Contributors

Posters Efficient Implementations of Quantum Low-Density Parity Check Codes on Distributed Quantum Computing

Shahram Babaie

University at Buffalo

United States of America

Karla Badillo-Urquiola

University of Notre Dame

United States of America

Birds of a Feather Hispanics in Computing

Andrew Begel

Carnegie Mellon University

United States of America

Posters Computing Educator Perspectives on Supporting Autistic Student Mental Health wit Social Emotional Learning

Afsara Benazir

University of Virginia

United States of America

Posters Understanding Large Language Model inference on Cloud Datacenter GPUs: A Quantization perspective

Amanda Beyer- Purvis

Massachusetts Institution of Technology

United States of America

Panel Undergraduate Research Opportunities: LEAP Alliance Panel Discussion on REU Programs

Kamau Bobb

Panel Your Brain Trust: How Peer Mentorship Unlocks Harder Technical Problems

Presentation A Candid Conversation with Author and Researcher, Kamau Bobb

Jensen Bouzi

Tech Lead

Atlassian

DevColor

Jamika Burge

blackcomputeHER.org

Panel Proven Inclusivity: Undergrad and Grad Programs

Darren "Ren" Butler

Carnegie Mellon University

United States of America

Posters Computing Educator Perspectives on Supporting Autistic Student Mental Health wit Social Emotional Learning

Alex Cabral

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Birds of a Feather Impact-Focused Research in Computing: Publishing, Career Paths, and Community-Building Without Losing Your Values

Ashlyn Campbell

PhD Student

Birds of a Feather You Don’t Have to Do This Alone: Building Community for Graduate Applications

Davon Cannon

Director, Software Engineering

Mastercard

Workshop "Are YOU Future Ready? The Evolution of the Software Engineer"

Adriana Caraeni

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Artemis

United States of America

Posters Cognitive Offloading in Agile Teams; How AI Reshapes Risk Assessment and Planning Quality

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Kaila Dawkins

PhD Student

Birds of a Feather You Don’t Have to Do This Alone: Building Community for Graduate Applications

Erika Dawson Head

Executive Director

Manning CICS UMass Amherst

United States of America

Workshop Jail Breaking the Code: Navigating Spaces Not Built for You

Matthew Dearing

Argonne National Laboratory

University of Chicago

Presentation Agentic AI Office Hours

Workshop Agentic AI Tutorial

Tutorial Agentic AI Tutorial (Repeat Session)

Joseph Dinunzio

UC Davis

Workshop CMD-IT Industry Leadership Workshop Pt. 1

Workshop CMD-IT Industry Leadership Workshop Pt. 2

Gifty Duah

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

United States of America

Posters A Bayesian-Optimized Ensemble Deep Learning Framework for Automated Detection and Classification of Retinal Diseases using OCT Images

Theophilus Dwamena Frimpong

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

United States of America

Posters A Bayesian-Optimized Ensemble Deep Learning Framework for Automated Detection and Classification of Retinal Diseases using OCT Images

National Center for Artificial Intelligence of Chile (CENIA)

Omar Florez

Plenary Beyond Translation: Lessons from Building Latin America's First Foundation Model

Shanna-Shaye Forbes

L&T Technology Services

Presentation First-Gen in Tech: A Group Conversation About the Rules Nobody Teaches You

Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Steve Graham

Director of Diversity & Development

Birds of a Feather Bridging the Gap - Preparing Diverse Talent for the Corporate Tech Landscape

Tiffany Grimsley

University of California, Berkeley

Panel Undergraduate Research Opportunities: LEAP Alliance Panel Discussion on REU Programs

Kevin Grogg

Ernst & Young

Presentation Assistive Technologies in a Global Enterprise

Skylar Hernández Gregorio

Google

Presentation First-Gen in Tech: A Group Conversation About the Rules Nobody Teaches You

