Three computer science majors are among the 45 winners who received a Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) this year.
Provost Joseph Cooper (1991–1995) established the PURA program in 1993 with a generous endowment by the Hodson Trust to support and encourage Hopkins undergraduate students to engage in independent research and scholarly and creative projects. Each awardee receives a $3,000 grant to allow them to work on a project over the academic year with the assistance of a JHU mentor.
This year’s CS undergraduate recipients and their faculty mentors include:
Rongrong Liu, ’23
Majors: Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics
Project: Developing an Automated Algorithm to Solve the Pentagon and Hexagon Polynomial Equations in Topological Quantum Computing
PURA Mentor: Yi Li
Yuncong “Toby” Mao, ’24
Majors: Computer Science, Neuroscience
Project: Predicting Stroke Risk Among Atrial Fibrillation Patients Using Machine Learning Algorithms
PURA Mentors: Nikhil Paliwal and Natalia Trayanova
Narayani Wagle, ’22
Majors: Computer Science, Neuroscience
Project: Automated Detection of Nystagmus Using Deep Learning
PURA Mentor: Kemar Green