Artificial Intelligence Society: Head of Development

I am running for the Head of Development position in the UCL AI society because I am passionate about artificial intelligence and want to contribute to London's biggest AI student community. So far, as a 3rd year CS student and the development officer, I have been involved in the development of competitions on DOXA - our platform for AI challenges. Moreover, I organised the biggest AI society event this year - DOXATHON ?. 

Building on the already existing DOXA will allow the development team to focus more on the competitions and participant experience. I want to organise the second edition of the very successful ClimateHack.AI - a competition between students from the world's top universities tackling climate change using AI. Additionally, I would like to achieve a close partnership between the UCL Centre for AI and society. This collaboration between the leading researchers and curious students may result in project teams working on state-of-the-art research. One of the flagship activities of the UCL AI society is the tutorial series. I plan to support the tutorials team in producing hands-on materials using DOXA as an interactive platform. 

I believe my previous experience in the society and technical knowledge gathered over the past couple of years will let me recruit a team of wonderful developers to realise ambitious plans for the following academic year!

Note: Although I am a big fan of recent advancements in LLMs, ✨ this manifesto was written exclusively by me! ✨

As part of the AI society’s development team, I have worked closely with the amazing current Head of Development, Jeremy, on a variety of projects. For Climatehack, the development team’s main event of the year, I built out the front-end for the main Climatehack.ai website and am currently working on integrating the participant portal. I’m also experienced with the team’s biggest project, DOXA, which makes all the AI competitions we are running possible! For this year's upcoming DOXATHON, I was in charge of building the snake competition engine and driver. These experiences have provided me with unique insight into how a great Head of Development acts, and the responsibilities which I would be shouldering next year.

As a computer science student I am a proficient programmer, having worked with a wide range of programming languages, including JavaScript (ReactJS, NextJS), Java, C, C++, Python, and Haskell. Additionally, my background in competitive programming (HKOI) and robotics (VRC) demonstrates my ability to think critically, solve complex problems, and work under pressure, which are all essential qualities for a Head of Development.

If elected as the next Head of Development, I will bring a fresh perspective, strong leadership skills, and a passion for innovation to the role. I will work closely with the development team and Jeremy and Louis to ensure that we continue to deliver high-quality work, while also fostering a collaborative and supportive working environment.