| 7:45AM — 4:30PM | Registration | Hallway/Atrium |
| 7:50AM — 8:50AM | Breakfast | Hallway/Atrium |
| 9:00AM — 9:05AM | Keynote Introduction Erika Olimpiew (Virginia Tech) | Boeing Auditorium |
| 9:05AM — 9:50AM | Keynote Goodbye Imposter, Hello Winner: Overcoming Perceptual Expectations to Reclaim Excellence
Candace Aku (Google Public Sector) Candace R. Aku is a strategic technology leader and accomplished program management professional with over 15 years of experience driving complex technical and organizational initiatives within a Fortune 500 company. Currently serving as a Senior Technical Program Manager for Google Public Sector, she leverages over 12 years at Google to deliver advanced technology solutions to the Federal Government. Her career journey has progressed through various technical and leadership roles, including Data Center Technician, Global Program Manager Lead over Network Deployments, and directing the scoping of simultaneous, multimillion-dollar projects. Her expertise spans organizational strategies, data analytics, and workflow optimization. An alumnus of Clemson University (B.S. in Industrial Engineering) and The Citadel Graduate College (M.S. in Technical Project Management), she is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Beyond her corporate achievements, Candace is a serial entrepreneur and a passionate advocate for bridging the gap between technology and business. A dedicated Change Architect, she is focused on inspiring youth in underserved communities to gravitate toward technology and empowering others to implement technology in their endeavors. At this conference, she is eager to share her journey and insights to inspire women to thrive in the computing industry. | Boeing Auditorium |
| 9:55AM — 10:00AM | Break Gather in the Atrium for a group photograph. | |
| 10:00AM — 11:00AM | Parallel Sessions Workshop | Debugging Your Resume Aubrey Baker (Red Van Workshop), Holly Wilsey (Purple Basil Games) Session Chair: Nguyen Ho (Loyola University Maryland) | Boeing Auditorium | Technical Talks | Education & Inclusion Still Here, Still Learning: A Woman's Journey Back to Graduate Computing
Shareka Robinson (Morgan State University) Designing the AI-Ready Workforce
Denise D'Angelo (dynamicD) Session Chair: Mohammed Farghally (Virginia Tech) | AB1-3130 | Flash Talks | Advancing AI Systems: Security, Evaluation, and Human-AI Collaboration Methods and Challenges in LLM-Based Vulnerability Detection and Repair
Fatemeh Vares and Brittany Johnson AI Assisted Cross-border Cybersecurity Literacy
Norah Ondus and Sehrish Basir Nizamani Discovering Hidden Bias In AI
Anne Nyangaga, Alma Ladino and Pam Bogdan OSMoSIS: Enabling Metacognitive Feedback Reflection in LLMs
Isaiah Freeman and Joseph Shelton Pebble
James Mercer, Rhea Parekh, Nikhita Kuninti and Aleysa Sweeney Benchmarking and Advancing Generative Models for Calorimeter Shower Simulation
Farzana Yasmin Ahmad and Geoffrey Fox Effects of Prompt Writing Training Using the AMERH Framework on the Students' Prompt Quality
Eman A. M. Amer and Jeannine Eddleton A Structured Dataset for Analyzing Human Group Motion Across Spatial Formations
Meklet Berihun Session Chair: Mona Rizvi (James Madison University) | AB1-3100 | Research Shorts | Education, Ethics & Inclusive AI From Deficits to Strengths: A Scoping Review on ADHD Adults & Productivity Technology
Suzanna Yaukey, Anita Komlodi, Ravi Kuber and Andrea Kleinsmith Ethics and AI in Education: Understanding Public Discourse on Twitter (X)
Akriti Bagale, Nafisa Mehjabin, Ali Ünlü and Aditya Johri CREA: A Collaborative Multi-Agent Framework for Creative Image Editing and Generation
Kavana Venkatesh, Connor Dunlop and Pinar Yanardag Session Chair: Mohammed Seyam (Virginia Tech) | AB1-3120 | Workshop | Designing Safer AI Agents: Secure-by-Design Patterns for AI Systems Pavan Reddy (The George Washington University) | AB1-3110 | Posters | Core AI & Machine Learning Methods Comparative Analysis of Knowledge-Guided Few-Shot Brain Tumor Detection
Okib Islam, Ayomide Bonojo, Joy Muchangi, Fahmi Khalifa and Mahmudur Rahman Uncertainty-Aware Interfaces Between Neural Predictors and Large Language Models
Xinyue Zeng Adaptive Knowledge Retrieval with Graph-Enhanced and Document-Centric RAG
Melike Yildiz Aktas, Min Zhang, Meenu Ravi and Chang-Tien Lu Evaluating the Expressibility of Data Encoding Methods for Quantum Machine Learning
Natalie Lee Reason Impossible: Can LLMs Forecast Wartime Returns?
