Ivan Shishkin

B.S. in Computer Science, UC Irvine

Aug 2024 - Jun 2028

GPA 3.8 (Dean's Honors List, 6×).

Member of the ICS Honors Program, which connects undergraduates with faculty research.
Awarded the Magnificent Obsession Perpetual Scholarship of $5,000 for the 2026–2027 academic year.

School Activities

Sigma PiEta-Upsilon Chapter.
- Served as the chapter's Director of Housing, managing properties and relationships for 100+ members.
- Got to go to Georgia for the Tony Siress Leadership Summit.
- Got tapped for Order of Omega, a leadership honor society for fraternity and sorority members.
- Received the Byron R. Lewis Academic Scholarship of $2,500.
MentorshipCLAOC, OC Fellows, and ICS Student Council.
- CLAOC + OC Fellows — a partnership between the CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County and Orange County Fellows, building a talent pipeline from universities to Orange County schools. Great experience, learned a lot.
- ICS Student Council Mentorship — matched with a mentor to help me land an internship.
BlueDot ImpactAI safety courses.
- Future of AI — 2 hours. Where AI is headed and the choices that come with it.
- AGI Strategy — 25 hours. The AI safety landscape and how to pick a direction within it.
- Technical AI Safety — 30 hours. Hands-on work on the technical side of making AI systems safe.

ICS 33Intermediate Programming in Python

ICS 6DDiscrete Math for CS

MATH 2BCalculus II

STATS 67Probability & Statistics for CS

MATH 3ALinear Algebra

ICS 46Data Structure Implementation & Analysis (in C++)

ICS 51Computer Organization

INF 43Software Engineering

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