Lightning Talks — March 6th

LIGHTNING TALKS & NETWORKING

AI & ADVANCED COMPUTATIONALLY ENHANCED RESEARCH APPROACHES

 

MARCH 6. 2026. 11:15 am – 12:45 pm

ANCHOR ROOM, URI WELCOME CENTER

Contact: jpeckham@uri.edu

Hosts: 

  • The URI Office of Research Development 
  • The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Computational Research (IACR)

Intended Audience: Faculty and graduate researchers.

Hear from URI Researchers who have harnessed AI and Advanced Computation to enhance research in multiple disciplines. Included will be lightning talks from:

  • Alina Barnett – Assistant Professor – alina.barnett@uri.edu – Classifying ICU Seizures with the Betta Fish of Interpretability
  • Peter Liu – Assist. Prof, Mathematics -pengyu.liu@uri.edu – Artificial intelligence advances infectious disease research
  • Nic Fisk – Assist. Prof., CELS – j.nicholas.fisk@uri.edu – Who Knows? AI and the Voice of Science
  • Deborah Ferguson – Assistant Professor, Physics – deborah.ferguson@uri.edu – Using neural networks to efficiently explore the binary black hole parameter space
  • Yalda Shahriari – Assoc. Prof., ECBE, Biomedical Engineering and Director of the NeuralPC Lab – yalda_shahriari@uri.edu – Multi-view Convolutional Neural Network for Neuroimaging Data Fusion 
  • Cecile Cres – Computational Scientist, IACR – cecile_cres@uri.edu – Application of AI to metagenomics data analysis
  • Yana Hrytsenko – Postdoc, CELS – yana_hrytsenko@uri.edu – Genome analysis with AI: from evolution to precision medicine
  • Manshu Yang, Assoc. Prof, Psychology – myang@uri.eduy – Advanced Computational Techniques for Analyzing Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data

 

 

Talks will begin at 11:15 a.m., followed by networking and snacks.

The goal is to provide inspiration and support for those who are just beginning to think about using AI and/or advanced computational approaches in their research in any discipline. The talks will be 3 minutes each, with about 1-2 minutes of questions. 

Space is limited and there are only a few seats left. Please register by Thursday February 26 to reserve a seat and help us order snacks