Institute of Computing and Cybersystems

A big congratulations to Dr. Susanta Ghosh for his newly awarded NSF CAREER project titled: "Bayesian Symmetry-Respecting Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Electronic Structures in Materials Design"! The project will carry into 2030, as Dr. Ghosh focuses on gaining fundamental insights into atomic configurations and corresponding electronic structures by developing a machine-learning model to predict electron density for a wide range of materials. Congrats Susanta!

From December 15-18, Dr. Abdolmajid Erfani (Mazi) attended the 2024 Winter Simulation Conference in Orlando, FL, supported by an ICC Travel Grant! The conference highlighted the impact of modern simulation models and Digital Twins, enhanced by AI/ML, the Internet of Things, and advancements in statistics and optimization, offering groundbreaking analytical insights for the design, planning, and operation of complex systems. Mazi chaired a session on Data-driven Approaches to Infrastructure Management. During this session, MTU PhD student, Tamim Adnan, presented his collaborative work with Dr. Erfani on data-driven approaches in infrastructure asset management.

On October 28-30, Xinyun Liu visited Herndon, VA for the 36th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI). The conference provided an incredible platform to explore cutting-edge advancements in Artificial Intelligence, fostering collaboration among academia, industry, and government. Liu said, “It was inspiring to see the diverse research and practical AI tools being developed to address real-world challenges.” Xinyun was supported through an ICC travel grant! Xinyun presented his publication on behalf of his co-authors, titled "AGFA-Net: Attention-Guided Feature-Aggregated Network for Coronary Artery Segmentation using Computed Tomography Angiography." Ronghua（Sam） Xu Michigan Tech College of Engineering

In light of the travels of the holiday season, here is a late congratulations to Dr. Keith Vertanen on attending the ICASSP 2024 conference in Seoul, South Korea with an ICC Travel Grant! Dr. Vertanen attended to present his work, titled "Leveraging Large Pretrained Models for Line-by-Line Spoken Program Recognition." Typing is difficult to impossible to those facing motor impairments. Accessibility features aim to capture voice input to achieve textual output. Addressing the challenges brought up by this approach, Dr. Vertanen and Dr. Sadia Nowrin optimized language models and wave2vec to increase accuracy in in the translation of spoken language and coded language.

Calling for Artists for the 2025 Art in Silico Computational Art Exhibition! This is your chance to present work that challenges, inspires, and redefines the narrative of art in the digital age. Whether you're crafting immersive experiences, programming fractals, or exploring how art can bridge the analog and digital world, we want to see how you connect the virtual to the visceral! We welcome artworks across a variety of mediums, including (but not limited to): Data visualizations Digital/mixed media art Interactive experiences AI Driven creations Music For submission details and additional information, contact: silico-art-l@mtu.edu . Submit at https://lnkd.in/g4DRMHrX This post features submissions in galleries from previous years, take a look! - https://lnkd.in/dEYQv35y Michigan Tech College of Computing

Reminder! Submit your logo by 11:59 PM on December 15 for our design competition! Winner to receive prize money! Please visit our website for submission requirements: https://lnkd.in/g4DRMHrX

Dr. Hongyu An (ECE) recently attended the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) and presented a poster with an ICC Travel Grant! His poster, titled "Embodied Neuromorphic Robot System for Replicating Associative Learning of Rodents in Open-Field Maze", presents the development of an embodied neuromorphic system that could serve as a viable alternative to animal models for investigating associative memory and learning at both the neural and behavioral levels. This work, in collaboration with Dr. Yan Zhang (BIO) and PhD student Tianze Liu, is part of the outcomes from his NSF CRII:RI project "Building a Self-Learning Robot System with Neuromorphic Computing". Congrats to Dr. An and his team! Michigan Tech College of Engineering

Mark your calendars! Art in Silico, our computational art exhibition & event series, is back for it's third iteration, and we could not be more excited! On this timeline, the submission window will open in December, with a deadline for submissions in late March. Stay tuned for further updates on our Art in Silico website, or by joining our informational mailing group! Website: https://lnkd.in/g4DRMHrX For informational emails about the event: https://lnkd.in/eekRKu8p (press "Ask to Join")

An MTU team of researchers were awarded the Best Paper Award in the Power Systems and Smart Grid Section at the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Conference (IECON)! All ICC members of the team are ECE faculty in the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) subcenter, including Flavio Costa , Chee-Wooi Ten, and Dan Fuhrmann! Other members of the team include Trever Hassell, P.E. (ECE), Wayne Weaver (MAE), Fernando Ponta (MAE), and graduate students Shipra Tiwari (ECE), Pedro A. de Alcântara (ECE), Rishin Patra (ECE), and Vitor Galdino Jordao (Mechatronics). The paper, titled "From Theory to Practice: Validating a High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Experimental Setup for Traveling Wave Analysis”, was recognized during the conference early this month in Chicago! Check out the ICC blog to learn more! - https://lnkd.in/eHZVm9VB

Want to put your graphic design skills to the test for the chance to win some prize money? We are hosting a logo competition for the Art in Silico event! Submissions are due by December 15 at midnight. Check out our website for more details! https://lnkd.in/g4DRMHrX