WVU AI Symposium

AI in Action: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities Across Domains

  • Erickson Alumni Center

About

The WVU AI Symposium 2025 brings together researchers and practitioners to highlight cutting-edge applications and critical discussions shaping the future of AI across diverse fields. The symposium will feature a wide range of topics, including healthcare, scientific discovery, and other emerging areas where AI is driving transformative change.

Registration is Free and open to all.

Students with clip boards taking notes at a poster presentation.
The F1Tenth robot is placed on the floor with a fellow researcher sitting nearby.
A research seated at a workstation with the SG Real project. There are two computer monitors with electronics wired together on the desk.
The F1Tenth robot is on a miniature track with marked traffic lanes and some obstacles. A research on a computer is in the foreground getting ready to run some code for the robot in the simulated environment..

Schedule

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Registration & Networking (with Breakfast)

Welcome attendees, distribute event materials; provide name tags, networking for attendees; setup posters

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Opening Remarks

University Leadership

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Welcome and keynote presentation

Keynote speech - William J. Walker, Executive Director, National Cyber Defense Center/Senior Advisor for National Security and Cyberspace Programs, Office of the President, West Virginia University

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Break

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Session 1: "AI for Health"
Session Details
“Dermatological Image Analysis with ChatGPT: Advancements in Performance Improvements and Challenges in Custom GPT Implementations”
Michael Hu, PhD
“Model Trustworthiness in Classification of Very High Resolution Histopathology Images”
Donald Adjeroh
“Advancing Neuromechanical Simulations of Limb Movement using Artificial Physics Engine (APE) for Embedded Physics”
Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD
“Design and Classify Innovative Anti-Cancer and Anti-Bacterial Peptides for Cancer and Infection Treatment using Artificial Intelligence”
Bingyun Li, PhD
“A Multi-Study Comparison of Readability Scores of AI-Generated and Organization”
Sabrina Duran
“Integrating AI as a Resource in Medical Student Pathology Analysis Exercises”
Holly G Ressetar, PhD
“AI in Healthcare: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Human Factor”
Avishek Choudhury
“Segmenting Maya Hieroglyphics and Building a New AI Detection Model”
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Lunch (provided) and Poster Session

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Session 2: "AI for Computational and Physical Sciences"
Session Details
“Accelerating Design of Organic Materials with Autonomous AI Agents”
Olexandr Isayev
“Physics-Informed Machine Learning with Embedded Karhunen-Loéve Gaussian Processes”
David Mebane
“Machine learning and high-throughput computational guided development of high temperature oxidation-resisting Ni-Co-Cr-Al-Fe based high-entropy alloys”
Shanshan Hu
“AI Agents and MCP Will Empower Weather Adaptation Use Cases”
James Estep
“Toward Adaptive, Self-Improving Sequential Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Manufacturing and Accelerated Material Discovery”
Imtiaz Ahmed
“Q&A Panel”
Aldo Romero
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Session 3: "AI for Smart and Secure Systems"
Session Details
“Using Generative AI in Secure Software Delivery”
Evan Bays
“The Intersection of Cybersecurity and AI”
Travis Rosiek
“AI as a Compass: Rapid Prototypes for Smarter Decisions”
Cameron Fortner
“Grey AI: AI Advancements in Ethical and Unethical Hacking”
Tom Devine
“Using Unsupervised Machine Learning to Support Broadband Equity and Deployment in Rural Appalachia”
Lauren Moore
“AI for answering fundamental questions about public policy across time and space”
Sam Workman
“Q&A Panel”
Anurag Srivastava
Cameron Fortner
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Coffee

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Session 4: "AI for Entrepreneurship"
Session Details
“syGlass: Experiencing Your Data in Virtual Reality”
Gianfranco Doretto
“Efficient AI at the Edge using AnalogML”
David Graham
“Dreaming Big: Navigating Entrepreneurship in the Age of Generative AI”
Juggy Jaganathan
“Empowering Customer Success Through AI-Powered Solutions”
Craig Molina
“AI and Ethics”
Amy Cyphert
“Democratizing Innovation: How AI Empowers the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs”
Mike Snodgrass
“Q&A Panel”
Brian Woerner
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Session 5: Breakout Discussions
Group 1: AI @ WVU: Ongoing activities, Resources, and Strategic Needs
Moderators
Evan Widders
Aldo Romero
Gianfranco Doretto
Group 2: Collaborative projects and Funding Opportunities
Moderators
Anurag Srivastava
Sergiy YakovenkoPhD
Mike Snodgrass
Group 3: AI community-what is next?
Moderators
Loren Rieth
Michael HuPhD
Prashnna K Gyawali
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Breakout Group Reports and Closing Remarks

5 Minutes each for Each breakout

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Venue

A three quarter view of the Erickson Alumni center during the summer months with a tent and empty chairs set up out front for an event.

Erickson Alumni Center

1 Alumni Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506

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Poster Abstract Submissions

Interested in sharing your AI focused research, submit an abstract to participate in the poster presentation sessions.