2022 Project Profiles
2022 Cohort
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Aarna Raghavapudi
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, Metea Valley High School -
Alice Tidmarsh
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, Lane Tech High School -
Alison (Ali) Klemencic (she/her), MSCAPP ’23
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Anne Mykland
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools -
Antoinette Raggs
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of Illinois, Chicago -
Anthony Hakim
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Master Student, Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy -
Bryan Choy
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of California, Los Angeles -
Christy Huang
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, Mission San Jose High School -
Dhruv Sinha
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy -
Edona Saliu
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, Minerva University -
Gagandeep Kaur
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, California State University, Fresno -
Grace Wang
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of Chicago -
Guo (Maggie) Chen
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy -
Halli Lacanlale
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of Illinois, Chicago -
Hannah Dinner
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools -
Ian Jeong
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy -
Ioana-Andreea Cristescu
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of Richmond -
Jaleel Drones-Akins
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, Kenwood Academy High School -
Jasmine Hope
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, North Carolina State University -
John (Jack) Nugent
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of Chicago -
Joseph Helbing
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Master Student, Masters in Computational Social Science -
Kenan Tang
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Kenia Godínez Nogueda
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy -
Luke Collins
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, Harvard-Westlake School -
Mengzhan (Jhan) Liufu
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Michael Giurcanu
High Schooler, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools -
Nathalie Valenzuela
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, California State University, Fresno -
Nikhil Patel
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; (currently) High Schooler, Libertyville High School; (incoming) Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Nourien Fouad
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, Minerva University -
Oluwadarasimi Adeyemo
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Pavan Kumar Prathuru
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Master Student, Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy -
Pavithra Kamatchi Soundaram
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, Dublin High School -
Ranya Sharma
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; (currently) High Schooler, Barrington High School; (incoming) Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Resty Fufunan
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, Yale University -
Salvador Tranquilino-Ramos
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of Illinois, Chicago -
Sophia Peckner
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; High Schooler, Lowell High School -
Su Karaca
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Sung Hun (Kevin) Suk
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Taishi Okano
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters in Computational Social Science -
Thiyaghessan Poongundranar
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters in Computational Social Science -
Tiffanie Huang
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Todd Nief (he/him)
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters Program in Computer Science -
Varsha Etigunta
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania -
Victor Perez Martin
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Masters Student, Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy -
William Dolan
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago -
Xiaohe (Haley) Zhang
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, University of California, Los Angeles -
Yufei Xiao
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, Minerva University -
Zihan (Jack) Zhang
DSI Summer Lab Research Assistant; Undergraduate, the University of Chicago
Mentor: Ken Nakagaki
Project: MorphGlove: Shape-Changing Assistive Goalkeeper Gloves for Training Hand Positions
Mentors: Yanjing Li, Yuming Liu
Project: Understanding Hardware Failures in Deep Learning Networks for Biomedical Applications
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: BankTrack Commercial Loan Pipeline
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Tim Hannifan, Amanda Kube (Social Impact Track)
