Hi! I'm Noga — a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University studying computer science, interested in AI, ethics, and entrepreneurship.
Feel free to email me at ngercsak@andrew.cmu.edu or connect below.
5-week residential program in advanced math, programming, algorithms, and game theory. Fully funded, $5,000 scholarship.
Researched privacy-preserving AI for smart devices that collaborate with cloud servers. Placed 3rd at NC Science & Engineering Fair. Poster →
Co-founded the UNC Charlotte Teen Hackathon, reaching 100+ teens across the Charlotte Metro Area.
Researched blockchain and differential privacy approaches to smart grid cybersecurity, UNCC College of Computing.
Founded and led my high school's Girls in STEM club — field trips, outreach, community.
1 of 30 selected from 150 applicants. Fully funded, with on-campus residency and admissions mentorship.
Tuned ML models to detect hate speech using sentiment and causal analysis. $4,500 AEOP stipend.
Top 10% of 100+ countries. Led a team building an ethical AI tool for the Minerals of Technology Challenge.
$40,000 scholarship plus a guaranteed Amazon internship after freshman year.
1 of 25 scholars. $40,000 scholarship and mentorship from LinkedIn engineers.
1 of 27 teams from 1,500+ global competitors, pitched Clarity at the Innovation Summit.
1 of 40 out of 2,700 applicants, for achievements in computing.
$10,000 for Mazah, 1 of 2,100 applicants internationally. Represented the project at the Explorer's Festival in D.C.
1st place overall, Poster Presentation (1/100+), Engineering & Technology. Qualified for National JSHS.
1/10 from 200+ applicants. $5,500 scholarship covering a data science course and GSTEM research.
Conrad Challenge 2026
NCWIT 2026
National JSHS 2025
National Geographic Exploer's Festival 2024
Watercolor painting by me :)
Harvey Mudd WiSTEM 2025
Nat Geo HQ 2025
Girls in STEM Club
Pomona College
Teen Hackathon 2025