2020 Summer Interns

SPIN intern Saumya Agrawal

Saumya Agrawal - Computer Science and Statistics

Project scope: Determination of biomarkers to be used in the diagnosis of cardiac microvascular disease in postmenopausal women
Mentors: Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Justina Zurauskiene

SPIN intern Brian Chen

Brian Chen - Computer Science

Project scope: AI system for identification of wildlife species in conservation videos
Mentors: Aiman Soliman, Brian Allan
Recognition: Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award
Watch the lightning talk
Project poster (PDF)

SPIN intern Mei Chen

Mei Chen - Statistics

Project scope: Truth-seekers and liars: Sorting things out with Python and logic
Mentor: Bertram Ludaescher

SPIN intern Zixuan Chen

Zixuan Chen - Computer Science

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

SPIN intern Ke Deng

Ke Deng - Computer Sience and Statistics

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

SPIN intern Ishani Desai

Ishani Desai - Statistics and Computer Science

Project scope: Athletic data analysis
Mentor: Loretta Auvil

SPIN intern Meridith Embry

Meridith Embry - Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Project scope: Automation of genomic analyses for the cloud, grid and analytics platforms
Mentor: Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer

SPIN intern Prannav Gupta

Prannav Gupta - Computer Engineering

Project scope: Development of AI-based tools for visual analytics
Mentor: Volodymyr Kindratenko - Innovative Systems Lab
Recognition: Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award

SPIN intern Xiaobo Huang

Xiaobo Huang - Mathematics

Project scope: Deep learning for gravitational wave astrophysics
Mentor: Eliu Huerta - NCSA Gravity Group

SPIN intern Amber Hunter

Amber Hunter - Nuclear, Plasma, Radiological Engineering

Project scope: Virtual micro-reactor user facility
Mentor: Kathryn Huff

SPIN intern Xilin Jiang

Xilin Jiang - Computer Engineering

Project scope: GPU computing for bionanotechnology
Mentor: Aleksei Aksimentiev

SPIN intern Lujia (Candice) Kang

Lujia (Candice) Kang - Computer Science

Project scope: Rockwire
Mentor: Hannah Christensen

SPIN intern Sarah Kishta

Sarah Kishta - Community Health

Project scope: Gun violence sensor research project
Mentor: Ruby Mendenhall

SPIN intern Andrew Sunwoo Lee

Andrew Sunwoo Lee - Chemistry

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

SPIN intern Xinyue Li

Xinyue Li - Computer Science and Mathematics

Project scope: Community resource pool
Mentors: Kaveh Karimi Asli, Diego Andres Calderon Rivera

SPIN intern Rui Liu

Rui Liu - Statistics and Computer Science

Project scope: Champaign County 211 reboot
Mentors: Anita Chan, Mitchell Oliver

SPIN intern Aneesh Lodhavia

Aneesh Lodhavia - Computer Science

Project scope: Development of AI-based tools for visual analytics
Mentor: Volodymyr Kindratenko - Innovative Systems Lab
Recognition: Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award

SPIN intern Wei Luo

Wei Luo - Computer Science

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

SPIN intern Yuqi Mao

Yuqi Mao - Computer Engineering

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

SPIN intern Robert Nagel

Robert Nagel - Computer Science

Project scope: Constructing a library of numerical relativity waveforms for use by LIGO
Mentor: Roland Haas - NCSA Gravity Group

SPIN intern Anshul Shah

Anshul Shah - Engineering Physics

Project scope: Meeting the LSST data challenge: Galaxy detection and segmentation with deep learning
Mentor: Xin Liu

SPIN intern Rui Shi

Rui Shi - Statistics and Computer Science

Project scope: Resolving health disparities by using advanced statistics on complex multidimensional datasets
Mentor: Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer

SPIN intern Keshav Shivam

Keshav Shivam - Computer Science

Project scope: Neuromorphic computing
Mentors: Mattia Gazzola, Volodymyr Kindratenko

SPIN intern Andy Sima

Andy Sima - ESE (Sustainability) and Creative Writing

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

SPIN intern Dhruv Sirsikar

Dhruv Sirsikar - Computer Science

Project scope: Development of AI-based tools for visual analytics
Mentor: Volodymyr Kindratenko

SPIN intern Bing-Jyun Tsao

Bing-Jyun Tsao - Engineering Physics

Project scope: Machine learning approach to computational fluid dynamics
Mentors: Shirui Luo, Volodymyr Kindratenko

SPIN intern Andrew Wang

Andrew Wang - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Project scope: Improving thermoelectric properties via dopability predictions
Mentor: Elif Ertekin

SPIN intern Zijun Xu

Zijun Xu - Urban and Regional Planning

Project scope: Resolving health disparities by using advanced statistics on complex multidimensional datasets
Mentors: Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Justina Zurauskiene

SPIN intern Hantao Zang

Hantao Zang - Computer Science and Statistics

Project scope: Multiscale modeling of fracture in complex materials
Mentor: Ahmed Elbanna

SPIN intern Tao Zang

Tao Zang - Civil and Environmental Engineering

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

SPIN intern Jianyuan Zhan

Jianyuan Zhan - Statistics and Computer Science

Project scope: Rockwire
Mentor: Hannah Christensen

SPIN intern Chenyu Zhao

Chenyu Zhao - Computer Science and Linguistics

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

Returning Interns

SPIN intern Summer Chao

Summer Chao - New Media and Informatics

Project scope: User interface experiments toward improving user experience
Mentor: Lisa Gatzke

SPIN intern Kajetan Haas

Kajetan Haas - General Studies

Project scope: Visualization innovation projects
Mentor: Donna Cox - Advanced Visualization Lab
Recognition: Fiddler Innovation Undergraduate Student Fellowship Award

SPIN intern Dina Hashash

Dina Hashash - University Laboratory High School

Mentor: Andre Schleife

SPIN intern Vivian Hu

Vivian Hu - Computer Science, Statistics, Chemistry

Project scope: Data storage and analysis for optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals
Mentor: Andre Schleife

SPIN intern Zhili Luo

Zhili Luo - Electrical & Computer Engineering

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

SPIN intern Alexandr Moore

Alexandr Moore

Project scope: World weather data daily
Mentor: Peter Christensen - Earth & Environment

SPIN intern Sophia Torrellas

Sophia Torrellas - University Laboratory High School

Project scope: Resolving racial health disparities by using advanced statistics and machine learning on complex multidimensional datasets
Mentor: Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer
Watch the lightning talk
Project poster (PDF)

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