Machine learning and computer modeling are changing the face of medicine. The next breakthroughs will require scientists and innovators eager to tackle hard problems around human health.
Local Initiative For Excellence (L.I.F.E.) Foundation Fellowships provide four-year scholarships and research stipends for highly-motivated undergraduates at NKU who major in the computational sciences and minor in the life sciences. L.I.F.E. fellows get the chance to work on multiple research teams during their time at NKU. The fellowship serves to jumpstart the next generation of computationally-grounded biomedical researchers who will then further their education in graduate school.
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Neuroscience
Research Advisor:
Dr. Nicholas Caporusso
We are working on developing an eye-tracking software that can use a webcam to diagnose concussions through irregularities in eye movement. I have been working with another student member of Dr. Caporusso’s research group on cleaning and analyzing the data that is being collected from the eye-tracking software. Recently, we completed the code for flagging and removing blinks from the dataset so as not to corrupt the rest of the data. Next, we will work on measuring different metrics from the data, such as saccades. I have two publications so far related to the eye-tracking project. My most recent work was multidisciplinary and focused on assessing reader engagement with medieval texts by applying eye-tracking software.
Major: Data Science
Minor: Biological Sciences
Research Advisor:
Dr. Junxiu Zhou
I have worked on two main projects as a L.I.F.E. Fellow. My first project was the Movie Recommender System, dedicated to transforming movie-watching experience through application of innovative technologies. Employing advanced methodologies such as the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD), deep learning methodologies, natural language processing (NLP), and matrix factorization, this project tailors movie recommendations to individual preferences. My current project is studying AI job trends in the current world and includes collaboration with several other NKU professors as well as an external professor.
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Neuroscience
Research Advisor:
Dr. Nicholas Caporusso
I am continuing to work on a project to develop a web application that records eye tracking data to diagnose concussions. I attended an international conference in Summer 2024 to present results of this project. I also have been part of a more recent project that applies eye-tracking software to assess how readers interact with medieval texts.
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Neuroscience
Research Advisor:
Dr. Nicholas Caporusso
I am part of Dr. Nicholas Caporusso’s research group and am working on a human-computer interaction project focused on applying webcams and eye-tracking software to detect concussions.
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Neuroscience
Research Advisor:
Dr. Nicholas Caporusso
I’m working in Dr. Nicholas Caporusso’s Human-Computer Interaction lab on a project that uses webcams to detect concussions through eye-tracking software application.
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Neuroscience
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Neuroscience
