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Evaluation Of Lidar, Rgb, And Thermal Sensors For Uav Detection, Dheeraj Kondragunta, Akshat Chitta, Sai Prannav Murali, Joseph P. Stanziano, Owais Ahmed, Daniel Byers

Symposium of Student Scholars

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operating without authorization pose a serious risk, especially in areas like airports, military installations, and other critical infrastructure. UAVs are difficult to detect due to their small size, speed, and low altitude flight capabilities. While LiDAR, RGB imaging, and thermal sensing technologies are widely used in surveillance and object detection, limited research has directly evaluated their effectiveness in detecting UAVs of varying size at different distances. This research aims to systematically evaluate LiDAR, RGB, and thermal sensors to determine which detection modality has the highest detection accuracy for intruder UAV identification. In this project, a controlled …

Ai For Mental Health: A Design Science Approach, Amaya Ballard, Ewaoluwa Jaiyesimi

Symposium of Student Scholars

AI-based mental health chatbots are increasingly being introduced to expand access to psychological support, especially where stigma, cost, scheduling constraints, or limited availability make traditional therapy services difficult to use. Many people are beginning to turn to these tools for immediate, low-threshold assistance when experiencing stress or emotional distress. However, we still know relatively little about the situations in which individuals feel comfortable relying on AI for support, or when they would prefer human help instead, creating uncertainty about how such systems should be designed and deployed responsibly. This study examines how users evaluate AI-based mental health support compared with …

Research Barriers And Mentorship Quality, Amelia Baker, Fernanda Herrera-Candanedo, Abeer A. Kayser, Coraima Perez

Symposium of Student Scholars

Undergraduate research is widely acknowledged as a high-impact educational practice, contributing to students’ academic success, professional readiness, and retention (Bhattacharyya et al., 2018). However, disparities persist in access, mentorship quality, and institutional support with many students’ reporting uncertainty about how to access opportunities (White et al., 2023). Prior research has found that stipends significantly influence participation, especially among underrepresented students (Edwards et al., 2024; Messier et al., 2013). Other studies underscore the critical role of mentor accessibility and supportive research environments (Behar-Horenstein et al., 2010; Byars-Winston et al., 2023). Little research has examined the impact of these identified barriers on …

Design With Purpose: Implementing Human-Centered Design Through Locks Focus Groups, Brianne Opoku-Agyemang, Ria Reddy

Symposium of Student Scholars

Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, with firearm access primarily occurring within the home (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2026). Secure firearm storage is key to preventing firearm-related injuries, yet 309 many parents lack access to education and resources that support safe storage practices. Evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) programs aim to address this issue by conducting ongoing visits and working directly with families. This study explores how parents prefer to interact with a web-based educational component of a program called Learning to Create Kid-Safe Spaces (LoCKS), a secure firearm …

Evaluating The Agreement Between Body Composition Measures With Changes In Hydration Status, Holt A. Schadler, Bret M. Schadler, Alexis Lewis

Symposium of Student Scholars

Purpose: Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) and InBody (IB) machines are commonly used in research to measure body composition. We sought to evaluate the agreement of these two devices with a change in hydration status. Methods: Twenty-Three (12 females) (mean ± SD; age, 22.6 ± 2.3yrs; height, 169.1 ± 9.2cm; weight, 80.4 ± 35.03 kg) participants were recruited for a hydration intervention study. Each participant collected their urine over a 24-hr period to assess osmolality (UOSMO) and volume (UVOL), as well as body composition assessments using DEXA and IB before (PRE) and after (POST) the intervention. Body composition variables included Fat …

Towards Bounding The Behaviour Of Neural Networks, Emmanuel Nwankwo

Symposium of Student Scholars

Modern neural networks are typically considered black-box systems: while they are able to achieve state-of-the-art performance in many domains, it is difficult to elicit the reasons behind their decisions. From this, a sub-field of artificial intelligence called eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) arose to fill this gap. One approach to XAI is based on the symbolic compilation of a neural network's behavior to a logical formula. However, such approaches are limited in scalability, due to the fundamental difficulty of the problem. This research instead proposes an incremental and anytime approach to explaining the behavior of a neural network, for image recognition. …

