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2018-2019 Academic Year Interns
Tajesvi Bhat
- Computer Science
Project scope:
Automation of genomic analyses for the cloud, grid and analytics platforms
Mentor:
Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer
Joy Jen
- Linguistics
Project scope:
Speech-to-text auto captioning
Mentor:
Michael Miller
- NCSA Event Services
Hyun Jin Kang
- Art and Design
Project scope:
General projects
Mentor:
Donna Cox
- Advanced Visualization Lab
Qiaoqian Lin
- Computer Science
Project scope:
Virtual reality and ray tracing for computational materials science
Mentor:
Andre Schleife
Junrui Ni
Project scope:
Using satellite data for large-scale crop monitoring
Mentor:
Kaiyu Guan
Pranav Pamidighantam
- LAS/Statistics
Project scope:
Data storage and analysis framework for semiconductor nanocrystals
Mentor:
Andre Schleife and Michal Ondrejcek
Keon (Isaac) Park
- Computer Science
Project scope:
Investigating eruption triggering mechanisms at active volcanic systems
Mentor:
Patricia M. Gregg
Rohan Prabhakar
- Computer Science
Project scope:
Fusing high performance computing with artificial intelligence for multimessenger astronomy
Mentor:
Eliu Huerta
- NCSA Gravity Group
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Dipro Ray
- Computer Science
Project scope:
Resolving racial health disparities by using advanced statistics on complex multidimensional datasets
Mentor:
Liudmila Mainzer and Zeynep Madak-Erdogan
Debopam Sanyal
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Moving the Einstein Toolkit to Github
Mentor:
Roland Haas
- NCSA Gravity Group
Steven (Yuren) Shang
- Computer Science
Project scope:
Automation of genomic analyses for the cloud, grid and analytics platforms
Mentor:
Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer
Tianyu Sun
Project scope:
Using satellite data for large-scale crop monitoring
Mentor:
Kaiyu Guan
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Yiliu Tang
Project scope:
Using satellite data for large-scale crop monitoring
Mentor:
Kaiyu Guan
Michael Toriyama
- Materials Science and Engineering
Project scope:
Improving thermoelectric properties via dopability predictions
Mentor:
Lídia Carvalho Gomes and Elif Ertekin
- NCSA Materials and Manufacturing Group
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Haoyu Wang
- Business
Project scope:
Preparing an individual-based model for optimization
Mentor:
Rebecca Lee Smith
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Hongru Yang
- Statistics and Computer Science and Mathematics
Project scope:
Exploiting parallelism and scalability
Mentor:
Robert Haber
Yifan Zhang
Project scope:
Simulating neutron stars with computational fluid dynamics
Mentor:
Charalampos Markakis
- Physics and Astronomy
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Returning Interns
Antonio Massoni Abinader
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Deep learning
Mentor:
Volodymyr Kindratenko
- Innovative Systems Lab
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Adhithya Bhaskar
- Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Replicability and reproducibility in computational physics
Mentor:
Matthew Krafczyk
- Computing and Data Sciences
Recognition:
Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
Mason Bushell
- Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Behavior modification apps/acoustics
Mentor:
Lisa Gatzke
Haimo Chen
- Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Cloud computing
Mentor:
Volodymyr Kindratenko
- Innovative Systems Lab
Arnav Das
- Electrical Engineering
Project scope:
Gravitational wave source modeling and data analysis for Advanced LIGO
Mentor:
Eliu Huerta
- Gravity Group
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Thuong Ha
- Actuarial Science
Project scope:
Visual analytics for precision medicine
Mentor:
Colleen Bannon Bushell
- Biology and Health Sciences
Recognition:
Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
Anand Haran
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
Project scope:
Visual analytics for precision medicine
Mentor:
Colleen Bannon Bushell
- Biology and Health Sciences
Jarrett Leuck
- Physics
Project scope:
Tracking molecular clouds in a galaxy evolution simulation
Mentor:
Nathan Goldbaum
Xun Lin
- Mathematics and Computer Science
Project scope:
Virtual reality and ray tracing for computational materials science
Mentor:
Andre Schleife
Recognition:
Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
Simeng Liu
- Economics
Project scope:
Deep learning
Mentor:
Volodymyr Kindratenko
- Innovative Systems Lab
Rishabh Rajagopalan
Project scope:
Music composition and sound design on high-performance computers
Mentor:
Sever Tipei
Recognition:
Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
Craig Santo
- Computer Science
Project scope:
General projects
Mentor:
Donna Cox
- Advanced Visualization Lab
Recognition:
Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Anna Shabayev
- Computer Science
Project scope:
General projects
Mentor:
Donna Cox
- Advanced Visualization Lab
Jasmine Shih
- Computer Science
Project scope:
General projects
Mentor:
Donna Cox
- Advanced Visualization Lab
Recognition:
Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
Recognition:
Received letter of recognition for significant contributions to this project
Brian Xu
- Electrical Engineering
Project scope:
Topology analysis of defects in 2D materials
Mentor:
Elif Ertekin and Emil Annevelink
Jinlin Xu
Project scope:
Virtual reality and ray tracing for computational materials science
Mentor:
Andre Schleife
Recognition:
Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
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