Meet the COMP2521 Team!

Sim Mautner
What's your current Special Interest?
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In my free time I'm also learning to cook more yummy food (recipes welcome), and how to put my things away in logical places so I can find them when I need them.

Kevin Luxa

Ethan Brown
How regular is your sleep schedule?
Thanks to Outlook's scheduled emails feature, extremely regular as far as everyone else knows...

Ryan Berlee
What are your thoughts on persistence and niche data structures?
If at first you don't succeed, try trie again.

Dong Loo
What's your favourite board game to date?
Slay the Spire: The Board Game

Michelle Wong
What's a shower thought you've had recently?
The people you'll ever possibly connect most with in your entire life, could never meet you properly if you spoke different languages.

David Connick
Can you describe your coding style with a food analogy?
Fried rice! I hack things together until it suits my taste. I like to throw some rEGGex into the mix when I can 😊

Erik Pedersen
What's something you hear far too often?
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)

Amanda Liu
If you could have an unlimited supply of one thing, what would it be?
Up&Go Choc Ice!

Daniel Lin
What animal do you most look like?
A monkey...

Freya D'Mello
What's something you've learnt since coming to uni?
Ask and ye shall receive!

Thomas Liang
What's your most prized possession?
My point-and-shoot camera, which I bring everywhere I can!

Abby Carungay
Why do you look so tired?
I stay up until 2am drawing art far too often

Sankalpa Tripathee
What is the strangest thing you've cooked?
A goldfish. No Questions

Nic Furst
What do you like to do most in your free time?
I love Travel, Hiking, and all things Motorsport!

Ilha Jung
Why does your hairline look like that?
Cos I didn't want to take the L, so I took the M

Josh Lim
What is your favourite orange vegetable?
Carrots

Nyah Inglis
Where are you from?
I grew up in Hobart and moved up to Sydney for uni in 2022 and now I live on campus :))

Callum Berry
What is your number one bucket list destination?
The top of my bucket list at the moment would be a scuba diving trip to Raja Ampat.

Benedict Setiawan
What's your go-to order?
Five whoppers, and five, more whoppers

Caitlyn Phan
So far, what has been your proudest achievement while studying Computer Science at UNSW?
Sleeping 8hrs (almost) every night 😴

Ravindu Abeykoon Herath
Who covered you in super glue back in primary school???
I did

Max Lee
What's your go-to dessert spot?
Yochi! (always pile up on the mochi)

Chris Wang
Favourite bubble tea order?
Thai milk tea with lychee jelly NO PEARLS, half ice, normal sugar (Don't try bribe me!!!) 🧋

Jackson Wang
What's your super power?
Extreme-level of indecision on what to eat. No joke, I can turn "what do you want for dinner?" into a 30-minute debate.

William Yang
Where is the best place to eat in Sydney?
MALATANG ZHANG LIANG CHINATOWN 💯💯💯

Shay Middleton
How do you do well in Comp2521?
You trie!!! :)

Patrick Galea
Got any life advice?
In programming terms:
Go and C the print("Hello World") && for i in 1.. { let explore:string = 'Opportunities'; String make = "Memories"; const eat = "Yummy Food"; std::string alwaysHave = "FUN!"; }Bonus marks (unofficial) if you can figure out the 8 programming languages I reference, and what food I am eating :))

Nila Riahi
How did the program die?
It was executed.

Ella Huang
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Llama farmer

Meredith Zhu
How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
None, that's a hardware issue

Hellen Wang
What is your greatest ability?
The ability to always suggest the best restaurants to try around the city - I'm curating my list 😝

Harry Zhang
What bone have you broken?
My pinky! I broke it playing basketball once and never played it again 😞

Anaf Sayed
What is your favourite programming language?
English.

Samin Islam
What do you like doing in your spare time?
Overanalysing whatever my current favourite show/movie is (and trying to get everyone to understand why it's peak fiction)

Jayden Lam
What is your weirdest hobby?
Late night Lime biking 🚴

Jethro Rosettenstein
What do computers and air conditioners have in common?
They both become useless when you open Windows.

Eve Miles
What are some fun facts about marine biology?
- Sponges, corals and sea anemones are animals
- Scallops have up to 200 eyes
- Mantis shrimps, which are neither shrimps nor mantises, can punch things with the force of a bullet

Nathaniel Ooi
What's the best lunch spot on campus?
Yallahhh 🔛🔝🔥

Ming Mo
What's the best sport?
In my opinion the most enjoyable is cycling! Cycling with friends is really relaxing and even better if you can integrate it into your commute. Remember to wear a helmet :)