Jessica Li was awarded travel funds to attend and present her paper at the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal

at Texas State University/Texas A&M-San Antonio
Jessica Li was awarded travel funds to attend and present her paper at the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal
This NSF-REU site was renewed in collaboration with Texas A&M-San Antonio, “REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Mixed Reality for Smart and Connected Health“
Maya Nachega won the Best Poster at the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair (VURF) Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, and Mathematics category. Congratulations!
Her work: Enhancing Early Autism Diagnosis with Machine Learning Algorithms using Postural Control Features
Faculty Mentor: Yumeng Li, Texas State University
Jessica Li’s paper “Data Augmentation for Classifying Multiple Sclerosis Severity through Inertial Measurement Unit-Based Gait Analysis” has been accepted to the AIBH Workshop at the 2024 IEEE BIMB and will be presented in December in Lisbon, Portugal.
Abrar Zaki presented his REU research work – “Virtual Reality on Assessing the Motor Skills of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder,” at the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) at IBM in Yorktown Heights, NY
Ashley Yang’s paper “Development of an Augmented Reality Handwashing Tool for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF) and will be presented in October in Dubai, UAE.
Ayesha Malik’s, Abrar Zaki’s, Chung Tran’s, and Irene Liang’s “Virtual Reality on Assessing the Motor Skills of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder” collaborative paper has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) and will be presented in October at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York.
Hiroshi‘s “Fully Auto-Regressive Multi-Modal Large Language Model for Contextual Emotion Recognition” paper has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON). It will be presented in October at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in New York.
Maya Nachega’s, Sugru Yahaya’s, and Ila Wallace’s “Enhancing Early Diagnosis of Autism With Machine Learning Algorithms Using Postural Control Features” collaborative paper has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) and will be presented in October at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York.
Dr. Damian Valles presented Project #4’s work, “Impact of Virtual Reality on Motor-Skill Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” at the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition in Portland, Oregon.