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Birding in Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve w/ Bhaskar Krishnamachari {Electrical & Computer Engineering}

  • Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve 6350 Woodley Avenue Van Nuys, CA, 91436 United States (map)

IMPORTANT UPDATE: STARTING 11/5/2023 WE WILL BE REVERTING TO FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. Sign ups will open 9PM on Sundays of Wave release (instead of being open 9PM-12AM)

Join Professor Krishnamachari on a one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime birding trip to the Sepulveda Reserve! This will be a pleasant stroll around the reserve’s lake, where we will look (and listen) for a wide variety of birds that live in or pass through the Los Angeles Basin. Professor Krishnamachari is an avid birder and will be helping us observe the area’s birds.

PACKING LIST:

  • Phone

  • Water

  • Binoculars (if you have them)

  • Camera (if you have one)

  • Lunch and snacks

  • WAIVERS



PROFESSOR: Bhaskar Krishnamachari

DEPARTMENT: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor Krishnamachari is an avid birder who often begins lectures updating the class on his latest sightings. When he is not birding, he is a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment in Computer Schience. He leads the Autonomous Networks Research Group and the Center for Cyber-physical systems and IoT. His research interests include networks, distributed systems, machine learning, blockchain, and engineering for social good. He has collaborated and consulted with engineering/tech companies including Boeing, GM, Sprint, Bosch, Chevron, Honeywell, and Coinbase. Besides birding, Professor Krishnamachari is interested in languages, eastern philosophy, history, and K-drama.


PEAK: Sepulveda Basin

DIFFICULTY: 1/5

SCENERY: Water and birds

FUN FACT: The lake is an old artificial flood basin for the LA River


TRIP LEAD: Taliyah

Current obsession: learning how to cook non-western food

Contact Taliyah: emorymuh@usc.edu

Read Taliyah’s bio here.