CyberAccelerate Speaker Series

Join the NSF CC* PA Science DMZ for a Research Collaboration Speaker Series every other week on Thursdays at 12pm ET. Each session will include a 10-15 minute presentation on a specific research area, followed by a 15-20 minute discussion on the research and opportunities for collaborative projects. 

Summer 2026 Session Recordings: 

• May 28, 2026 - Dr. Janyl Jumadinova, Allegheny College on "Underwater quality/impacts on health/autonomous robot research" View recording here.

• June 11, 2026 - Dr. Md Amiruzzaman, West Chester University on "AI for Accessible Communication: From ASL Recognition to Bidirectional Translation and Educational Technology" View recording here.

• June 25, 2026 - Dr. Aditya Syal, Harrisburg University on budget-based computing allocation for research and classroom needs via a single dashboard.  View recording here.

• July 9, 2026 - Dr. Matthew Rissler, Harrisburg University on "From Scan to Simulation: Expanding the Possibilities of Digital Twins"  View recording here.

• Aug. 13, 2026 - IUP Summer AI/Data Science Students 

Fall 2025 Session Recordings:

• Sept. 4, 2025 - Dr. Eric Ho, Associate Professor of Biology, Lafayette College, on "A Phage Family Image Recognition Model using the Convolutional Neural Network" View recording here.

• Sept. 18, 2025 - Dr. Sam Grieggs, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania on "Applied Computer Vision & AI @ IUP"  View recording here.

• Oct. 2, 2025 - Dr. Steven Nesbit, Los Alamos National Laboratory, on "All On Board: Fully On-Chip Neuromorphic Q-Learning with Embedded CartPole Simulation" View recording here.

• Oct. 30, 2025 - Dr. Daniela Fera, Associate Professor and Dept. Chair Biochemistry, Swarthmore College on "Connecting Microscopes to Computation:  How Shared Infrastructure Accelerates Structure Determination" View recording here.

• Nov. 13, 2025 - Ken Miller, KeystoneREN, on Globus View recording here.

• Dec. 8, 2025 - Dr. Vince Formica, Associate Professor and Dept. Chair of Biology, Swarthmore College, on “From Animals to Data to Inference: A Bumpy and Noisy Road" View recording here.

Summer 2025 Session Recordings:

• June 12, 2025 - Grace Modlin, master’s student of Dr. Soundararajan Ezekiel, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, on "AI and machine learning for classifying satellite imagery in Space Domain Awareness (SDA)" - View recording here.

• June 26, 2025 - Vinoth Nageshwaran, Senior Data Engineering Leader, on "An LLM-powered chatbot aimed at supporting students and educators in databases and information systems in higher education" - View recording here.

• July 10, 2025 - Dr. Heidi Hendrickson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Lafayette College, on "Characterizing Chromophore Absorption in Turtle Melanopsin using Computational Chemistry" - View recording here.

• July 24, 2025 - Wayne Figurelle, Assistant Director of Innovation and Outreach at Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, on "Research at Penn State and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences" - View recording here.

• August 7, 2025 - Dr. Joseph Cuiffi, Assistant Teaching Professor of Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology, Penn State, on "Smart Manufacturing" - View recording here.

• August 21, 2025- Dr. James Dearworth, Associate Professor of Biology, Lafayette College, on "CyberAcceleration of Microscopy Data to Identify Melanopsin in the Iris of the Turtle" - View recording here.