On November 12th from 1–2 pm EST, VA-WHPC hosted 9 students as they gave 3-minute lightning talks on their research to members of the HPC community from across Virginia. A prize was awarded to the top presentation, as voted by attendees. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Dell Technologies for this event.

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Speakers:

Tejasri Anuboina, George Mason University

Identification of Anomalous Agents in Human Trajectory

Volunteer Mentor: Karsten Siller, University of Virginia

Daniel Berhane Araya, George Mason University

FinVet: A Collaborative Framework of RAG and External Fact-Checking Agents for Financial Misinformation Detection

Volunteer Mentor: John Gillespe, Virginia Tech AOE / NASA GRC 

Parastoo Bybordi, Virginia Commonwealth University

Genotype Classification Using High-Resolution Melt Curves and Machine Learning Approaches

Volunteer Mentor: Anuridhi Gupta, George Mason University

Emily Euler, James Madison University

Modeling Isomeric Butanol Reactivity on TiO2/Au(111) Inverse Model Catalysts

Volunteer Mentor: Supraja Naraharisetty, George Mason University

Ying Fei Lin, Virginia Tech

Root Estimation in Phylogenetic Trees Using Deep Learning

Volunteer Mentor: Kirti Patel, Virginia Tech

Kapi Ketan Mehta, Virginia Tech

Intelligence Embodied with Safe Autonomy

Volunteer Mentor: Eric Walter, William & Mary

Chandra Sarkar, Virginia Tech

Discovering Bacterial Lineages from Bird Lice 

Volunteer Mentor: Lishan Yang, George Mason University

Xiaorong Shan, George Mason University

A Breath Can Tell: Detecting Breast Cancer through Airborne Biomarkers 

Volunteer Mentor: Hadeel Albahar, Virginia Tech 

Adriana Valentina Farias, George Mason University

Leveraging Connected Vehicle Data in Richmond, VA to Improve Travel Demand Modeling 

Volunteer Mentor: Xinxin Mei, Jefferson Lab