Josiah Hester

Panel Your Brain Trust: How Peer Mentorship Unlocks Harder Technical Problems

Birds of a Feather Impact-Focused Research in Computing: Publishing, Career Paths, and Community-Building Without Losing Your Values

William Hill

RenderATL

Panel Cultivating Tomorrow’s Innovators: The Transformative Power of Undergraduate Research

Kori Inkpen

Partner Research Manager

Microsoft Research

United States of America

David T. Jacho-Chavez (Moderator)

Panel Causal Inference and Network Science: Bridging the Delta Between Academic Methodology and Tech Industry Intelligence

Ben Khant

Bucknell University

United States of America

Posters Investigating Gender Bias In Touch Biometrics

Rajesh Kumar

Bucknell University

United States of America

Posters Investigating Gender Bias In Touch Biometrics

Workshop Beyond the Finish Line: Nightmares, Imposter Phenomenon, and Healing for Women Earning the PhD in STEM

Courtney Lamar

Clark Atlanta University

Michelle Lane

Carnegie Mellon University

United States of America

Panel Undergraduate Research Opportunities: LEAP Alliance Panel Discussion on REU Programs

Joshua Lee

Bucknell University

United States of America

Posters Investigating Gender Bias In Touch Biometrics

Rubén Lozano-Aguilera

Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

United States of America

Presentation Faster Science, Worse Scientists? What We're Learning from AI-Assisted Scientific Discovery in Practice

Grambling State University

Augustine Manu-Frimpong

United States of America

Posters Adaptive Trend Extraction in Financial Time Series Using ℓ₁ Trend Filtering

Brennon Marcano

The National GEM Consortium

Workshop “Show Me the Money”… and Then Give It to Me!

Jody Marshall

Director of Graduate Studies

University of North Carolina Charlotte

Birds of a Feather Black in Computing

Evette Maynard-Noel

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

United States of America

Presentation First-Gen in Tech: A Group Conversation About the Rules Nobody Teaches You

Alejandro Medina

Baylor University

United States of America

Posters Using Quality Diversity for Motif Discovery

Marlon Mejias

University of North Carolina Charlotte

Birds of a Feather Black in Computing

Kaleb Moody

Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Birds of a Feather Bridging the Gap - Preparing Diverse Talent for the Corporate Tech Landscape

Nicole Moreno Gonzalez

Grinnell College

United States of America

Posters Enhancing Accessibility of a Web-based Scheme IDE to Improve Inclusion in Computing

Jessica Morris

University of Central Florida

United States of America

Posters E.A.G.L.E. Autonomous Drone Vision: Edge-Aware Guidance for Lightweight Evaluation

Suma Movva

Microsoft

Workshop From Git Commit to PR: Making Your First Open Source Contribution

Dena Metili Mwangi

ThemeHealth

Panel Your Brain Trust: How Peer Mentorship Unlocks Harder Technical Problems

Posters A Bayesian-Optimized Ensemble Deep Learning Framework for Automated Detection and Classification of Retinal Diseases using OCT Images

Eric Nyarko

University of Ghana

Ghana

Posters A Multi-Dimensional Framework for Evaluating Data Degradation in LLM-Generated Health Information for Low-Resource Languages

Munachimso B. Oguine

Arizona State University

United States of America

Chibuzor Okocha

University of Florida

Panel Who Gets Recognized by Speech AI? Equity, Access, and the Future of Voice Computing

David Olaniran

Software Engineer

Meta Inc

Rem

Presentation From Academia to Industry: Lessons on Navigating Big Tech and Building a Startup

Francis Oledibe

Software Engineer

Netflix Inc

Rem

United States of America

Presentation From Academia to Industry: Lessons on Navigating Big Tech and Building a Startup

Patricia Ordóñez

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

United States of America

Birds of a Feather Hispanics in Computing

Timika Oridota

CMD-IT

Panel Proven Inclusivity: Undergrad and Grad Programs

Marcel Ortiz

Panel Causal Inference and Network Science: Bridging the Delta Between Academic Methodology and Tech Industry Intelligence

