CalCompute · The Team
The people behind CalCompute
Meet the people writing the Framework Report and making the case for public compute.
Researchers
Anthony Suen
Founder, Cal-ICOR
UC Berkeley
Stephanie Lieggi
Executive Director, CROSS & OSPO
UC Santa Cruz
Kevin Esterling
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy; Chair, Department of Political Science
UC Riverside
Frank Würthwein
Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center
UC San Diego
Kim Hazelwood
At-Large Board Member, Empire AI
Lawrence Wagner
Executive Director and Co-Founder, BASE
UC Berkeley
Leilani Gilpin
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Ruby Guillen
Co-Chair, UNA-USA Human Rights Affinity Group
Sarvani Chadalapaka
Director of Cyberinfrastructure and Research Technologies
UC Merced
Lili Gangas
Chief Technology Community Officer, Kapor Center
Andrew Reddie
Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy
UC Berkeley
Nelson
Founder, SoCal Blender Group
Elena Cryst
Director of Policy and Society, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Stanford University
Homa Hosseinmardi
Assistant Professor; Researcher, OASIS Lab
UCLA
Ayse Arslan
Researcher, Silicon Valley Institute for Humane Technology Systems
Team
Daniel Romo
Director
UC Riverside
Deeksha Vaidyanathan
Deputy Director
UC Berkeley
Omar Aslai
Research Lead
UC Berkeley
Arlen Kumar
AI Researcher
UC Berkeley
Mark Nitzberg
Strategic Advisor
UC Berkeley
Isaiah Tapia
UC Berkeley
Yan Zhu
AI Governance Researcher
UC Berkeley
Zachary Woltman
UC Berkeley
Jasel Steinmetz
UC Berkeley
Steven Veld
AI Safety Researcher
UCLA
Allison Kim
UC Irvine
Alexa Jones
UC Berkeley
Arhaan Aggarwal
Course Staff, Berkeley Agentic AI
UC Berkeley
Ariya Mohanty
Researcher
UC Berkeley
Brian Khoury
Reporter and Photographer
CSU Northridge
Daisy Aguinada
Co-News Editor, The Daily Sundial
CSU Northridge
Jorge De Santiago
Graphic Designer
CSU Northridge
Troy Tian
AI Safety Researcher
UCLA
Vashishth Doshi
Researcher
Carnegie Mellon University
Karl Rollert
Philosopher
UC Riverside
Kevin Liu
Artist
UC Riverside
Advocates & Allies
Bjorn Simundson
Founder, Atmosphere Ventures
Chris Given
State Chief Information Officer and Director, California Department of Technology
James DeBacco
Veterans Treatment Court Liaison, County of Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Mesan Richardson
Founder and Executive Director, HUMANDREAM Foundation
Michael Chen
AI Science Advisor, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Miroslav Polzer
Executive Director, IAAI GloCha
Rebecca MacKinnon
Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Sarah Soto-Taylor
Deputy Secretary of Strategic Development, California Government Operations Agency
Jose Negrete
Beyond Lab, United Nations
Geneva Graduate Institute
In Sacramento
Legislative champions
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