The Influence Of Relative Back Squat Strength On Countermovement Jump Performance In College-Aged Males, Holt A. Schadler, Bret M. Schadler, Jacob Grazer

Symposium of Student Scholars

Purpose: Countermovement Jump (CMJ) performance can provide insight into the force production capabilities relative to the individuals ability during a dynamic task. In conjunction with power output during a CMJ, few investigations have looked to identify the influence of relative strength on these types of tasks. This research aims to establish a link between the relative strength (RS) of an athlete and CMJ performance in jump height (JH) and force production values that were surveyed. Methods: Seventeen males (mean ± SD; age, 23.2 ± 3.8yrs; height, 1.78, ± 6.10m; weight, 84.8 ± 13.2kg) were recruited for this study. Each participant …

Closing Keynote: Publishing In 2026: How We Got Into Such Trouble And How We Get Out Of It, Virginia (Ginny) Barbour

FORCE 2026

It would be hard to find anyone who is currently involved in scholarly publishing who think it works well for them, or who think that the system is underpinned by the values they care about. And all of this is at a time when trust in what is published has never been more important.

We are at a time when what we do now will shape the future of scholarly publishing, and the choices we make will shape how open, trustworthy and reproducible that future system is. These choices provide both opportunities and challenges for everyone involved in the system …

How Systems Use The Research Organization Registry (Ror) For Research Integrity, Maria Gould, Adam Buttrick

FORCE 2026

As scholarly publishers strive to ensure the integrity of the scholarly record, verified author affiliations have become a key metric to assist with assessment of manuscript submissions. For instance, a recent article in Nature used author affiliations to identify problematic research practices at particular institutions, and a recent STM report on Trusted Identity in Academic Publishing points out that a verified author affiliation valuable as it links an individual to an organisation, providing a route for accountability where there would otherwise be none.

Knowing that there is a confirmed link between an author and a reputable research organization is a …

From National Pid Strategies To A Global Pid Standard: Defining What Counts As A Pid, John Chodacki

FORCE 2026

Over the last two years, national and regional PID strategies, including the US National PID Strategy, have helped communities to adopt and integrate persistent identifiers into research workflows. These strategies have highlighted a crucial next step: reaching a shared understanding of what actually constitutes a PID.

Building on the momentum of these strategies, NISO and RDA-US have launched a working group to develop a formal standard defining the characteristics of a persistent identifier system. This standard will help funders, institutions, infrastructure providers, and policymakers make consistent decisions about which identifiers to mandate, support, and integrate into workflows. This presentation will …

Edge Ai And Iot-Based Intelligent Smart Irrigation System For Sustainable Agriculture, Afra Alshamsi

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Traditional agriculture faces several challenges, including excessive water consumption, inefficient irrigation practices, and the increasing demand for sustainable food production. The rapid advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides opportunities to develop intelligent agricultural systems that improve resource management and support precision farming. This thesis presents an Edge AI and IoT-based smart irrigation system designed for real-time environmental monitoring, automated irrigation control, and intelligent irrigation prediction to support the optimal growth of arugula plants. The proposed system continuously monitors key cultivation parameters, including soil moisture, temperature, humidity, light intensity, pH, nutrient levels (NPK), and water …

Connected, Traceable And Trusted Identifier In China, Jia Liu, Xiaolei Xia, Lijuan Wang, Shu Wang, Yuanchun Zhou

FORCE 2026

Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) has been recognized as a critical infrastructure for the Open Science. The Chinese National Standard GB/T 32843-2016, Science and Technology Resource Identification was launched in 2016 which specifies the numbering schema of the Science and Technology Resource Identification(CSTR). The standard systematically defines the identification objects, encoding rules, and applications for science and technology resources, establishing a robust technical foundation and operational guidelines for their complete lifecycle management. CSTR Identification Platform（https://www.cstr.cn/en） based on the Standard, providing unique identification service for global science data, papers, patents and other science and technology resources.
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Stm Integrity Hub: Infrastructural Change Through New Collaborations, Joris Van Rossum