Farzana Yasmin Ahmad, Kazi Noshin and Zakaria Mehrab Knowledge Triple Filtration for Explainable Question-Answering
Joanne Varughese and Nicole Yazbeck SETRL: Verifier-Guided Reinforcement Learning Under Query Budgets for Cross-Mode Generalization in SET
Michelle Lin Deep Metric Learning for Ancient Coin Identification
Dhanshree Atre, Nathan Sprague, Jason Forsyth and Trevor Schonbrun Improving Automated Coding of News Data: A Machine Learning Approach to News Framing
Emily Lugos and Maurício Gruppi Information Quality Assessment Framework to Design Human-Centered AI Systems for Assistive Technology
Anuridhi Gupta and Hemant Purohit Session Chair: Jessica Zeitz (University of Mary Washington) | Hallway/Atrium |
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| 11:10AM — 12:10PM | Parallel Sessions Workshop | Best Practices for Using Gen AI to Manage Cloud Compliance Srinija Desiraju (AWS) Registration only event (Registration Closed) Session Chair: Nguyen Ho (Loyola University Maryland) | Boeing Auditorium | Technical Talks | Human-Centered & Applied AI Natural Language as the User Interface: Designing Predictive AI That Actually Gets Used
Emily Smith (Unaffiliated) Houston, We Have a Model: Performance Assessment for Mission-Critical AI
Cheryl Howard (IBM), Peyton Cooper (IBM) Session Chair: Jin-Hee Cho (Virginia Tech) | AB1-3130 | Flash Talks | Trust, Fairness, and Societal Impact of AI LLM-Guided Input Generation for Causal Fairness Testing
Sadia Afrin Mim Data-Driven Exploration of Physiological Factors Perpetuating Bias in Pulse Oximetry Readings for At-Home Use
Arshnoor Bhutani and Mahi Sanghavi Gender, Culture, and Privacy
Khoulood Alharthi and Sehrish Basir Nizamani A Trust-Aware, Biometrically-Secured Social Network Using Decentralized Identity Protocols and the Analytic Hierarchical Process for Collaboration
Christopher Parham, Sai Sindhu Tirumalasetty and Joseph Shelton Understanding State-Level AI Readiness Policy
Saanvi Shashikiran, Henry Deng, Lisa Singh, Andrea Headley, Aditi Bhardwaj, Julie Dang and Vinuri Dissanayake Session Chair: Mona Rizvi (James Madison University) | AB1-3100 | Research Shorts | Human-Centered Computing & HCI Do You Feel the Burn? Exploring Lightweight Haptic Feedback and How It Can Improve Exercise Performance
Julia Larson and Jason Forsyth When Jokes Cross the Line: A Dataset for Distinguishing Humor, Dark Humor, and Harm in Social Media Short-Form Videos
Sydney Johns Persona-Sensitive Design Evaluation
Khyati Goyal, Zannah Zeiw, Svastik Arora, Sehrish Basir Nizamani Understanding Developer Acceptance of AI-Assisted Code Commenting: An Undergraduate Study Using the AI Code Comment Acceptance Model (AICCAM)
Yoonje Lee, Anurag Pokala, Jasser Darguech, Parth Mehta and Sehrish Basir Nizamani Session Chair: Nareman Hamdan (James Madison University) | AB1-3120 | Workshop | Cyber Hygiene That Sticks: Research in the K-12 Space on Cybersecurity Deborah Kariuki (University of Maryland Baltimore County) and Hidare Debar (University of Maryland Baltimore County) | AB1-3110 | Posters | AI for Health, Science & Creative Applications Moodoodle: Generative Soundscapes for Reflective Emotional Exploration
Mindy Zheng Generative Models for Reconstructing Cosmological Initial Conditions from Realistic Observations
Giti Doolabi SongSmith: An AI Lyric Study
