Student, Computer Science, Stanford University
Ashkon is a Master’s student in the Computer Science department at Stanford, a CodeX fellow and a product manager at Google. At Stanford, he focuses on machine learning and its applications to natural language processing. He also acts as a teaching assistant. At Google he works on the company’s flagship search advertising products. Ashkon previously graduated from Stanford with a B.S. in Computer Science. While there as an undergraduate, he ran the Stanford Blyth Fund, a student-run investment group managing part of the Stanford endowment. In his free time, Ashkon enjoys skiing recklessly, cheering on his favorite soccer teams and playing chess.