2024 SUDS Showcase Schedule
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9:30 – 10:00 am |
Registration SUDS Poster set ups Light breakfast available |
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10:00 – 10:10 am |
Welcome
Prof. Laura Rosella, Associate Director, Education & Training, Data Sciences Institute |
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10:10 –11:00 am |
Keynote: Deconstructing Risk in Predictive Risk Models Prof. Shion Guha, Faculty of Information and Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Director, Human-Centered Data Science Lab |
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11:00 am – 12:15 pm |
SUDS Scholars Presentations Hannah Permaul Flores: Burnout: Changing fire regimes and health outcomes in Indigenous Amazonia Supervisor: Shelby Riskin, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Abdulaziz AlTelmissani and Ning Bao: Refining and Evaluating the Usability of a Maternal Equity Dashboard Supervisor: Myrtede Alfred, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto David Carter: Mass extinctions and nocturnal behaviour: an analysis of the cryptic activity patterns of arthropods Supervisor: Maxwell Shafer, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Christopher Cao and Rachel Way: Automated Text Analysis of Fake and Biased News Supervisor: Spike W.S. Lee, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Elliot Sicheri: Using AI to decipher subclass switching in cancer Supervisor: Kieran Campbell, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Joseph Tang: Searching for Stellar Streams with 10 Million Stars in the Milky Way Supervisor: Li Ting, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Ola Alyazidi: Investigating the role of the X-chromosome in autoimmune diseases: A Bioinformatics Approach Leveraging Single-Cell Genomics Jesse Gillis, Department of Physiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Nevan Opp: Equitable Streets: Unveiling the Impact of Automatic Speed Enforcement on Road Safety Disparities in Guelph Supervisor: Brice Kuimi, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Daisy Thomas: Investigating the Effect of Kidney Transplants on Recipient Earnings in a Canadian Context Supervisor: Karim Ladha, Unity Health Toronto |
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12:15 – 1:40 pm |
Poster session, lunch and networking Yahya Abdullah Alhabboub: From CNA Profiles to Prognostic Predictions: Utilizing Hilbert Curve Images for Cancer Subtype Classification and Survival Analysis Learning the DNA characteristics of mutational processes in cancer Supervisor: Juri Reimand, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Faisal Melfy Alkulaib: Enhancing Named Entity Normalization in Biofactoid Using NLP Techniques Supervisor: Gary Bader, Terrence Donnely Centre for Cellular & Biomedical Research, University of Toronto Mohamed Khalid Aljudaibi: Enhancing the Detection of Harmful Covariate Shifts in Medical Imaging with LoRA Supervisor: Rahul Krishnan, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Ebtihal Hani Almashama and Gabriel You: AI for Examining Commercial Determinants of Health in Online Gaming and Gambling Supervisor: Zahra Shakeri, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Rakan Hadi Alsallum: The search for novel DNA viruses in Alzheimer’s disease brains Supervisor: Artem Babaian, Department of Molecular Genetics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Waleed Adel Alsarhani: Development of deep learning solutions for 4D image segmentation of spatial omics data Supervisor: Ahilya Sawh, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Hassan Alsayhah: GANLA: GPU-Accelerated Network Layout Algorithm Supervisor: Charlie Boone, Terrence Donnely Centre for Cellular & Biomedical Research Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Aisha Soliman Alsomiry, Paulette Peram: Multi-omics data analysis and visualization to investigate the molecular profile of breast cancer cells in an organ-on-a-chip model Supervisor: Hagar Labouta, Unity Health Toronto Fatemah Alsolaiman: Evaluation of Deep Learning-based Cell Segmentation in Spatial Transcriptomics Glioblastoma (GBM) Data Supervisor: Gary Bader, Terrence Donnely Centre for Cellular & Biomedical Research, University of Toronto Shouq Alsulami: The Impact of Co-occurring Chronic Pain and Anxiety/Depression in the United States from 2019 to 2021 Supervisor: Karim Ladha, Unity Health Toronto Suliman Alraqebah: GWAS of cystic fibrosis lung disease using a variable number of tandem repeats called from long-read sequencing Supervisor:Lisa Strug, The Hospital for Sick Children Siddharth Arya: Evaluating Distribution Shift Detection Methods in Healthcare: A Benchmark Study with GEMINI Data Supervisor: Rahul Krishnan, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Maxwell Bridgewater: Glitch classification on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Supervisor: Adam Hincks, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Muhammad Enrizky Brillian: Benchmarking Generalizability of Few Shots Action Recognition in Videos Supervisor: Jose Zariffa, University Health Network Varun Datta:Retention & Graduation by Design: Unveiling Predictive Paths to Student Success Supervisor: Susan McCahan, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto Lucy Hui: Multivariate Analysis Using Co-Expression Network Modeling Identifies Specific Inflammation and Neurological Disease-Related Genetic Modules in Major Depressive Disorder Supervisor: Jean Chen, Baycrest Robin Huo: Probing the influence of training objective on the linguistic information encoded by self-supervised neural models of speech Supervisor:Ewan Dunbar, Department of French, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Jahin Kabir: Characterizing Cytotoxic Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Using Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis