DMAC and Project 4 Welcome Summer Research Students
Data Management and Analysis Core (DMAC) and Project 4 researchers and trainees are excited to be working with several Massachusetts community college and high school students this summer through Northeastern’s research experience programs.
The DMAC has brought on two students through Northeastern’s REU-PATHWAYS program, which provides community college students with a 10-week research experience in the College of Engineering. Computer engineering students Muskan Kumar and Mouad Tiahi are working under the leadership of DMAC Leader Dave Kaeli with mentorship from DMAC trainee Zlatan Feric on the ‘Data Analytics in Preterm Birth’ project. Muskan, a Mass Bay Community College student who is starting her second year of studies this fall, has been focusing on different learned language models (LLMs) and analyzing how they understand questions and interpret queries. Mouad, a Bunker Hill Community College student who is transferring to Northeastern this fall for his third year of studies, is also working with LLMs but with more of a focus on the processing side, which includes model speed and efficiency.
The DMAC has also welcomed Milford High School student Vedi Raval through Northeastern’s Young Scholars Program (YSP). This program offers rising high school seniors in Massachusetts the opportunity to conduct hands-on research in labs in the College of Engineering, Science, and Health Sciences. Vedi will also be working under the leadership Dave Kaeli on the ‘Data Analytics in Preterm Birth’ project.
Project 4 has brought on two students through YSP for this summer: Ahmed Othman and Soline Fisher. Ahmed is a Wakefield Memorial High School student with interests in chemistry and general sciences, and Soline is an Arlington High School student with interests in chemical engineering and material sciences. They are both working in the Project 4 labs on the ‘Portable and Self-Cleaning Advanced Electro-Oxidation Systems for Distributed and Point-of-Use Water Treatment’ project. They are working under the faculty leadership of Project 4 Leader and PROTECT Director Akram Alshawabkeh and Project 4 Research Scientist Fahad Ehsan with mentorship from Project 4 trainees Stephanie Sarrouf and Amanda Thomas.
Welcome, Muskan, Mouad, Vedi, Ahmed, and Soline!