Chen Pekker
Computer Science Undergraduate Student
Harvey Mudd College, Class of 2019
I'm currently a senior at HMC studying computer science with humanities concentrations in economics and religious studies. I love to learn and to travel, both of which I try to do as often as I can. I had never tried CS before my freshman year at Mudd because I always felt that it just wasn't the thing for me, despite loving and excelling in STEM my whole life. For this reason, I'm deeply passionate about breaking down stereotypes and expanding access to computer science education, specifically to women and other underrepresented minority groups in the field.
For our senior clinic project, my team and I are working with Accenture Labs on improving human-robot communication through the use of AR technology.
In our free time, three friends and I are working on our group ranking app- Grank! © We created and presented the original version during the Fall 2016 5C Hackathon, and we hope to have a more advanced version available on the App Store soon.