Amazon

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones

UNC Charlotte

United States of America

Birds of a Feather Hispanics in Computing

Brianna B. Posadas

Birds of a Feather Hispanics in Computing

Andre Kenneth "Chase" Randall

Graduate Student

Manning CICS UMass Amherst

United States of America

Workshop Jail Breaking the Code: Navigating Spaces Not Built for You

Yolanda Rankin

Associate Professor

Panel Undergraduate Research Opportunities: LEAP Alliance Panel Discussion on REU Programs

Birds of a Feather Black in Computing

LeeAnn Roberts

Cornell University

United States of America

Susan Rodger

CRA-WP

Panel Proven Inclusivity: Undergrad and Grad Programs

Posters Sky High, Greener Insider: Unearthing Performance and Sustainability Trade-Offs for Serverless and HPC Platforms

Amit Samanta

University of Utah

United States of America

Pedro H.C. Sant'Anna

Panel Causal Inference and Network Science: Bridging the Delta Between Academic Methodology and Tech Industry Intelligence

Microsoft

Cheryl Seals

Auburn University

United States of America

Workshop Beyond the Finish Line: Nightmares, Imposter Phenomenon, and Healing for Women Earning the PhD in STEM

Alex Shick

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Vierra Digital LLC

United States of America

Posters Cognitive Offloading in Agile Teams; How AI Reshapes Risk Assessment and Planning Quality

Reeda Shimaz Huda

Panel Cultivating Tomorrow’s Innovators: The Transformative Power of Undergraduate Research

Sijan Shrestha

Howard University

United States of America

Posters Query Reformulation and Dense-Lexical Retrieval Fusion for Multi-Turn Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Christopher Stewart

Ohio State University

Workshop Physical Intelligence at the Edge (PIE): An Introduction to Research Opportunities

Felesia Stukes

Associate Professor

Johnson C. Smith University

Birds of a Feather Black in Computing

Sarayu Sundar

NCWIT

Panel Proven Inclusivity: Undergrad and Grad Programs

Cheryl Swanier

Dean and Professor

Voorhees University

Workshop Beyond the Finish Line: Nightmares, Imposter Phenomenon, and Healing for Women Earning the PhD in STEM

Birds of a Feather Black in Computing

Domonique Taylor

Business Analytics Lead

PNC

Presentation Data Science Demystified: Data, Machine Learning and Problem Solving

Valerie Taylor

President and CEO

CMD-IT

Presentation A Candid Conversation with Author and Researcher, Kamau Bobb

Panel Proven Inclusivity: Undergrad and Grad Programs

Oscar Veliz

Northeastern University

United States of America

Birds of a Feather Hispanics in Computing

Oscar Veliz

CAHSI

Panel Proven Inclusivity: Undergrad and Grad Programs

Workshop Beyond the Finish Line: Nightmares, Imposter Phenomenon, and Healing for Women Earning the PhD in STEM

Gloria Washington

Associate Professor

Howard University

Birds of a Feather Black in Computing

Hakim Weatherspoon

Cornell University

Panel Undergraduate Research Opportunities: LEAP Alliance Panel Discussion on REU Programs

Brandon Williams

Manager, Software Engineering

Mastercard

Workshop "Are YOU Future Ready? The Evolution of the Software Engineer"

Dale Marie Wilson

Teaching Professor

University of North Carolina Charlotte

Birds of a Feather Black in Computing

Mikela Wright

Capital One

Tech Talk When AI Gets It Wrong: How to Engineer AI You Can ‘Trust’ (Capital One)

Panel Who Gets Recognized by Speech AI? Equity, Access, and the Future of Voice Computing

Kweku A. Yamoah

University of Florida

Panel Cultivating Tomorrow’s Innovators: The Transformative Power of Undergraduate Research

Humishka Zope

Recent Graduate

Stanford University