2019 Summer Interns

SPIN intern Yifan Chen

Yifan Chen

Project scope: Detecting landscape changes across the Arctic and Antarctic using deep learning
Mentors: Aiman Soliman, Volodymyr Kindratenko

SPIN intern Yuxi (Sophia) Ding

Yuxi (Sophia) Ding - Statistics, Computer Science

Project scope: Resolving racial health disparities by using advanced statistics on complex multidimensional datasets
Mentors: Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan

SPIN intern Arjun Gupta

Arjun Gupta - Computer Engineering

Project scope: Deep learning and neuroscience

SPIN intern Teja Gupta

Teja Gupta - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Project scope: The impact of housing discrimination on the pollution exposure gap in the United States
Mentor: Ignacio Sarmiento Barbieri - Earth and Environment

SPIN intern Kajetan Haas

Kajetan Haas - General Studies

Project scope: Visualization innovation projects
Mentor: Donna Cox - Advanced Visualization Lab

SPIN intern Swan Htun

Swan Htun - Engineering Physics

Project scope: GPU computing for bionanotechnology
Mentor: Aleksei Aksimentiev

SPIN intern Enyi Jiang

Enyi Jiang

Project scope: Deep learning
Mentors: Shirui Luo, Volodymyr Kindratenko - Innovative Systems Lab

SPIN intern Han Jiang

Han Jiang

Project scope: Rockwire
Mentors: Marissa Torrison, Sandeep Satheesan

SPIN intern Andong Jing

Andong Jing - Mathematics and Computer Science

Project scope: Virtual reality and ray tracing for materials science data visualization
Mentor: Andre Schleife

SPIN intern Bhanuchandra Kappala

Bhanuchandra Kappala

Project scope: Using satellite data for large-scale crop monitoring
Mentor: Kaiyu Guan

SPIN intern Xiaolan Ke

Xiaolan Ke - Computer Science

Project scope: Deep learning at scale for multi-messenger astrophysics in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope era
Mentor: Eliu Huerta - Physics and Astronomy

SPIN intern Yuan (Jeff) Ma

Yuan (Jeff) Ma - Computer Engineering

Project scope: Implementation of machine learning algorithms on FPGAs
Mentors: Volodymyr Kindratenko, Ashish Misra - Innovative Systems Lab

SPIN intern Yuhang Ren

Yuhang Ren - Electrical Engineering

Project scope: Scientific workflow systems
Mentor: Daniel Katz - Scientific Software and Applications

SPIN intern Haorong Sun

Haorong Sun

Project scope: Music on high-performance computers
Mentor: Sever Tipei

SPIN intern Panqiu (Phoebe) Tang

Panqiu (Phoebe) Tang - Computer Science

Project scope: Rockwire
Mentors: Marissa Torrison, Sandeep Satheesan

SPIN intern Yu Che (Jeffrey) Wang

Yu Che (Jeffrey) Wang - Computer Science

Project scope: Deep learning on HPC
Mentors: Dora Cai, Aiman Soliman

SPIN intern Zichen Wang

Zichen Wang

Project scope: Multiscale modeling of the cell membrane-associated phenomena
Mentor: Taras Pogorelov

SPIN intern Zaiyan Xu

Zaiyan Xu - Statistics and Computer Science

Project scope: Speech-to-text auto captioning
Mentor: Michael Miller - NCSA Event Services

SPIN intern Bing Zhang

Bing Zhang

Project scope: Rockwire
Mentors: Marissa Torrison, Sandeep Satheesan

SPIN intern Yankun Zhao

Yankun Zhao - Computer Engineering

Project scope: 3D biological network visualization
Mentors: Donna Cox, Colleen Bushell - Advanced Visualization Lab/VI-Bio

SPIN intern Jiacheng (Lily) Zhu

Jiacheng (Lily) Zhu - Computer Engineering

Project scope: Cloud computing
Mentor: Volodymyr Kindratenko - Innovative Systems Lab

Returning Interns

SPIN intern Adhithya Bhaskar

Adhithya Bhaskar - Computer Engineering

Project scope: Replicability and reproducibility in computational physics
Mentor: Matthew Krafczyk - Computing and Data Sciences

SPIN intern Debopam Sanyal

Debopam Sanyal - Electrical & Computer Engineering

Project scope: Deep neural network model selection with application-specific metrics
Mentor: Nigel Bosch - Culture & Society

SPIN intern Tianyu Sun

Tianyu Sun - Computer Science

Project scope: Using satellite data for large-scale crop monitoring
Mentor: Kaiyu Guan

SPIN intern Michael Toriyama

Michael Toriyama - Materials Science and Engineering

Project scope: Improving thermoelectric properties via dopability predictions
Mentors: Lídia Carvalho Gomes, Elif Ertekin - NCSA Materials and Manufacturing Group

SPIN intern Bing Jyun (Johnny) Tsao

Bing Jyun (Johnny) Tsao - Engineering Physics

Project scope: Solving the Poisson equation on irregularly shaped domains
Mentor: Roland Haas - Gravity Group

SPIN intern Chuhan (Vivian) Yu

Chuhan (Vivian) Yu - Psychology

Project scope: Review of paced-breathing apps in the Google Play Store
Mentor: Kiel Gilleade - Culture & Society

Past SPIN interns

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