Graduate researchers shine at ISC’s 20th annual poster presentation
Posted by Kimber Crull
Left to right: ISC poster presentation chair, Dr. Sanjay Madria; Md Mominul Islam Rubel (second place); Sokrat Aldarmini (first place); Samuel Sisk (third place); vice provost and founding dean of the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development, Dr. James Sterling; and ISC director, Dr. Frank Liou.
The Intelligent Systems Center (ISC) hosted its 20th annual poster presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Havener Center atrium. Nineteen graduate students showcased research in areas such as intelligent manufacturing, computational intelligence, embedded systems, cybersecurity, advanced simulation and control, and smart living systems.
New this year, the event featured research teaming booths to promote interdisciplinary collaboration. Highlights included:
- Distributed Digital Factory (D2 Factory) Prototype – Connecting manufacturing equipment and systems across locations for real-time collaboration and optimization.
- DOE STTR Mini-Tensile Testing System – An automated material testing system developed under a Department of Energy project for cost-efficient and rapid characterization.
- Missouri Protoplex Initiative – A hub for industry-academia collaboration to advance manufacturing technologies and workforce development.
The winners of the poster presentations are:
- First place: Sokrat Aldarmini, Ph.D. student in computer engineering advised by Dr. Mohamed Nafea, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, presented “Shapley-value Based Feature Attribution for Explainability and Algorithmic Fairness: A Model-agnostic Benchmark.”
- Second place: Md Mominul Islam Rubel, Ph.D. student in engineering management advised by Dr. Gabriel Nicolosi, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, presented “Fourier Learning Machines: Nonharmonic Fourier-Based Neural Networks for Scientific Machine Learning.”
- Third place: Samuel Sisk, Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering advised by Dr. Xiaosong Du, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, presented “Physics-Guided Generative Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Scaling and Convexification for Rapid Engineering Design Optimization.”
Dr. Frank Liou, ISC director; Dr. Sanjay Madria, event chair; and Dr. James Sterling, vice provost and founding dean of the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development, presented the awards. Sterling also served as a guest speaker.
The annual ISC-funded event gives students an opportunity to share research and connect with faculty, peers, and industry partners.
Posted by Kimber Crull
