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Contributors

LUCA assembled some of the brightest minds

in business, computer science, and education to develop a modern reading platform to tackle challenges worldwide.

Our Contributors

Experts guiding the path to success

Team member

Diksha Agarwal

Senior Developer

“Curious Learner!” She completed her master’s degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University with a concentration in Machine Learning, Systems, Algorithms. As a “curious learner,” her passion is to help people worldwide through building tools that benefit society. Through her love and dedication help people, she will serve as the company’s senior developer and chief problem solver

Team member

Diksha Agarwal

Senior Developer

“Curious Learner!” She completed her master’s degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University with a concentration in Machine Learning, Systems, Algorithms. As a “curious learner,” her passion is to help people worldwide through building tools that benefit society. Through her love and dedication help people, she will serve as the company’s senior developer and chief problem solver

Team member

Ciara Figliuolo

Product Manager, Lesson Creator, All Things Design

Ciara is an Active Duty Air Force officer. She is also a former High School English teacher and holds a Master’s in Educational Technology and a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence and Innovation. She served as the product manager for LUCA during its design and development. She created the lessons and curriculum offered by ProfessorAI and played a key role in the design decisions for all facets of LUCA.

Team member

Adithya Praveen

Creator of LucaTalks. Helped build StoryLabs. Voice Cloner

Adithya is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the MS in AI & Innovation Program (MSAII, Class of 2023). He is dedicated to integrating AI into real products that create positive impact and empower individuals to grow. This is why Luca.ai was his first choice for the MSAII Capstone project.

Team member

Sayali Deshpande

Backend Integration Specialist

Sayali is a highly qualified individual with a Master`s degree in AI and Innovation from CMU. She has worked as an Applied Scientist intern at Amazon and as an associate AI/ML Research Engineer at Genesys, gaining valuable industry experience. At LUCA, Sayali has been involved in integrating and designing the backend system, ensuring seamless functionality between all sub-modules. Furthermore, she has developed REST APIs to enhance the system`s functionality.

Team member

Dr. James Baker

Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Dragon Systems

Developed key concepts that have become the standard for high-performance speech recognition that is still used today. Currently serves as a distinguished scholar and entrepreneur in residence at the University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science along with Co-Founder and CEO of D5AI, which focuses on the significant unsolved challenges of AI-based deep learning.

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