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Provost AI in Teaching and Research Symposium

The Provost Undergraduate AI Fellowship, offered by the Office of the Provost in partnership with the South Carolina Honors College and Division of Information and Technology, focuses on incorporating AI into teaching and research projects. Selected Honors students spent the spring 2026 semester working with faculty to develop AI-related instructional enhancements for courses and AI-focused research.

Fall 2026 Symposium Schedule

Date and Time: Friday, September 11 from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Russell House University Union (RHUU)


Check-In & Welcome

Check-in begins at 8:45 a.m. and is followed by opening remarks from USC Dignitaries at 9:30 a.m.

Session One: Morning Presentations

Morning presentations take place in RHUU 303 and 305 from 10:10 – 11:10 a.m.

Developing an AI-Assisted Workflow for Creating Exercise Science Physics Problems
Miles Bailey, Electrical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Scott Crittenden

Time Management Coach: A Scheduling AI Chatbot for Students
Jessica Deery, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Dr. Brie Dunn

AI-Augmented Community Health Needs Assessment
Talia Luallen, Neuroscience
Faculty mentor: Dr. Nabil Natafgi

AI Usage Among College Students With ADHD
Koen Reiter, Public Health
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kate Flory

Water Supply and Bill Payment Typologies in Nairobi
Soraya Remaili, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. David Fuente

Sociology 598/732- Covert Social Networks AI Integration Project
James Bertolini,
Finance
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matthew Brashears

Molecular Evolution Research Project
Meghan MacFarland,
Biomedical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jeff Dudycha

Feed the Flock App: Streamlining Donations to Distribution
Summer Schwedes,
Business Economics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Scott Taylor

AI-Integrated Hotel Concept & Development Project (HTMT 260)
Harshil Shah,
International Business
Faculty mentor: Dr. Marketa Kubickova

ENGL 387: Introduction to Rhetoric (of/with AI)
Sydney Wilcox,
English
Faculty mentor: Dr. Gareth Rees-White

Session Two: Poster Presentations

All poster presentations take place in RHUU 322 from 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Exploring Popular Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Exercise and Dietary Mobile Applications
Gabriel Attar, Integrated Information Technology
Faculty mentor: Dr. Courtney Monroe

Comparing Facial Representations in Deep Neural Networks and the Human Brain
Ian Attmore, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Feilong Ma

The Healthy Eating Index GPT Diet Support Coach
Sarah Campbell, Public Health
Faculty mentor: Dr. Brie Turner-McGrievy

Same Question, Different Answers: Comparing AI-Assisted and Traditional Database Searching in a Nursing Education Literature Review
Jules Ivory, Nursing
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kathryn Frankel

Nursing Communication Case Studies with Interactive AI Chatbots
Ellison Skinner, Nursing
Faculty mentor: Dr. Sarah Slone

Predicting Student Persistence in Courses Through Online Forum Interaction Patterns Using Machine Learning Methods
Owen Coulam, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Hengtao Tang

Lab Material Optimization and Pre-Lab GPT Creation for ANTH 161
Bella Dowling, Data Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kelly Goldberg

AI-Assisted Biological Data Analysis Project
Gracie Driggers, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kristin Hall

Richer Representations of Student Knowledge in Automated Assessment Grading
William Hammer, Computer Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Yingxiao Qia

Chinese Language Corpus and Reading Material Assessment
Caroline Hoffman, Psychology
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jiang Liu

Redesigning HIST 300 for Responsible AI Integration
Sophie Lingle, Computer Information Systems
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jessica Elfenbein

Updated Legacy Teaching Tools
David Lothers, Electrical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. April Hiscox

MGSC 394: Data Analytics for Business Course Curriculum Redesign
Brett Markland, Accounting
Faculty mentor: Dr. Katrice Branner

HIST109 Teaching AI Fellowship Project
Rylee Merli, Finance
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matt Childs

Geo Bot: A Smart Document Assistant for Geology 101
Jacob Stoll, Computer Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kathrine Ryker

Generative Model Guided Structure Discovery and Property Prediction of BaCoSi04 System
Jacob Boutin, Aerospace Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Rongying Jin

Progress Toward AI-Assisted Roughness Prediction: Process Parameter Effects and Computer Vision Defect Classification in AA6061 Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Owen Brennan, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Lang Yuan

South Carolina Electricity Provider Explorer: An AI-Assisted Decision-Support Dashboard for Utility Planning and Large-Load Growth
Constantin Matros, Finance
Faculty mentor: Dr. Sarah Carroll

AI-Assisted Database Search and Image Restoration for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Cody Miller, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Anna Swartwood House

Agentic AI: The Capabilities and Limitation in Video Editing
Keira Prior, Biological Sciences
Faculty mentor: Dr. Lorne Hofseth

The Bridge Between Archives and Access: Modernizing Text Collections and Preserving Learning Amidst a New Era of Digital Humanities
Brea Stone, English
Faculty mentor: Dr. Matthew Simmons

Working with AI Summarization
Grady Vasilevskis, Music
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jabari Evans

Perception of musical style: A comparison of AI- and human-generated descriptions of music
Charlie Winston, History
Faculty mentor: Dr. Emily Schwitzgebel

Generative AI: The Newest Weapon of Non-State Extremists
Wilhelmina Cuono, Cyber Policy and Ethics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Mathieu Delflem

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Developing Critical AI Literacy Through Human–AI Dialogue
Lacy Latham, Journalism
Faculty mentor: Dr. Garrett Pierman

What Large Language Models Contribute to Rapid Qualitative Analysis
Keertan Patel, Public Health
Faculty mentor: Dr. Pieter Baker

Analyzing Review Sentiment for Robot Restaurants Across Country and Time
Tarun Ramkumar, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Chang Ma

Artificial Intelligence in Inclusive Postsecondary Education: Perspectives of IPSE Leaders
Isabel Rogers, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Anthony Plotner

Public Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Opinion Drafting: A Pilot Study
Xan Rogers, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Michael Stoeltzner

Can We Measure a Language Model’s Political Attitudes? A Validity Study
Josiah White, Computer Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Joseph Quinn

Session Three: Afternoon Presentations

Afternoon presentations take place in RHUU 305 from 1:15 – 2 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence in Financial Modeling: Where It Works, Where It Fails, and Why the Analyst Still Matters
Charles Faletti, Economics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Eric Powers

Implementation Outcomes and Documentation Performance of an AI-Enabled Ambient Listening Device in Athletic Training
Taylor Mitchell, BARSC-M.D. 
Faculty mentor: Dr. Zachary Winkelmann

What Is the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Data Research?
Alexandra Vance, Political Science
Faculty mentor: Dr. Lauren Workman

 


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