About Me: Shalini Ananda, PhD: 🤖

Current Position

• 🤖 Assistant AI Chair - UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension, AI Program: 🧠💻 (UCSC Extension AI Program) → since 2022

• 🎵 Founder at Anandamide Sound Machine: 🎹🎶 (Anandamide Sound Machine) - AI Generated Music → since 2000

  Exploring the harmony of AI/ML in music 🎵, healthcare 🏥, and sustainability 🌱 through innovative GenAI applications.

Here’s what I’ve been up to the last few years @ LinkedIn 🤝

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science @ UC San Diego: 🧪🔬 (Focus: Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulations for Synthesizing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents)

Top projects:

• ISBRT - LLM Redteaming 🛡️: Boosting LLM security with creative adversarial methods.
• Pixel Pioneers 💡: Transforming cutting-edge GenAI/ML research into practical uses.
• Synthetix 🤖: Experimenting with vision tools for robotics.
• AI Sustainability Agent 🌱: My debut chatbot promoting eco-awareness.
• Mythrul 🌍: Exploring blockchain's eco-impact and seeking sustainable solutions.

Projects outside GitHub:

• Anandamide Sound Machine 🎵: Crafting tunes with AI.
• CRIXLabs 🏥: DBM for Drug Discovery (my first startup).

Let's innovate and make a difference! 🚀