Andrew Balch is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying Computer Science in the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science. He has a special interest in applying computer science, machine learning, and data science to inform and aid in social issues, including how technology impacts society and perpetuates injustice. He is a two-time Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fellow, was acknowledged by the Computer Science department’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award for 2022-2023, and was an Honorable Mention for the same award for 2023-2024.

Fun fact: I love rock climbing, both bouldering and sport climbing!

Projects

Nutrition Leveraging ubiquitous devices to gain insights into micronutrient status.

mhealth interdiciplinary hci

Past Projects

Reinforcement Learning Using human knowledge to improve the real-world utility of reinforcement learning.

real-world-rl

Publications

Towards an Accessible, Noninvasive Micronutrient Status Assessment Method: A Comprehensive Review of Existing Techniques

Andrew Balch, Maria A. Cardei, Sibylle Kranz, Afsaneh Doryab

arXiv  ·  26 Aug 2024  ·  arXiv:2408.11877

nutrition

Why Algorithms Remain Unjust: Power Structures Surrounding Algorithmic Activity

Andrew Balch

arXiv  ·  30 May 2024  ·  arXiv:2405.18461

News

UVA Today Feature

Andrew Balch University of Virginia Undergraduate Student

August 16, 2024 October 24, 2024

in-the-news

Andrew Balch was featured in a piece by UVA Today on the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship program! You can check it out here.

Virginia Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Symposium Poster Presentation

Andrew Balch University of Virginia Undergraduate Student

April 15, 2024 October 24, 2024

presentation poster nutrition

Andrew Balch presented his poster on a smartphone-based spectrophotometer for Vitamin B12 quantification at the 2024 Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Symposium in Richmond, Virginia!