Publications

1. “PCB-Based Multimodal Heart Monitoring Prototype”, Andrew Boria and Xinghui Zhao, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
2. “Improving ECG Anomaly Detection Through Patient-Specific Thresholds”, Sarah Menezes, Mahjabeen Tamanna Abed, and Xinghui Zhao, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
3. “Reaching the Limit of GPU Memory Efficiency”, Dhruvpal Mehru, Kaveen Jayamanna, and Xuechen Zhang, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
4. “Predicting Breast Cancer Survival from Clinical, Molecular and MRI Data”, Hannah Chin, Xiangming Ji, and Xuechen Zhang, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
5. “LLM-Driven Hardware Design for Quantum Simulation Acceleration”, Krishna Patel, Sumera Anjum, Spencer Buchanan, Xuechen Zhang, Yunhe Feng, and Xiaokun Yang, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
6. “LLM-Assisted and Compiler-Based Generation of Hierarchical Hardware Accelerators”, Spencer Buchanan, Mario Vega, Doru Thom Popovici, John Shalf, and Xiaokun Yang, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
7. “Transfer Learning with Gaussian Process Surrogates for DLD Device Design Optimization”, Prisha Maggu, Sadia Anjum Mim, and Xiaolin Chen, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
8. “Transfer Learning for Bayesian-Optimized Microfluidic Device Design”, Vikram Varikooty, Sadia Anjum Mim, Xiaolin Chen, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
9. “Forcast-Aware Rolling-Horizon Optimization for Hybrid Wind-Storage Dispatch”, David Valenta and Chris Qin, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.
10. “Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Detection Using Peak Analysis and a Variational Autoencoder”, Arman Matevosyan and Scott Wallace, ENCS Undergraduate Research Showcase 2026.

2/1	REU program application is open
3/15	Application close; deadline for REU application
3/16-3/31	Application review and make REU offers
4/1-4/10	Finalize 10 REU participants, pre-REU survey, pre-training
6/8-8/14	10-week summer research program
	Pre-REU survey
5/28	Welcome Orientation from WSU Pullman https://wsu.zoom.us/j/93756728481?pwd=c28hQhynLMSQqviwsZiDPrgJ50AzXb.1
6/8-6/12	9:30-10am 6/8 : Welcome and RCR training at WSU Vancouver 10-12am 6/8: Deep learning theory 10-12pm 6/9: Deep learning theory 10-12pm 6/10: Practice examples of deep learning Team Meeting
6/9	Workshop #2: Introduction to Library Research; Emily Cukier; 11 am – 12 pm PT https://wsu.zoom.us/j/93943882648?pwd=E5ePbq0AKbuVbkTavjPV0dm2V1Dgmc.1
6/22	Research seminar Title: Hopscotch: Framing Your Research Study; Time: 9-10 am Speaker: Iván M. Jorrín Abellán, Kennesaw State University Team Meeting
6/23	Workshop #4: How to Write an Abstract; Jeremy Lessmann; 11 am – 12 pm https://wsu.zoom.us/j/97439700618?pwd=bSboKSUMcdDyPIHXbWg3WEx0ge6FWG.1
6/29	Research seminar Title: Quantum Computing Fundamentals: From Qubits to Quantum Speedups; Time: 9-10 am Pacific Time Speaker: Shuai Xu, Case Western Reserve University Team Meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/284871113166909?p=erGKHFB5BUQLUYBKAW
6/30	Workshop #5: CV/Resumes; Harrison Hughes; 11 am – 12 pm https://wsu.zoom.us/j/96762497591?pwd=9LLnCpkbVvaitiozDbss46s7KV5qkg.1
7/6	(1) Mid-REU group meetings (2) Research seminar Title: Revolutionizing Agriculture Using AI and Cyber Physical Systems; Time: 7-8 am Speaker: Xu Tao, Kennesaw State University Team Meeting
7/7	Workshop #6 How to Create a Poster; Jeremy Lessmann; 11 am – 12 pm https://wsu.zoom.us/j/91627474973?pwd=20baWUIusgxt6u9YIiv9UK9DeURYSt.1
7/13	Research seminar Title: FORTIFY – Foundations Of Resilient Trustworthy Information Systems; Time: 9-10 am Pacific Time Speaker: Vijay Anand, Kennesaw State University Team Meeting
7/21	Workshop #8 Graduate School; Raymon Herrera; 11 am – 12 pm https://wsu.zoom.us/j/93777682849?pwd=lR95qhq3xIKjO5tALochiFOXbb0bpM.1
8/3	Research seminar Title: AI System Software; Time: 9-10 am Pacific Time Speaker: Rubyet R. Rongon, Washington State University Team Meeting
8/7	Undergraduate research posters due
8/13	Undergraduate research showcase
12/14-12/17	REU Symposium 2026 co-located with BigData 2026, Phoenix AZ.