Grace Sventek
I’m a rising senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Economics, Math, Statistics, and Public Policy. My favorite part of my internship with Leidos so far is being surrounded by experienced professionals that are always willing to make time for interns. The work being done at Leidos is important, but everyone is still excited to chat with me and share their career journey. I help with planning intern events and support several other different programs such as the GA Tech Cohort Program and the Early Career Tech Talent Mentoring Program, which is where Leidos employees are mentored by senior professionals and even able to earn their master’s degree online. My time at Leidos is enhancing my learning by pushing me out of my comfort zone and teaching me how to translate the skills I’ve learned throughout my education into the workplace. I am now able to confidently handle several projects at once and present information in a concise and easily understood manner.
Anika Thatavarthy
I am a Computer Science major at Virginia Tech, with minors in Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics. My projects at Leidos give me a very interesting lens into all three of these subjects—I get to apply computer science and mathematics in a field that aims to understand human thinking/biology better. I am currently working on a Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) project with the NLP Research team! We are attempting to form a baseline for categorizing human emotions from audio files so that future researchers or interns can gain more insight into this field. My favorite part of interning with Leidos has been meeting so many new people, especially fellow interns who come from all corners of the country and from all sorts of backgrounds, which allows for many new perspectives.
I am an undergraduate at Stanford University, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, minor in Public Policy, and honors in Ethics in Society. My internship at Leidos has given me a real opportunity to shape institutional policies in a way that I believe promotes ethical outcomes, while supporting solutions for important clients, such as the U.S. government. As an AI Ethics Intern in Leidos’ AI/ML Accelerator and Ethical AI Working Group, I’m helping develop a framework for the end-to-end governance of AI. My team is full of interesting, talented, and passionate individuals and their insistence on thinking and dreaming big has expanded my vision of what my role can be. Under the appreciated mentorship of Beverly Thompson, I know that my opinions and contributions are valuable, and I have begun very accustomed to finding and synthesizing large quantities of information on frameworks, regulations, and best practices.
Willoughby Winograd
Anika Thatavarthy
I am a Computer Science major at Virginia Tech, with minors in Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics. My projects at Leidos give me a very interesting lens into all three of these subjects—I get to apply computer science and mathematics in a field that aims to understand human thinking/biology better. I am currently working on a Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) project with the NLP Research team! We are attempting to form a baseline for categorizing human emotions from audio files so that future researchers or interns can gain more insight into this field. My favorite part of interning with Leidos has been meeting so many new people, especially fellow interns who come from all corners of the country and from all sorts of backgrounds, which allows for many new perspectives.
Willoughby Winograd
I am an undergraduate at Stanford University, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, minor in Public Policy, and honors in Ethics in Society. My internship at Leidos has given me a real opportunity to shape institutional policies in a way that I believe promotes ethical outcomes, while supporting solutions for important clients, such as the U.S. government. As an AI Ethics Intern in Leidos’ AI/ML Accelerator and Ethical AI Working Group, I’m helping develop a framework for the end-to-end governance of AI. My team is full of interesting, talented, and passionate individuals and their insistence on thinking and dreaming big has expanded my vision of what my role can be. Under the appreciated mentorship of Beverly Thompson, I know that my opinions and contributions are valuable, and I have begun very accustomed to finding and synthesizing large quantities of information on frameworks, regulations, and best practices.