for the Development of Cancer Immunotherapy Supervisors: Jastaran Singh and Thierry Mallevaey, Department of Immunology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Mishaal Kandapath: Deep Learning for Gap Junction Segmentation in C.elegans Supervisor: Mei Zhen, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Jessica Li: Population genomics of an insect outbreak Supervisor: John Stinchbombe, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Institute Yifan Liu: Enhancing Code Generation in Interactive Multi-Turn Systems Using Additional User Information Supervisor: Eldan Cohen, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto Tae-Kyeong Kim: Development of Data Preprocessing Pipeline of Sleep Analysis Supervisor: Camellia Zakaria, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto Tenzin Migmar: CT-YoloTAS: Real-time Medical Imaging Process Analytics Supervisor: Andrew Brown, Unity Health Toronto Melody Nguyen: Unlocking Minds: Decoding Neuroimaging Patterns in Children with ADHD through Supervised Machine Learning Supervisor: Tom Chau, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Bilin Nong: Data science and global health: investigating the relationship between disease and data science methodology Supervisor: Aya Mitani, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Shivesh Prakash: Development of deep learning model for accelerating chemical reaction discovery Supervisor: Hans-Arno Jacobson, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT Olena Savych: Vegetation Levels and Cancer Risk: Understanding the impact of living “green” Supervisor: Joanne Kotsopoulos, Women's College Hospital Faisal Shaik: Development of High-Precision Deep Learning Models for Image-Based Spatial Omics Analysis of Chromosome Structure Supervisor: Ahilya Sawh, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Luke Shen: Galactic Paleontology: Uncovering the Assembly History of Dwarf Galaxies using their Surviving Stars Joshua Speagle, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Zack Steine: Combining Theory and Data in Machine Learning Applications in Astronomy Supervisor:Joshua Speagle, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto Wael Sulais: CT-YoloTAS: Real-time Medical Imaging Process Analytics Supervisor: Andrew Brown, Unity Health Toronto Jiayi Sun: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cancer risk in Canada: a prospective cohort study using the Canadian Health Measures Survey Supervisor: Joanne Kotsopoulos, Women's College Hospital Zeke Weng: Molecular architecture of the pheromone-sensing neurons in the mouse nose Supervisor: Tatsuya Tsukahara, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Nicholas Wong: Task-Optimized Neural Network for Word Recognition in Background Noise Supervisor: Bjorn Herrmann, Baycrest Rogers Yang: A Novel Approach for Efficient Multi-class Anxiety Level Prediction Approximation for Long Assessments Supervisor: Kang Lee, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Keren Zhang: Using Machine Learning Methods to Identify Cancer Signatures Supervisor: Juri Reimand, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Jierui Zhu: LLM Knowledge Distillation for Bayesian Optimisation Supervisor: Florian Shkurti, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga |
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1:40 – 1:50 pm |
SUDS choice awards for presentation and poster |
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1:50 – 2:00 pm |
Closing remarks Laura Rosella, Associate Director, Education & Training, Data Sciences Institute |
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9:30 – 10:00 am |
Registration SUDS Poster set ups Light breakfast available |
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10:00 – 10:10 am |
Welcome Prof. Laura Rosella, Associate Director, Education & Training, Data Sciences Institute |
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10:10 –11:00 am |
Keynote Data Science and the Scientist: A Modeler’s Reflection on Hype, Hubris, and Humility Prof. Sharmistha Mishra, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto |
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11:00 am – 12:10 pm |
SUDS Scholars Presentations Yihan Wang: Uncovering the Ages of Stars with Probabilistic Machine Learning Supervisor: Joshua Speagle, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Q&A (2 min) Yu Zhang: Computational models of social factors in language Supervisor: Suzanne Stevenson, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Q&A (2 min) Lilian Tsz Ying Chan: A Climate Downscaling Workflow for Climate Impact Analysis and Its Application to Snow Hydrology Supervisor: Paul Kushner, Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Science, UofT Q&A (2 min) Ke Shi: Bridging the Gap: Exploring Cross-Course Engagement Metrics to Enhance Student Learning Experiences Supervisor: Alison Gibbs, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Q&A (2 min) Preet Mistry: DeepBDE, a graph neural network for fast and accurate prediction of chemical bond strengths Supervisor: Hans Arno Jacobsen, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT Q&A (2 min) Ziqi Shu: School Dropout Prediction Using Machine Learning: An Interactive Presentation of the Evolving Landscape Supervisor: Zahra Shakeri, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT Q&A (2 min) Kitty Chen: Public health decision support tools to prevent chronic disease Supervisor: Prof. Laura Rosella, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT Q&A (2 min) Sanchaai Mathiyarasan: Analyzing and improving the performance of a network community detection algorithm using mathematical optimization Supervisor: Samin Aref, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT Q&A (2 min) Congrong He:Bridging complementary behavioral tracking platforms to facilitate automated analysis of C. elegans locomotory phenome Supervisor: Mei Zhen, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Q&A (2 min) Akil Huang: Automated text analysis of liberal and conservative news Supervisor: Spike Lee, Department. of Psychology, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Faculty of Arts and Science, U of T Q&A (2 min) Xiaofeng Liu: Discrimination in Housing Markets: Evidence from Historical Racial Covenants Supervisor:Aradhya Sood, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough, UofT Q&A (2 min) |
