I2S Student Research Symposium (ISRS)

The I2S Student Organization (ISO) is hosting their annual I2S Student Research Symposium (ISRS). ISRS is an opportunity for both undergraduate and graduate students to share their research and ideas with other students and faculty members. This year we will have both oral and poster presentations. Graduate and undergraduate students from all academic backgrounds are invited to submit abstracts of work they have recently published, are in the process of publishing, or are works-in-progress. As we did in 2025, the 2026 Symposium leaders invite other collegiate research groups from elsewhere in Kansas and Missouri, including the Kansas City metro area, to participate.

2026

I2S Student Research Symposium

September 24-25, 2026

Beren Petroleum Conference Center - Slawson Hall - G192

University of Kansas - Lawrence, Kansas

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There will be a limited number of in-person presentations held during the event, which will be judged for prizes by I2S faculty. If you are interested in being selected for a presentation, please submit your abstract here, or click the button below, for consideration (please limit to 200-500 words). We kindly request that the research be within the scope of I2S areas of study. A full list of those areas can be found below. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Additional event details, including registration information, will be posted on this page leading up to the event.

Organizer: Amin Mamandipoor

This will be held in-person at the Beren Petroleum Center in Slawson Hall (Slawson G192) on the Lawrence campus.

Thursday, Sept. 24: Symposium Workshops

TIME	TRACK	PRESENTER
8:30am	Breakfast & Registration
9:00am-11:30am	Computer Architecture and Systems: gem5 Simulator	Amin Mamamandipoor
11:30am-1:30pm	Lunch
2:00pm-3:30pm	Entrepreneurship in Kansas Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Science and Technology Researchers	Laurie Pieper

Friday, Sept. 25: Research Symposium

Time	Track	Presenter	Presentation Title
8:00am	Breakfast & Registration
8:45am	Opening Remarks
9:00am	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Pardaz Mohammad	Graph-Encoded Reinforcement Learning for Compact Acoustic Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease
9:20am	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Nyamtulla Shaik	Benchmarking the Benchmarks: Evaluating Automated Safety Benchmarks for Small Language Models
9:40am	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Fairuz Shadmani Shishir	A Deep Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving ECG Representations
10:00am	Break
10:30am	Computer Systems	Soma Pal	A Multi-Compiler Framework to Improve C Program Performance
10:50am	Computer Systems	Cole Strickler	Programmable Layouts via On-The-Fly Data Transformation
11:10am	Computer Systems	Amin Mamandipoor	Memory performance attack using Single Bank Hammering
11:30am	Break
11:50am	Poster Setup & Transition
12:00pm	Lunch & Poster Presentations	Poster presentations: Yadhunath T.; Md Mashfiq Rizvee; Anzo Sasuke (Ashish) Masoud Ghazikor; Shiraj Kiran Vaidya; Sai Rithvik Gundla; Heet Jani; Krishna Reddy Chitta; Kamila Yunis; Liangqin Ren; Nyamtulla Shaik; Daniel Neugent
1:30pm	HPS	Jeevana Pudota	Efficient Tuning of Processor Allocation Strategies Using Bayesian Optimization for Online Scheduling of Moldable Task Graphs
1:50pm	Network Communications	Sravan Reddy	Machine Learning and Measurement-Driven Solutions for Next-Generation Wireless Networks
2:10pm	Embedded Systems	Farzaneh Barat	Data-Driven and Model-Based Parameter Estimation for Nonlinear Lithium-Ion Battery Systems
2:30pm	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Chamisa Edmo	AI Evaluation Across Indigenous Language and Classroom Contexts
2:50pm	Break
3:10pm	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Aqila Hassan	Multimodal Detection of Public Speaking Anxiety: Integrating Video, Audio, and Text Cues
3:30pm	Computer Systems	S M Mojahidul Ahsan	An Accurate Circuit-Level Design and Optimization Framework for Analog In-Memory Compute Engines
3:50pm	Organizing Committee	Closing Session	Concluding Remarks & Student Presentation / Poster Awards