Andre Daniels, Denise Daniels and Joon Lee Emotion-Aware Speech Analysis for Mental Health Support Using Whisper
Claire Gillaspie, Cyd Oldham, Nigel Uson and Jae Skeete Spatial Seer: Exploiting Telemetry to Expose XR User Environment
Gayatri Kamtala, Allie Craddock, Bo Ji and Brendan David-John PhysioAI
Amulya Chinnala, Aleysa Sweeney, James Mercer, Nico Parong, Rhea Parekh, Vinicius Rezanejad and Sehrish Nizamani MITransfer: Towards Model-level Generalization of Mechanistic Interpretability
Wendy Zheng, Yinhan He and Jundong Li A Comparative Study of Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Methods for Multimodal Urban Mobility Prediction
Seyma Simsek, Melike Yildiz Aktas and Chang-Tien Lu Flexible Swarm: ROS2 Action-based Coordination of Heterogeneous Drone Swarms
Eva Grimes, Aubrie Kooiker and Emma Faith Octree-Based Spatial Partitioning for Multi-Agent UAV Navigation
Emma Faith Drone Trajectory Tools with KKT Conditions and CasADi
Aubrie Kooiker Session Chair: Jessica Zeitz (University of Mary Washington) | Hallway/Atrium |
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| 12:15PM — 1:10PM | Lunch | Hallway/Atrium |
| 12:15PM — 1:10PM | Graduate/Career Fair | Hallway/Atrium |
| 1:20PM — 2:20PM | Parallel Sessions Panel | Navigating the Path to Grad School: Discuss, Reflect, and Make an Informed Decision Madison Barton (Northeastern University), Mohammed Farghally (Virginia Tech), Promise Owa (Northeastern University), Chandani Shrestha (James Madison University)
Moderator: Mohammed Seyam (Virginia Tech) | Boeing Auditorium | Technical Talks | AI Security & Training Systems QBTrain: Zero-Cost, Accessible Hands-On Educational Labs for AI Agent Security
Pavan Reddy (The George Washington University) Beyond the Weakest Link
Deborah Kariuki (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Hidare Debar (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Session Chair: Nada Basit (University of Virginia) | AB1-3130 | Research Shorts | AI & Machine Learning Methods RESFL: Uncertainty-Aware Federated Learning for Joint Privacy, Fairness, and Utility
Dawood Wasif, Terrence Moore and Jin-Hee Cho StagePilot: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent for Stage-Controlled Cybergrooming Simulation
Heajun An, Qi Zhang, Minqian Liu, Xinyi Zhang, Sang Won Lee, Lifu Huang, Pamela Wisniewski and Jin-Hee Cho Urban Giants Under Threat: Unveiling Climate Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Strategies in Megacities
Dhanyasri Bolla Multimodal Spatio-Temporal Representation Learning for Edge-Based Urban Traffic Control
Seyma Simsek, Betül Nur Guner and Chang-Tien Lu Session Chair: Nguyen Ho (Loyola University Maryland) | AB1-3100 | Research Shorts | Systems, Architecture & Performance MARCO: Multi-Agent Code Optimization for High-Performance Computing
Ariana Nafisi, Veljko Cvetkovic, Claire Shin, Kathleen Reece, Krishnateja Reddy, Bryan Torres, Sina Heidari, Margaret Ellis and Dimitrios Nikolopoulos Automatic Identification of Relevant Scholarly Work for Initial Screening in Systematic Reviews
Minji Kang and Bipasha Banerjee Relationship Extraction Using Retrieval Augmented Generation for Biomedical Dataset
