SUDS Showcase 2023

The SUDS Showcase features the outstanding research conducted by our SUDS Scholars.

Join us on August 10 to celebrate our summer undergraduate data science researchers and learn about the innovations of tomorrow.

Program
9:30 – 10:00 am	Registration SUDS Poster set ups Light breakfast available
10:00 – 10:10 am	Welcome Prof. Laura Rosella, Associate Director, Education & Training, Data Sciences Institute
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
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)
12:10 – 1:40 pm	Poster session, lunch and networking 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 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 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 Emiliya Stolyarova:Deciphering the chemo-genomic networks involved in telomere integrity and senescence Supervisor: Lea Harrington, Department of Biochemistry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT 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 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 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 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 Kunzhi Yu:Computer Vision to Capture Patient Flow Data in the Medical Imaging Department Supervisor: Andrew Brown, Unity Health Toronto Junlong Zhang:Machine Learning for Healthcare Supervisor: Rahul Krishnan, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT Mahe Chen:Role of Excitability in Neuronal Allocation of Fear Memories in the Amygdala Supervisor: Sheena Josselyn, The Hospital for Sick Children Catherine Guan:Beyond the Mean: Equitable Outcomes through Distributional Analysis Supervisor: Felix Cheung, Psychology, 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 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 Shuyu van Kerkwijk:Capturing stress-induced changes to developing C. elegans neuron structure with light microscopy Supervisor: Mei Zhen, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
1:40 – 1:50 pm	SUDS choice awards for presentation and poster
1:50 – 2:00 pm	Closing remarks

August 10, 2023
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In-person
Rooms 9014/9016 (9th floor), 700 University Avenue,
Toronto, ON

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SUDS Showcase 2023

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