AI Alignment @ IllinoisAI Alignment
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The people running it

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Officers

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  • Evan Coats

    Co-Founder, Research Director

    • Facilitates Singularity Reading Club
    • Facilitates Research Fellowship
    • Facilitates Workshops

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  • Daniel Elliott

    Co-Founder, President

    Hi! I'm Daniel, the president of AI Alignment this semester! I'm a junior in CompE, and run SIGPolicy when escaping engineering! I'm always happy to talk about AI safety, especially multi-agent systems, what good policies look like, and how you can get further involved. (Please especially reach out if you are interested in working on policy briefings or generalist projects!)

    • Facilitates Research Fellowship

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  • Himnish Hunma

    Secretary

    I am a current MCS student @ UIUC focusing on interpretability and control. My current research focuses on measuring the propensity for multi-agent emergent behavior, and mechanism design for AI control. Outside of AIS, I enjoy volleyball and hip-hop dance. I am happy to talk about the above, how to get more involved in the field of AI safety and thinking about research.

    • Facilitates Research Fellowship

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Initiative and track leads

  • Min Kim

    Newsletter Editor

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  • Emmett Quan

    Outreach Lead

    Hi, I'm Emmett! I'm currently a junior in CS + philosophy, and run SIGMusic in addition to being AIA's outreach lead. I'm interested in interpretability, policy, and governance, as well as getting more people educated about and involved in AI safety.

  • Sophia Powell

    Event Lead

    Hi! I'm Sophia, the event lead for AI Alignment. I am a political science and history major and I am really interested in the intersection of AI and policy, and the future of AI governance as AI continues to develop.

  • Maxwell Dodson

    I am a sophomore studying mathematics here at UIUC. This semester, I am an AIA @ Illinois research fellow, running the fundamentals program with Utkarsh, and acting president of the student math club, MATRIX. I am interested in technical alignment strategies and human intelligence augmentation. I am always happy to talk about these things and anything else that might interest you!

    • Facilitates Fundamentals

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  • Advait Yadav

    • Facilitates Research Fellowship

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Alumni

Officers who built this, and what they are doing now.

  • Akhil

    Former Vice President

    Hey, I'm Akhil! Formerly VP of AI Alignment @ Illinois, MCS '26 from UIUC. Now an AI Engineer at PwC focused in applied AI: data, RAG, agents, and automation. Off-duty I'm a huge movie/TV guy, and I enjoy tennis and chess. Happy to talk about building in tech, career stuff, or anything else.

Fall 2026

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Fundamentals, the Research Fellowship and the Policy Reading Group are all closed for the fall. All three open again in spring 2027.