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12:10 – 1:40 pm |
Poster session, lunch and networking Mahe Chen:Role of Excitability in Neuronal Allocation of Fear Memories in the Amygdala Supervisor: Sheena Josselyn, The Hospital for Sick Children Andrew Chung: Algorithms and Statistical Tests for Real-World Adaptive Experiments to Enhance and Personalize Technology Interventions for Education, Mental/Physical Health, & Behaviour Change Supervisor: Joseph Jay Williams, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Cheick Doumbia: From chemical bonds to reactions: Accelerating computational discovery with deep learning Supervisor: Viki Kumar Prasad, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, UofT, and Hans-Arno Jacobson, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT Jan-Philip Jasper Gerigk: Utilizing pre-trained vision models for object-centric reinforcement learning Supervisor: Igor Gilitschenski, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, UofT Catherine Guan:Beyond the Mean: Equitable Outcomes through Distributional Analysis Supervisor: Felix Cheung, Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Jackson Howe: Integrative Supervised Machine Learning Model for Cancer Risk Stratification Supervisor: Sushant Kumar, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network Shanxun Hu:Development of data science tools to query administrative database Supervisor: Laura Rosella, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT Lu Huang:Bayesian Analysis of the Genetic Covariance Between Mating Success and Fitness in Drosophila serrata Supervisor: Jacqueline Sztepanacz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, UofT Adele Lauzon:Developing and Evaluating an Interactive Application for Teaching Multiverse Analysis Supervisor: Nathan Taback, Department. of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Yiwen Li:Surrogate-assisted positive unlabeled learning Supervisor: Jesse Gronsbell, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T Kevin Sun: Development of WISEST: A Machine Learning Approach for Comparing and Selecting Systematic Reviews Supervisor: Andrea Tricco, Unity Health Toronto George Xuanyi Li:Unleashing the power of student data analytics Supervisor: Greg Evans, Institute for Studies in Trans-Disciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT Connor MacKeigan:Map the "Rivers" on the Sky using Astronomical Datasets Supervisor: Ting Li, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Ruoqing Mo:Mathematical Optimization for Interpretable Machine Learning Supervisor: Eldan Cohen, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, UofT Yuanhan Peng:Modelling Missing Data in a New Dataset on Universities Worldwide Supervisor: Elizabeth Buckner, Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, UofT Athulram Rajagopal:Computational cancer biology opportunity in Salmena lab Supervisor: Leonardo Salmena, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT Bilin Nong:A Comparison of Missing Data Methods for Clinical Trials Supervisor: Kuan Liu, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T Nick Taylor:Quantum Machine Learning for Regression Tasks in Computational Chemistry Supervisor: Hans-Arno Jacobson, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT Peter Shi:Mapping the chemical structure of the Milky Way with neural nets and SDSS-V Supervisor: Jo Bovy, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Emiliya Stolyarova:Deciphering the chemo-genomic networks involved in telomere integrity and senescence Supervisor: Lea Harrington, Department of Biochemistry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT Anton Sugolov:Development of a hybrid quantum-classical variational algorithm for circuit architecture optimization Supervisor: Hans-Arno Jacobson, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT Xiaoning Wang:Using Natural Language Processing to Understand Naturalistic Speech Perception Supervisor: Bjorn Herrmann, Baycrest Aerin Wang:Evaluating the Potential of Alphafold2Complex to Predict CFTR Protein-Protein Interactions Supervisor: Amy Wong, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Labs, SKH Kunzhi Yu:Computer Vision to Capture Patient Flow Data in the Medical Imaging Department Supervisor: Andrew Brown, Unity Health Toronto Emily Zhang:Abnormal brain cell activity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease Supervisor: Kaori Takehara, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T Junlong Zhang:Machine Learning for Healthcare Supervisor: Rahul Krishnan, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Amanda Illeperuma:Measures of Burnout in Skilled Trades of Ontario: Understanding Engagement and Retention of Employees Supervisor: Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT Bryant Bak-Yin:Applications of Large Language Models for Summarizing Clinical Trials Supervisor: Michael Fralick, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System Shuyu van Kerkwijk:Capturing stress-induced changes to developing C. elegans neuron structure with light microscopy Supervisor: Mei Zhen, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute |
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1:40 – 1:50 pm |
SUDS choice awards for presentation and poster |
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1:50 – 2:00 pm |
Closing remarks |