About

Tanyapruek Boontharaksa (Thai: ธัญพฤกษ์ บุญธรักษา) is a fifth-year medical student studying at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University (MDCU). In the academic year 2022 - 2023, he was on the Board of the Student Union of the Faculty of Medicine as a Head of the IT division and responsible for overseeing the IT infrastructure of the Student Union including the web server, the organization's electronic mail, and many internal websites.

Before being accepted to the Faculty of Medicine, he studied in the science-mathematics program at Triamudomsuksa school. During that time, he joined the Physics Olympiad training camp and won a gold medal at the 18th Thailand Physics Olympiad.

Although he is a full-time medical student, his interest is mainly in machine learning and its mathematical foundation. Now he is researching medical image segmentation under the supervision of Professor Thanarat Chalidabhongse.

In his free time, he enjoys reading books, listening to music, and playing the piano. He has been a member of the MDCU band since his first year, and he was admitted after passing the audition with the highest score. Classical and jazz music always intrigued him, especially the music performed by Bill Evans.