DSI-SRP
Behavioral Ecology Of Alaskan Brown Bears (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Dillon Davey to work in the laboratory of Professor Larisa DeSantis in the Department of Biological Sciences during the summer of 2021. Dillon is a senior majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Health, & Society, and minoring in Anthropology. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to qualify the dietary...
Network Propagation to Enhance the Identification of Genetic Modifiers of Rett Syndrome (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Chetan Immanneni to work in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey L. Neul in the Department of Pediatric Neurology during the summer of 2021. Chetan is a senior graduating in May 2022 with majors in Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, and Society and a minors in Data Science. Chetan’s project focused on developing methods...
Applied Graph Convolutional Networks for Identifying Individuals with ASD Experiencing Mental Health Crises (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Benjamin Van Sleen to work in the Network and Data Science (NDS) laboratory led by Assistant Professor Tyler Derr in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Benjamin is a junior with majors in Computer Engineering and Economics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand relationships between autism...
Exploring Online Sub-communities for Autism and Social Connections (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Chet Weissberg to work in the Network and Data Science (NDS) laboratory led by Assistant Professor Tyler Derr in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Chet is a junior with a majors in Mathematics and minors in Computer Science and Cinema and Media Arts. The project funded...
State of the Art Big Data Science for Unprecedented Searches for New Z’ Particles Motivated by the B Meson Anomaly and Dark Matter (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Elijah Sheridan to work in the laboratory of Professor Alfredo Gurrola in the Department of Physics & Astronomy during the summer of 2021. Elijah is a senior with majors in Physics and Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. The project funded by the fellowship sought to investigate the feasibility of...
Undoing the Chilean Reform (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Janet Stefanov to work with Professor Kathleen McKiernan in the Department of Economics during the summer of 2021. Janet is a senior with majors in Economics and Mathematics and minors in Russian and Data Science. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the macroeconomic and welfare implications of proposed social...
Addressing Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Andrew Gothard to work in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffery Blume in the Data Science Institute at Vanderbilt University during the summer of 2021. Andrew is a junior with majors in Mathematics and Computer Science. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to introduce Andrew to data science techniques and the...
Mutational Biases in Ascomycota (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qianhui Zheng to work in the laboratory of Antonis Rokas in Biological Sciences during the summer of 2021. Qianhui is a senior with majors in Computer Science and Biochemistry. Mutations are a major source of genetic variability and novelty, providing the fuel for natural selection. Mutations are random with respect to the...
Substance Uses and Prefrontal Cortex, Thalamus, and Cerebellar Volumes: An Integrative Investigation on Brain Shrinkage (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qiaochu (Francis) Jiang to work in the laboratory of Neil Woodward in the Department of Psychiatry during the summer of 2021. Qiaochu is a senior with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Asian Studies. Substance use disorder (SUD), or substance abuse, is characterized by excessive and continued use of...
Understand Rare Disease by Aggregating In-House Data with Public Data from Pubmed, Social Media, and Search Engine (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Zheyu (Richard) Zhu to work in the laboratory of Professor Yuankai Huo in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Zheyu is a senior with majors in Computer Science and Mathematics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the segmentation performance of four different feature extraction...