Project: BPI Traffic Stops in Chicago
Watch Antoinette’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: mBio – Natural Language Processing Analysis of African Biotechnology Media Coverage
Watch Anthony’s Symposium Video
Mentors: Michael Maire, Anna Woodard
Project: Self-Supervised Deep Learning for Breast Cancer Treatment Response Prediction
Mentor: Ken Nakagaki
Project: DoorIO: Augmenting Doors with Swarm Robots to Design Adaptive Interactions
Watch Christy’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: Underwater Computer Vision – Schmidt Ocean Institute
Mentor: Molly Offer-Westort
Project: Facebook Messenger Chatbot for Surveys and Intervention Testing
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer (Social Impact Track)
Project: WoMin Development Dashboard
Mentors: Marshini Chetty, Chenhao Tan, Nick Feamster
Project: Content Moderation
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Amanda Kube (Social Impact Track)
Project: Remora Fishing Traceability – Smart Scale Enhancements
Watch Maggie’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer (Social Impact Track)
Project: WoMin Development Dashboard
Mentor: Sarah Sebo
Project: Investigating the Influence of a Robot’s Eyes and Gaze in People’s Willingness to Help the Robot
Watch Hannah’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Amanda Kube (Social Impact Track)
Project: Remora Fishing Traceability – Smart Scale Enhancements
Mentor: Brian Nord, Aleksandra Ciprijanovic
Project: Deep Learning Analysis of Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Galaxy Clusters
Watch Ioana-Andreea’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Amanda Kube (Social Impact Track)
Project: Remora Fishing Traceability – Smart Scale Enhancements
Watch Jaleel’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Tim Hannifan, Amanda Kube (Social Impact Track)
Project: BPI Traffic Stops in Chicago
Watch Jasmine’s Symposium Video
Mentors: Haryadi Gunawi, Ruidan Li
Project: Fleet Anomaly Detection
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: BankTrack Commercial Loan Pipeline
Watch Joseph’s Symposium Video
Mentors: Anjali Adukia, Patricia Chiril, Teodora Szasz
Project: Messages, Identity, and Inclusion in Education
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: mBio – Natural Language Processing Analysis of African Biotechnology Media Coverage
Mentor: Jai Yu
Project: The Role of Hippocampo-prefrontal Theta Coherence in Learning and Memory
Mentors: Kyle Chard, Matt Baughman
Project: Enhanced Federated Learning with funcX
Watch Michael’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Tim Hannifan, Amanda Kube (Social Impact Track)
Project: BPI Traffic Stops in Chicago
Watch Nathalie’s Symposium Video
Mentors: Julia Koschinsky, Dylan Halpern, Stuart Lynn
Project: Bringing Spatial Analytics to the Matico Platform Using SQL and WASM
Watch Nikhil’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: mBio – Natural Language Processing Analysis of African Biotechnology Media Coverage
Watch Nourien’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: BankTrack Commercial Loan Pipeline
Watch Oluwadarasimi’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer (Social Impact Track)
Project: WoMin Development Dashboard
Mentor: Haryadi Gunawi, Martin Putra
Project: Job Execution Time Prediction in GDC’s Genomic Pipeline System
Mentor: Molly Offer-Westort
Project: Facebook Messenger Chatbot to Test Interventions to Address Vaccine Hesitancy in East and West Africa
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer (Social Impact Track)
Project: WoMin Development Dashboard
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: Underwater Computer Vision – Schmidt Ocean Institute
Watch Sophia’s Symposium Video
Mentors: Yuan Chang (YC) Leong, Daniel Grzenda
Project: Understanding Divergent Interpretations of Political Information
Mentor: Zhao Wang
Project: Affordable Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis Using Text Data
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: Underwater Computer Vision – Schmidt Ocean Institute
Watch Taishi’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: BankTrack Commercial Loan Pipeline
Watch Thiyaghessan’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: Underwater Computer Vision – Schmidt Ocean Institute
Watch Tiffanie’s Symposium Presentation
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Launa Greer, Amanda Kube (Social Impact Track)
Project: Remora Fishing Traceability – Smart Scale Enhancements
Mentor: Sarah Sebo
Project: Investigating the Influence of a Robot’s Eyes and Gaze in People’s Willingness to Help the Robot
Watch Varsha’s Symposium Video
Mentors: David Uminsky, Daniel Grzenda, Trevor Spreadbury (Social Impact Track)
Project: mBio – Natural Language Processing Analysis of African Biotechnology Media Coverage
Watch Victor’s Symposium Video
Mentors: Giuseppe Cerati, Daniel Grzenda, V Hewes
Project: Inferring Neutrino Type with Graphical Neural Network
Mentors: Giuseppe Cerati, Daniel Grzenda, V Hewes
Project: Inferring Neutrino Type with Graphical Neural Network
