Friday, March 7, 2025 - 04:00 pm
Storey. 550 Assembly St, Room 2277, Columbia, SC 29201

Below is a tentative agenda for the day. If you plan to attend the luncheon, please RSVP by at this link https://forms.office.com/r/2fayB7SPqA by Tuesday, March 4 to ensure we have an accurate lunch count.

Agenda:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm-  Industrial Advisory Board meeting in room 2277
10:30 am - 12:00 pm-  Even number graduate student poster session, 2nd floor hallway
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm-    Lunch in room 2277

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm-      Industrial Advisory Board meeting continues in room 2277
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm-      Odd number graduate student poster session, 2nd floor hallway
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm -     Talk and poster session winners, room 1400 (1st floor)

Posters:

NumberTimePresenting Author(s)Poster Title
AI18MorningRojina PantaFinding Reaction Mechanism Pathways with Deep Reinforcement Learning and Heuristic Search
AI19MorningMahsa Majdzadeh ArdakaniLLMPi: Optimizing LLMs for Realtime Conversational AI on Raspberry Pi
AI20MorningBharath Muppasani On Generalized Planning for Controlling Opinion Networks: Interpreting Human-AI Dialog States and Beliefs
AI21MorningProtik NagTargeted Layer Recalibration: Enhancing Interpretability with TCAV-Based Retraining
AI22MorningSadman Sadeed OmeePolymorphism-Aware Crystal Structure Prediction via Neural Network Potential and Genetic Algorithm with Adaptive Space Group Control
CHS2MorningMd Hasibul AminCrossNAS: A Cross-Layer Neural Architecture Search Framework for PIM Systems
CHS3MorningSuyash Vardhan Singh;Iftakhar Ahmad;Resource Scheduler for Real-time Machine Learning
CHS4MorningJinendra MalekarPIM-LLM: A High-Throughput Hybrid PIM Architecture for 1-bit LLMs
CV5MorningHuaqiang GuoAn End-to-end Flooding Depth Detection System Based on SAM Model 
CV6MorningLili WangDiffusion-based CT Image Segmentation for Intracerebral Hemorrhage
CV7MorningRenjith PrasadPic2Prep:A multimodal conversational agent for cooking assistance
CV8MorningHongpeng YangUnlocking Dark Vision Potential for Medical Image Segmentation
HB10MorningAlireza Bagheri RajeoniDeep Learning For Human Vascular Analysis
HB11MorningHamed AbdollahiGenome Methylation Array Analysis Using Iterative Random Forest Classification
HB12MorningAndrew Smith; Kuba JerzmanowskiMonitoring Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Adherence Using Smartwatch Gesture Recognition
HB13MorningChristopher LeeReducing Diagnostic Barriers Using Neural Networks for Trypanosoma cruzi Detection in Blood Smears
HB14MorningSavannah Noblitt and Kayly TranThe Creation and Implementation of a Novel Database for Medical School, Research Tracking and Student Research Opportunities
QN32MorningErik ConnertyPredicting Chaotic Systems with Quantum Echo-state Networks
QN33MorningRabins WostiQuantum fanout and GHZ states using spin-exchange interactions
QN34MorningHasti Zanganeh, Blake SeekingsSpikeFed: Exploring the Landscape of Federated Learning for Spiking Neural Networks
RA27MorningRitirupa DeyDynamic Role Transition in Human-in-the-Loop Robotic System with Neural Network Controllers
RA28MorningMohammadreza Mohammadi; Aishneet JunejaTRACE: Efficient Object Tracking via In-Sensor Compression and Near-Sensor Template-Matching
RA29MorningChathurangi ShyalikaTime Series Foundational Models: Their Role in Anomaly Detection and Prediction
RA30MorningJian LiuReinforcement Learning Driven Channel Switching Strategy for Connected Vehicles under Extreme Weather
AI16AfternoonJinzhu LuoReinforcement Learning with Euclidean Data Augmentation for State-Based Continuous Control
AI17AfternoonNitin Gupta, Bharath MuppasaniTowards Enhancing Road Safety in South Carolina Using Insights from Traffic and Driver-Education Data
AI23AfternoonQinyang LiOut-of-distribution materials property prediction using adversarial learning based fine-tuning
AI24AfternoonYong Yang;Xiang GuanMimicking Aphasia through Controlled Neural Perturbations in Multimodal Large Language Models
AI25AfternoonAndrew SmithToward Concurrent Identification of Human Activities with a Single Unifying Neural Network Classification: First Step
AI35AfternoonVansh Nagpal, Rae Sara Jones,  Kausik LakkarajuDisseminating Authentic Public Messages using Chatbots - A Case Study  with ElectionBot-SC to Understand and Compare Chatbot Behavior for Safe Election Information in South Carolina
CHS1AfternoonTiffany YuEnhancing Security and Efficiency in Computational Hardware Through Intelligent Optimization
HB9AfternoonSavannah NoblittWeb Application for Searching and Displaying Cancer Patient Data
HB15AfternoonMusa AzeemDihedral Angle Adherence: Evaluating Protein Structure Predictions in the Absence of Experimental Structures
QN31AfternoonMichael Cluver, Eli HatcherEfficient Quantum Circuit Synthesis with DeepXube
RA26AfternoonMisagh SoltaniPlanning in Large Action Spaces Using Invertible Policy Networks