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2024

  • 11-5-24: Dr. Valles’s “Data Augmentation for Classifying Multiple Sclerosis Severity through Inertial Measurement Unit-Based Gait Analysis” collaborative paper has been accepted to the Seventh Workshop in Artificial Intelligence Techniques for BioMedicine and HealthCare (AIBH) at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (IEEE BIBM 2024) and will be presented in December in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 10-19-24: Dr. Valles was awarded Best Presenter for the paper titled “Fully Auto-Regressive Multi-Model Large Language Model for Contextual Emotion Recognition” in the Big Data, Data Management and AI session track at IEEE UEMCON 2024
  • 10-7-24: Dr. Valles is on the “Smart Cities in the Era of 5G and Beyond – An Example” panel at the 2024 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF) in Dubai, UAE.
  • 9-23-24: Dr. Valles’s collaborative paper “Development of an Augmented Reality Handwashing Tool for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF) and will be presented in October in Dubai, UAE.
  • 9-19-24: Dr. Valles’s collaborative paper “Virtual Reality on Assessing the Motor Skills of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) and will be presented in October at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York.
  • 9-17-24: Hiroshi‘s “Fully Auto-Regressive Multi-Modal Large Language Model for Contextual Emotion Recognition” paper has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) and will be presented in October at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York.
  • 9-12-24: Olivia Laurel has joined the group to work on the USDA-sponsored project AnimalCareBot at Texas State University
  • 9-3-24: Shafiqul‘s “Deepfake Detection Using Transfer Learning” paper has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) and will be presented in October at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York.
  • 9-3-24: Dr. Valles’s “Enhancing Early Diagnosis of Autism With Machine Learning Algorithms Using Postural Control Features” collaborative paper has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE 15th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) and will be presented in October at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York.
  • 8-29-24: Dr. Valles will talk in the TXST College of Health Professions Training Program – Keys to Proposal Resubmission at Round Rock.
  • 8-12-24: Dr. Valles has been invited to the Smart Mobility Panel at the Digital360 Summit in Austin, TX
  • 6-22-24: The Firefly Robotics team was awarded $20,000 by TXST CIE – New Ventures!
  • 5-31-24: Dr. Valles was awarded Best Presenter for a collaborative paper titled “Dataset Enlargement with Generative Adversarial Neural Networks” in the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning session track at the 2024 IEEE AIIoT
  • 5-31-24: Dr. Valles was awarded Best Presenter for a collaborative paper titled “Design of Autonomous Rover for Firefighter Rescue: Integrating Deep Learning With ROS2” in the Neural Networks; Robotics and Machine Vision session track at the 2024 IEEE AIIoT
  • 5-16-24: Zaheen Afroz Simin will join the group for her thesis and GRA work in the Sertainity-CIEDAR project starting this summer!
  • 5-12-24: Fatima Hassan joined the group to work for the summer on the initial stages of the thermo-resistant materials for the rover and drones in collaboration with the Advanced Composites Lab
  • 5-4-24: The HiPE group is now on LinkedIn!
  • 5-4-24: Dr. Valles gave a talk in the Industry 4.0 – Strategies for Success! Seminar at CETYS University System in collaboration with American College of Thessaloniki on Financial Frontiers: The Economic Impact of AI-Enhanced Emergency Response Systems.
  • 4-30-24: The Senior Design team (Firebot) won the Best Project Industry Choice at the Ingram School Senior Design Day.
  • 4-22-24: Gavin‘s paper, “Dataset Enlargement With Generative Adversarial Neural Networks,” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT).
  • 4-21-24: Dr. Valles’s collaboration paper, “Traffic Safety Through Machine Learning: A Study of Crash Severity Factors,” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT).
  • 4-21-24: Saad‘s and Erich‘s collaboration paper, “Design of Autonomous Rover for Firefighter Rescue: Integrating Deep Learning With ROS2,” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT).
  • 4-20-24: Dr. Valles’s collaboration paper, “Enhancing Pedestrian Safety: Predicting Movements With Deep Learning Models,” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT).
  • 4-19-24: Dr. Valles’s collaboration paper, “Ultrasonic Frequency Anomaly Localization With Machine and Deep Learning,” has been accepted to the 2024 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT).
  • 4-8-24: Dr. Valles is awarded the industry project contract from Sertainty-CIEDAR, “Sertainty UXP Technology Implementation in the Context of IoT and LoRaWAN Gateway Constructs.”
  • 3-29-24: Dhadkan’s paper, “Evolving Autonomous Navigation: A NEAT Approach for Firefighting Rover Operations in Dynamic Environments,” has been accepted to the 24th Annual IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT2024).
  • 3-27-24: Dr. Valles’ talk “Financial Frontiers: The Economic Impact of AI-Enhanced Emergency Response Systems” was accepted to the 1st Artificial Intelligence in Finance Conference (AIIFC).
  • 3-21-24: Bryce L. Raybon joined the group to work for the rest of the semester on the initial stages of the thermo-resistant materials for the rover and drones in collaboration with the Advanced Composites Lab
  • 3-20-24: Dylan Hall’s, Gavin Jackson’s, and Alyssa Lopez’s research posters were accepted to the TXST STEM Conference 2024
  • 3-11-24: Dr. Valles’s collaboration paper, “Impact of Virtual Reality on Motor Skill Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder,” has been accepted to the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
  • 3-1-24: Dr. Valles’s collaboration research poster, “Enhancing Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder with Machine Learning Algorithms Using Postural Control Features,” has been accepted to the DCD15-IMDRC6.
  • 2-22-24: The Smart Firefighting Team is heading to SXSW2024 to present during the TXST Innovation Lab event.
  • 2-16-24: Dr. Valles’s poster, “Autonomous Innovation: Revolutionizing Urban Firefighting with Data and Artificial Intelligence,” has been accepted for presentation at the 2024 Health Scholar Showcase at Texas State University.
  • 1-23-24: Jamal Close joined the group to work on our USDA mobile robot for animal tracking research.
  • 1-18-24: Rose Ochoa joined the group to work on our USDA mobile robot for animal tracking research.
  • 1-18-24: Kevin C. Guerra joined the group to work on our USDA mobile robot for animal tracking research.
  • 1-10-24: Dr. Valles was awarded Best Presenter for a collaborative paper titled “Development of an Augmented Reality Handwashing Tool for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder” in the Big Data, Data Management and Analytics; AI session track at the 2024 IEEE CCWC
  • 1-9-24: Shafiqul Alam Khan has moved to a GRA position under THRC to work on his thesis and research work in Reinforcement Learning for Drone Navigation.