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2018 Summer Interns
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
Harrison Davis
- Physics and Astronomy
Project scope:
Developing teaching materials for black holes and neutron stars
Mentor:
Gabrielle Allen
Thuong Ha
- Actuarial Science
Project scope:
Visual analytics for precision medicine
Mentor:
Colleen Bannon Bushell
Anand Haran
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
Project scope:
Visual analytics for precision medicine
Mentor:
Colleen Bannon Bushell
Jarrett Leuck
- Physics
Project scope:
Tracking molecular clouds in a galaxy evolution simulation
Mentor:
Nathan Goldbaum
Jingxiang Lin
- The Grainger College of Engineering
Project scope:
Semi-supervised deep learning for real-world emotion detection
Mentor:
Philip Nigel Bosch
Xun Lin
- Mathematics and Computer Science
Project scope:
Virtual reality and ray tracing for computational materials science
Mentor:
Andre Schleife
Niharika Manda
- Computer Science and Linguistics
Project scope:
General projects
Mentor:
Donna Cox
- Advanced Visualization Lab
Shelana Martin
- Learning Education Studies (Digital Environments and Learning Teaching Agencies)
Project scope:
Using educational technology for teaching high performance computing
Mentor:
Sandra Kappes
Connor Pigg
- Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Project scope:
Scientific workflow systems
Mentor:
Daniel Katz
Sathwik Pochampally
- Computer Science
Project scope:
TERRA REF: A computer vision and machine learning pipeline to interpret plant traits and predict yields
Mentor:
David Lebauer
Chen Qian
- Computer Science and Art & Design
Project scope:
State of Illinois health district metrics
Mentor:
Colleen Bannon Bushell and Ian Brooks
Brandon Qiao
- Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Volume rendering for particle simulations
Mentor:
Nathan Goldbaum
Rishabh Rajagopalan
Project scope:
Music composition and sound design on high-performance computers
Mentor:
Sever Tipei
Anna Shabayev
- Computer Science
Project scope:
General projects
Mentor:
Donna Cox
- Advanced Visualization Lab
Satwik Singh
- Statistics and Computer Science
Project scope:
Speech-to-text auto captioning
Mentor:
Michael Miller
- Event Services
Dachun Sun
Project scope:
Using satellite data for large-scale crop monitoring
Mentor:
Kaiyu Guan
Tianyu Sun
Project scope:
Using satellite data for large-scale crop monitoring
Mentor:
Kaiyu Guan
Bing Jyun Tsao
- Physics
Project scope:
Simulating neutron stars with computational fluid dynamics
Mentor:
Charalampos Markakis
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
Hongru Yang
- Statistics and Computer Science and Mathematics
Project scope:
A stand-alone tool for
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-refinements of 3D finite element meshes with curved boundary
Mentor:
JaeHyuk Kwack
Zeran Zhu
- Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Generic output routines for the Einstein Toolkit
Mentor:
Roland Haas
- Gravity Group
Ryan Zimmerman
Project scope:
Mentor:
Scott Wilkin and Amanda Lombardo
- Director's Office
Returning Interns
Antonio Massoni Abinader
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Deep learning
Mentor:
Volodymyr Kindratenko
- Innovative Systems Lab
Adhithya Bhaskar
- Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Replicability and reproducibility in computational physics
Mentor:
Matthew Krafczyk
- Computing and Data Sciences
Nick Zhaoyuan Su
- Architecture
Project scope:
Developing a support tool for optimising the presentation format of a biofeedback training program used in stress management
Mentor:
Kiel Gilleade
- Culture & Society
Ke Xu
- Computer Engineering
Project scope:
Scalability of Deep Learning Frameworks
Mentor:
Volodymyr Kindratenko
- Innovative Systems Lab
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