lum. Cherie is a graduate student in the OMSCS program as well as founder of a startup called In the Park. A...
S1E5: Steven Bryant- Generative AI, Rewriting Physics, and More
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode for 2023, Tanmay chats with Steven Bryant. Steve is the Founder and CEO of Bryant Research, an AI advisory and consulting firm. ...
S1E4: Brittney Exline on AdTech, Soft Skills for Engineers, and More
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Brittney Exline. Brittney is a software engineer and technology leader who has worked for years in advertising tech...
S1E3: Chinmay Anaokar on Cloud Computing
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Chinmay Anaokar. Chinmay has been a Principal Solutions Architect at Brainfloss, a company he co-founded, since Feb...
S1E2: Miguel Morales on Reinforcement Learning
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Tanmay chats with Miguel Morales. Miguel is an instructor for CS 7642: Reinforcement Learning, the author of Grokking Deep Reinforcem...
S1E1: Dr. Mark Riedl- Creativity, AI, and the Power of Storytelling
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of OMSCS Buzz, the official OMSCS podcast! On this episode, Tanmay chats with Dr. Mark Riedl. Dr. Riedl is a computer sc...