[Nomination] Alpha Romer Coma #173
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Alpha Romer Coma
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
alpharomercoma
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
FEU Institute of Technology
City, State/Province, Country
Manila, Philippines
Your Name
No response
Your Email (Optional)
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How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
I'm from the FEU Tech ACM, a 500+ member Computer Science Community centered at Manila, Philippines. We regularly conduct 5~7 internal/external events per term (3 months) in-person and online. With the recent inclusion of AI in our curriculum, we currently plan to hold the following with many more soon:
- Event: 3-day in-person Machine Learning Workshop and Hackathon with Keras and PyTorch. Proposal Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19mzTE82pMr9nANVleCvqX3S4548lqgl9NXzfxXtY714/edit?usp=sharing
- Talk: Vision-Language Models and MultiModal Deep Learning with PyTorch
- Outreach: 1-day in-person Python and PyTorch Fundamentals for ML
Moreover, knowledge sharing sessions in Discord organized in collaboration with PyTorch and interested volunteers.
As a student leader of over 3 years, I understand this is not a solitary endeavor. We will collaborate local and international communities like Data Engineeering Pilipinas, Gen AI Philippines, Python Philippines, DevCon, and many more. Our community has a following of 5.7k+ followers on Facebook, 600+ LinkedIn, and 70+ on YouTube and structured in different committees (external, academics, publication, etc).
Our primary target audience is the Filipino tech community first within Manila and then scale to other major cities. Event recordings and competitions shall be available to everyone as posted in our Facebook Page. With our organization and the Filipino community's efforts, together with PyTorch, we aim to bridge the gap between academe and industry in the ML/DL space. As a potential PyTorch student ambassador, I shall see this through.
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FEU Institute of Technology: https://www.facebook.com/FEUTechOfficial
FEU Tech ACM: https://www.facebook.com/feutechACM
Data Engineering Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1225639754738756
Gen AI Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1908503506266152
Python Philippines: https://www.facebook.com/pythonph
DevCon: https://www.facebook.com/DEVCONPHAny additional details you'd like to share?
Hi, All. I'm Alpha, a 3rd-year Computer Science Scholar at FEU Institute of Technology, an AI Engineer at a US-based AI startup, Deep Learning Engineer at MicroMarc Research (Thesis), an Author at FreeCodeCamp, and a GitHub Campus Expert Trainee.
Relevant blogs:
- Supercharge your AI Research with Google TPUs in VS Code: https://alpharomer.vercel.app/blog/supercharge-your-ai-research-with-google-tpus-in-vs-code
Ongoing Research:
- Augmenting Multimodal Deep Learning with Attention Mechanisms to Recognize "Sludge Videos" from Short-Form Content (Vision-Language Model)
Some of my recent engagements with other communities in 2025:
- Jan 7: Modern Web + AI session for 32 Virlanie Foundation for Filipino Children delegates and FEU Tech ACM members in person: https://www.facebook.com/share/16M8jmFsrq/
- Jan 24: Guided 40 students to pass the GitHub Foundations exam in person: https://www.facebook.com/share/16SYTMY4op/
- Feb 26: Two-hour GitHub developer workshop for 55 PUP students (GDG on Campus); distributed 55 GitHub Education certification vouchers: https://www.facebook.com/gdg.pupmnl/posts/606631038846052
- Mar 18: Engaged 40+ data engineering aspirants with Guide to get Microsoft Certification Voucher Discount: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BmCkcyQKi/
- May 6: Presented to 600+ graduating CompEng students at PUP a talk about Advanced GitHub; distributed 100 GitHub Education certification vouchers: https://www.facebook.com/share/1cHt5QDWbP
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Verify my account and contributions on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alpharomercoma