Jannat Lnu, Bridget McInnes, Tomasz Arodz and Charlie Dil Session Chair: Zhoujun Duan (James Madison University) | AB1-3120 | Workshop | Augmenting Datasets with Generated Data: Methods and Evaluation Rebecca Ansell (Georgetown University) and Lisa Singh (Georgetown University) Session Chair: Nguyen Ho (Loyola University Maryland) | AB1-3110 | Posters | Cybersecurity, Privacy & Responsible AI Towards Practical Discrimination Testing for Software Systems
Sadia Afrin Mim and Brittany Johnson PrivacyR1: Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Reasoning in Multi-Agent Systems
Min Zhang and Chang-Tien Lu Beyond the Android Manifest: Analyzing Native Libraries and Eye-Tracking Use in Virtual Reality Applications
Kimberly Giordano, Brendan David-John, Bo Ji and Margaret Ellis Benchmarking DAOS Filesystem on Aurora
Rebecca George, Xinxin Mei and Jie Ren Securing Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Against Cyber Threats
Susan Zehra, Syed Rizvi and Stephan Olariu Hope or Hype? Understanding Vibe Coding through Software Practitioner Discussions
Fairuz Nawer Meem, Fatema Tuz Zohra, Justin Smith and Brittany Johnson Well-Being in AI-Assisted Software Development
Fairuz Nawer Meem, Justin Smith and Brittany Johnson Bridging the AI Education Gap: A Self-Funded AI Awareness Initiative in Cocoa-Farming Villages of Ghana
Zahra Rizvi, Sophia Rizvi and Derek Atiawu Exploring Socioeconomic Status Narratives of Computer Science Students
Jennifer Alexandra Thompson; Sara Hooshangi Session Chair: Jessica Zeitz (University of Mary Washington) | Hallway/Atrium |
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| 2:30PM — 3:30PM | Parallel Sessions Panel | Beyond Participation: Rethinking Classroom Discussion with ThoughtSwap Chandani Shrestha (James Madison University), Mona Rizvi (James Madison University), Alexander Heckel (James Madison University), Michael Stewart (James Madison University) | Boeing Auditorium | Technical Talks | AI for Agriculture & Domain Applications AGRI-Fidelity: Evaluating the Reliability of Listenable Explanations for Animal Disease Detection
Sindhuja Madabushi (Virginia Tech), Arda Dogan (Virginia Tech), Jonathan Liu (Virginia Tech), Dian Chen (Virginia Tech), Dong S. Ha (Virginia Tech), Sook Shin (Virginia Tech), Jin-Hee Cho (Virginia Tech) X-MAP: eXplainable Misclassification Analysis and Profiling for Spam and Phishing Detection
Qi Zhang (Virginia Tech), Dian Chen (Virginia Tech), Lance Kaplan (U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory), Audun Jøsang (University of Oslo), Dong Hyun Jeong (University of the District of Columbia), Feng Chen (University of Texas at Dallas), Jin-Hee Cho (Virginia Tech) Session Chair: Deborah Kariuki (UMBC) | AB1-3130 | Research Shorts | Applied AI & Emerging Technologies Interpretable AI for Animal Health: Bayesian Networks with Uncertainty-Aware Decision Making
Dian Chen, Sindhuja Madabushi, Raj Kashikar, Angelie Nguyen, Dong Ha, Sook Shin and Jin-Hee Cho Investigating the Neural Correspondence of Speech-Based Neural Networks with Human Brain Responses
Ivy Brundege, Gasser Elbanna and Josh McDermott A Hybrid Multi-Agent Prompting Approach for Simplifying Complex Sentences
Pratibha Zunjare and Michael Hsiao Temperature and Interface Effects on Carrier Transport in Hydrogen-Terminated Diamond MOSFETs
Nuwayyir Alshammari Session Chair: Zhoujun Duan (James Madison University) | AB1-3100 | Research Shorts | Cybersecurity, Trust & Resilience Identifying Human Factors in Red Teams for Cyber Exercises
