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Mandar Dhamale

Graduate Researchers

About

Mandar Dhamale is a Master鈥檚 student in Computer Science at the University of South Florida. His interests span artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models, and data-driven systems, with a focus on applying computational methods to solve real-world healthcare problems. He also brings industry experience as a Software Engineer, combining research with practical experience in building scalable software systems.

Olga Druzhkova

Olga Druzhkova 

Undergraduate Researcher

Hong Gao

Hong Gao

Undergraduate Researcher

About

Hong Gao is a Computer Science student at the 最新天美传媒 whose research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analysis for studying cognitive decline.

Quynh Giang Ho

Quynh Giang Ho

Undergraduate Researcher

About

Computer Science student interested in research and pursuing graduate studies.

Fares Ibrahim

Fares Ibrahim

Graduate Student Researcher in NLP

Trung

Trung Lam

Undergraduate Researcher

About

Computer Science student interested in Large Language Models and Agentic AI research.

Temirzhan

Temirzhan Mukhambet

Undergraduate Researcher

Khai

Khai Dong Nguyen 

Undergraduate Researchers

About

Khai Dong Nguyen is a Computer Science student at the 最新天美传媒 specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning. His work focuses on developing multimodal AI systems, autonomous agents, and scalable backend architectures.

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Rice Pham

Undergraduate Researchers

Aibek Shadybekov

Aibek Shadybekov

Graduate Robotics Researcher

Nandhu

Nandhu Shankar

About

My name is Nandhu Shankar and I am getting my Masters in Computer Engineering. My research interests include hardware and embedded system design.

Chi Vo

Chi Vo

Undergraduate Researcher

Jiayi Wang

Jiayi Wang

Grad Research Assistant

About

A PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at the 最新天美传媒, with a focus on leveraging artificial intelligence for music intervention and emotion assessment. Her research involves developing innovative models to enhance therapeutic practices, particularly for Alzheimer's and related dementias, through emotion recognition and adaptive music interventions.