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Time & Location

Day at a Glance

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Date: 24 July, 2026 (Friday)
Time:
9:00 AM to 3:30PM
Place:
K 150 UNT Discovery Park
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Morning Presentations by Student 
Afternoon Presentations by Student 
UNT AI-Summer Research Program Presentations

 

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Dr. Sharad Sharma
Associate Dean of Research
Sinha Endowed Professor, Data Science
sharad.sharma@unt.edu

Celebrate the achievements of our summer researchers as they present their innovative projects and discoveries. Engage with students, faculty, and professionals across a variety of disciplines. Showcasing innovation, discovery, and student research excellence. Flyer: -  (image, PDF)

Research Sessions

Session 1: Data Science & AI
Session 2: Neural Interfaces, BCI & Health Informatics
Session 3: AI - Enabled Systems
Session 4: Virtual Reality, AR, XR, Learning Simulations
Session 5: UNT AI-Summer Research Program

Prize & Awards (Students)

1st Place
2nd place
3rd Place

Agenda

Agenda - Day:24thJuly
Timeslot Agenda
9:00am-9:30am Introductions
9:30am - 9:40am Welcome: Dr. Sharad Sharma, Associate Dean of Research COI
9:40am -10:10am Keynote Talk: Dr. Vikas Sinha, Vice President of Engineering and Architecture at Broadcom
10:15am-11:15am

Session 1: Virtual Reality, AR, XR, Learning Simulations 

Session Chair: Dr. Sharad Sharma

11:15am-12:00am

Session 2: Neural Interfaces, BCI, & Health Informatics

Session Chair: Dr. Bishnu Sarkar

12:00am-1:00pm

Session 3: AI - Enabled Systems 

Session Chair: Dr. Pretom Ovi 

1:00pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-2:00pm

Session 4: Data Science, AI,  & Information Science

Session Chair: Dr. Sharad Sharma

2:00pm-3:30pm

Session 5: UNT AI-Summer Research Program

Session Chair: Dr. Mark Albert 

3:30pm-3:45pm

Closing Remarks

 

StudentPresentations on 24thJuly (Accepted) Still accepting presentations by 24th June
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1. Maimuna Patwary MindYoga-XR Hospital: An AI-Driven Virtual University Hospital for Adaptive Mental Health, Yoga Therapy, and Immersive Behavioral Research
2. Gowtham Vuppaladhadiam Dataset Discovery and Knowledge Graph Expansion from Scientific Literature
3. Abhignya Jagathpally LLM-Based Multimodal Data Integration for Clinical Risk Prediction
4. Ananya Agarwal

Integrated Immersive XR Research Platform for Behavioral, Cognitive, and Human-Centered Studies

5. Kanishk Sharma

Physio Twin: AI-Driven Personal Health Digital Twin

6. Israt Afroz Mobile AR-Enabled Real-Time Diet Monitoring for Chronic Disease Management
7. Tareni Moorty, Raj Seth, Rohan Seth (TAMS, High School Team) NeuroWheel - Real-Time Brain-Controlled Assistive Vehicle Using Consumer EEG, Motor Imagery and Multi-Paradigm BCI 
8. Arshiya Bajaj, Om Panemangalore, Soham Sharma, Bhav (Mentor: Pranav Moses)  Point Cloud-Based Immersive Annotation and Visualization System  (High School Team)
9. Ashrafe Alam Explainable Deep Survival Learning and VR-enhanced Visualization for Longitudinal Dementia Risk Prediction in Older Adults Using NHATS Data
10. Samiul Amin Rishat

Knowledge-Graph-Aware Federated Learning for Privacy-Preserving LLM Adaptation

11. Saiful Islam Badhon

Real-Time Workout Monitoring, Anomaly Detection, Emotion Detection, and time series analysis using Mobile Devices

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13. 15 + REU Students 

UNT AI-Summer Research Program Presentations