Stephanie Travis and Denis Gracanin Framework for Finding Attribution of Social Media Screenshots
Tarannum Zaki, Michael Nelson and Michele Weigle From Vulnerable to Resilient: Examining Parent and Teen Perceptions on How to Respond to Unwanted Cybergrooming Advances
Xinyi Zhang, Mamtaj Akter, Heajun An, Qi Zhang, Lifu Huang, Jin-Hee Cho, Pamela Wisniewski and Sang Won Lee Towards Large Language Model-Powered Automation of Detecting Metadata Related Bugs
Yeana Bond Session Chair: Nareman Hamdan (James Madison University) | AB1-3120 | Birds of a Feather | Thriving in Computing Across Career Stages: A Values-Based Framework for Retention, Resilience, and Leadership Adalena Oliver (Amtrak) Session Chair: Allyson Senger (Virginia Tech) | AB1-3110 | Posters | Human-Centered Computing, Education & Smart Systems DBWorkout: Enhancing SQL Education Through Gamification and Real-Time Collaboration
Deepika Devaraj, Tien Nguyen, Jaren Goldberg, Sehrish Basir Nizamani, Saad Nizamani, Sally Hamouda Experiences in Transition: Survey Development, Validation, and Analysis of Computer Science Transfer Student Pathways
Nawar Wali Beyond the Percentage: An LTI Proxy to Support Mastery-Based Grading in CS
Ilse van Duijl Roots for STEM: Promoting STEM Accessibility
Isabella Divietro, Giada Grant and Evan Sturgill Expert Systems as Accessible Pedagogical Infrastructure: Developing a Cross-Disciplinary General Education AI Literacy Course
Mackenzie Swain, Eric McGowan, Karen Anewalt and Jennifer Polack Drone On and Code Along: Inclusive Robotics for Non-Tech Majors
Warren Emmell, Evangelina Grimes and Abhishek Phadke Bridging the AI Education Gap: Understanding How Students Learn to Maintain AI Systems
Fatema Tuz Zohra and Brittany Johnson Praxly: An Online IDE for the Praxis CS Test Pseudocode
Ellona Macmillan, Chris Mayfield and Chris Johnson Exploring the Factors Contributing to the Gender Disparity in Computing Education
Sara Hailemariam Between Places and Pasts: Enhancing Cultural Heritage Experiences through Location-Based Systems
Yuanqi Zhen Virginia Transit Deserts: A Geo-Demographic Study of Public Transportation Access
Jayla Hall Session Chair: Jessica Zeitz (University of Mary Washington) | Hallway/Atrium |
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| 3:40PM — 3:50PM | Keynote Introduction Jessica Zeitz (University of Mary Washington) | Boeing Auditorium |
| 3:50PM — 4:35PM | Keynote Human-Centered Automation: A Journey through HCI, AI, and the Future of Robotics
Meg Dickey-Kurdziolek (Intrinsic) Meg is the UX lead for Intrinsic.ai, where she focuses on making it easier to create automation solutions with industrial robotics. She is a “Xoogler” and previously worked on Vertex AI and Explainable AI services for Google Cloud. Meg has had a varied career working for start-ups and large corporations alike, and she has published on topics such as information visualization, educational-technology design, voice user interface (VUI) design, explainable AI (XAI), and human-robot interaction (HRI). Meg is a proud alumnus of Virginia Tech, where she received her Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction. | Boeing Auditorium |
| 4:35PM — 5:05PM | Closing | Boeing Auditorium |
