iSchool researchers featured in Undergraduate Research Symposium

The iSchool will be well represented at the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 27. The symposium, the signature event of Undergraduate Research Week, brings together students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines on the UIUC campus. During the event, visitors will learn about undergraduate research projects through oral and poster presentations, including creative performances and art exhibits. All are welcome to attend the symposium, which will be held in the Illini Union.

iSchool participants include:

  • Rushdan Jimoh, BSIS senior, will present the poster, "Enhancing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Capabilities for Historical Documents," from 9:00-10:15 a.m. in Illini Room A. Mentor: Teaching Assistant Professor Jill Naiman
  • Morgan Cosillo, BSIS senior, will present the poster, "Optical Character Recognition Post-Correction with Machine Learning," from 9:00-10:15 a.m. in Illini Room A. Mentor: Teaching Assistant Professor Jill Naiman
  • Luke Emano, BSIS senior, will present the poster, "Time is Value: Exploring the Barriers of Scalability for Timebanks," from 9:00-10:15 a.m. in the South Lounge. Mentor: Associate Professor Yang Wang
  • Chia Yang, BSIS freshman, will present the poster, "Examining the Viability of Tangible Self-Report Tools for Self-Regulated Learning Behaviors," from 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the South Lounge. Mentors: Professor Michael Twidale and PhD student Paul Hur
  • Zubair Yacub (Psychology) will present the poster, "Question Generation to Improve Learning Outcomes," from 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the South Lounge. Mentors: Assistant Professor Jessie Chin and PhD student Tre Tomaszewski
  • Yimei Jiang (Psychology) will present "The Effects of Embodiment Experience on Text Foraging" during the Science and Computation: Novel Systems oral panel from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in Room 215. Mentor: Assistant Professor Jessie Chin
  • Mia Paelmo (Statistics), Dhiraj Kuttichirayil (Statistics and Computer Science), Soph Beauban (Statistics), and Emily Crawford, BSIS senior, will present the poster, "Creating and Deploying a Scalable Platform to Publicly Showcase Professional Skills with MicroCredentials," from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in the South Lounge. Mentors: Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider (Computer Science) and Karle Flanagan (Statistics)
  • Ruozhen Yang (Computer Science) and Justin Xiao, BSIS senior, will present the poster, “DIP-Drought,” from 2:00-3:15 p.m. in Illini Room C. Mentors: Associate Professor Dong Wang and Ximing Cai (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  • Zhiheng Ye (Statistics) will present the poster, "Computable Bibliography: Using Data Analysis and Data Visualization to Characterize a Bibliography,” from 3:45-5:00 p.m. in Illini Room C. Mentor: Associate Professor Jodi Schneider
  • Shashank Kambhatla, BSIS senior, will present the poster, "Investigating Crossref as a Tool to Retrieve Funding Information for Research Works," from 3:45-5:00 p.m. in Illini Room C. Mentors: Associate Professor Jodi Schneider and PhD student Yuanxi Fu
  • Donlapun Wongkarnta, BSIS junior, will present the poster, "Privacy Concerns Among University Students Towards Learning Management System Data Collection," from 3:45-5:00 p.m. in Illini Room C. Mentor: Assistant Professor Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo
  • Ethan Jude Miranda (Molecular and Cellular Biology) will present the poster, "Social Media Sentiment on Esports Performance," from 3:45-5:00 p.m. in Illini Room C. Mentor: Assistant Professor Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo
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