Virginia Women in HPC (VA-WHPC): Student Lightning Talks
What
Join us in welcoming 11 undergraduate and graduate students from across Virginia to talk about their research. The talks will be lightning style format allowing 3 minutes for students to present and 1-2 questions from the audience. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to hear about a variety of research topics within HPC!
Time:
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
Lakshmi Miller - Graduate Student
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
“Maneuvering of underwater vehicle”
Rashmi Chawla - Graduate Student
Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech
“Multiphysics Modeling of UHTCs using Material Point Method”
Naina Pisharoti - Graduate Student
Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech
“High-fidelity Computational Analysis of UAV Propellers”
Liza Harold - Undergraduate Student
Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
“Investigating the role of Stereocomplexation in Peptide Assembly via Molecular Dynamics Simulations”
Clare Cocker - Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia
“Role of amino acid stereochemistry in the assembly of peptide hydrogels for tissue engineering”
Marion LoPresti - Undergraduate Student
Biochemistry, Virginia Tech
“Utilizing HPC to Explore the Dynamics of the Druggable Dengue Virus Protease”
Nhi Huynh - Graduate Student
Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University
“RSM: To Increasing the Capacity of the Deep GCN (Graph Convolution Neural) Image”
Sarah Patterson - Undergraduate Student
Developmental Biology, William & Mary
“Single Cell RNA Sequencing in Xenopus Laevis Embryology”
Cynthia Sias - Graduate Student
Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech
“Evaluating the Effect of Cover Crop Termination Management on Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Suppression in Soybean”
Afrina Tabassum - Graduate Student
Computer Science, Virginia Tech
“Multimodal Learning: Representation and Generation”
Mahshid Ahmadian - Graduate Student
Systems Modeling and Analysis, Virginia Commonwealth University
“Modeling Salmon shark’s location in the Pacific ocean using stochastic process approach”
Moderators:
Mark Gardner - Network Research Manager, Advanced Research Computing, Virginia Tech
Heather Baier - Ph.D. Student in Computational Geography, William & Mary
This virtual event is jointly hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University, Virginia Tech, William & Mary, University Marine Science, Old Dominion University, and the University of Virginia.
Please check our website: https://va-whpc.org
Attached you will find the event flyer (PDF) if you would like to share it with others.
P.S. Join us to congratulate the winner of the VA Women in High Performance Computing program logo competition.