Earlier this month, John Esparragoza presented his REU research work at the Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Conference in San Diego, California!

REU: AI, Data Analytics, and Mixed Reality for Smart and Connected Health
at Texas State University/Texas A&M-San Antonio
Earlier this month, John Esparragoza presented his REU research work at the Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Conference in San Diego, California!

John Esparragoza‘s and Armando Delgado‘s paper, “Utilizing AI to Support Conversations in Individuals with ASD,” was accepted to the 2025 IEEE 16th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics, and Mobile Communications Conference (UEMCON–2025), held at IBM Learning Center in Armonk, New York.

Devin Bowler‘s paper “Simulation-Based Smart Home Architecture for Autism Support Using CSI-Based Movement Detection” and Adam Deinhardt‘s paper “IoT for Autism: Analyzing Motor Behaviors in Virtual Environments Using Visual Data” were accepted to the 11th National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (REUNS 2025) in the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS 2025), Chicago, USA.

We want to thank all the great staff at A Balanced Child, PLLC in San Antonio for hosting us and helping our students better understand autistic children’s behavior for our REU research!

Ana presented her REU research poster titled “Understanding Emotion Perception in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent Individuals” at the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Seattle.

Abrar Zaki from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will work on Project Activity 4: Virtual Reality and Machine Learning for Movement Assessment in autism spectrum disorder.

Ayesha Malik from the University of Central Florida will work on Project Activity 4: Virtual Reality and Machine Learning for Movement Assessment in autism spectrum disorder.

Ashley Yang from Arizona State University will work on Project Activity 3, an Augmented reality hand–washing tool for children with ASD.

Ana L. Hernandez from Texas State University will be working on Project Activity 1 – Measuring the effects of machine learning app on emotion recognition ability in autism spectrum disorder.

Irene Liang’s and Chung Tran’s paper, “Impact of Virtual Reality on Motor Skill Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” has been accepted to the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.