FORCE 2026

The STM Integrity Hub, launched at the end of 2021, offers powerful services and tools for publishers to help detect research integrity concerns in manuscripts submitted for publication, including indications that the manuscript may have been produced by a paper mill. With those services, publishers are better equipped to effectively respond to the worrying and increasing volume of materials submitted for publication that violate accepted academic norms of research integrity. Four years after its launch, the Hub screens 125,000 manuscripts per month from 40 publishers, powering effective workflows through integrations with 7 submissions systems.

The Hub demonstrates the power of …

Promoting Crisis-Ready Data Policies In Science Publishing: Implementing Unesco’S Open Science Guidance For Resilient Preservation, Response, And Recovery, Francis P. Crawley

FORCE 2026

Crises disrupt not only societies but also the continuity of scientific data and publications essential for evidence-based decision-making. Preserving the integrity, accessibility, and long-term usability of these resources during disruptions has become a global priority. In response, UNESCO, with the support of CODATA, has developed a suite of Open Science Toolkit instruments (Factsheet, Guidance, and Checklist) on ‘Developing Data Policies for Times of Crisis Facilitated by Open Science’. This presentation examines how these instruments can strengthen data preservation, response, and recovery within scholarly communication. By promoting crisis-ready data policies supported by AI-enabled systems in science publishing, the UNESCO approach connects …

Making Open Work: Research Data Management As A Foundation For Open Infrastructure And Intercultural Engagement, Qinqin Zhang, Lily Y. Ko

FORCE 2026

At The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Research Data Management (RDM) plays a vital role in advancing our commitment to research integrity, transparency, responsible research, and open science. Through services such as a Data Management Plan (DMP) tool, a FAIR-aligned institutional repository, and targeted training, we enable researchers to manage, share, and reuse data across disciplines and cultures.

CUHK Library’s RDM initiatives emphasize collaboration, inclusivity, and intercultural exchange. A key program is Data Champions, a peer-led network that empowers students and staff to advocate best practices in research data management. Data champions co-develop learning materials, lead workshops, and provide …

Building Trust From The Ground Up: Implementing A University Pid Action Plan For Research Integrity And Provenance, Jodi Neindorf, Kate Croker

FORCE 2026

Trust in research begins with transparency — knowing who did what, where, and when. Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) provide the infrastructure to support this transparency, making it possible to trace the provenance of research outputs, link contributors and institutions, and ensure that research is findable, accessible, and verifiable. In this presentation, we will share our university’s newly developed Persistent Identifier (PID) Action Plan — a strategic, institution-wide approach to implementing and integrating PIDs to enhance integrity, provenance, and trust across the research ecosystem. By aligning with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) National PID Strategy, our university ensures interoperability with national …

A Mixed Score Card: Findings And Recommendations From Australia’S National Pid Benchmarking Toolkit, Simon Porter, Ann Campbell, Natasha Simons, Lyle Winton, Matthias Liffers

FORCE 2026

In 2024, Australia launched its National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy to accelerate research quality efficiency, and impact through the universal use of connected PIDs. To measure progress against this strategy, the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) commissioned Digital Science to develop a comprehensive PID benchmarking framework and conduct Australia’s first national assessment of PID adoption. This presentation will share the key findings from the final report, the Australian National Per-sistent Identifier (PID) Benchmarking Toolkit (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29281667).

The report reveals a “mixed score card” for the nation’s research ecosystem. While Australia has achieved world-leading success in ORCID adoption for researchers …

Exploring The Therapeutic Potential Of Kinetin In Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Hamna Muzaffar

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Allergic contact dermatitis is T cell mediated inflammatory skin disorder commonly studied using contact hypersensitivity mouse model. It induces local inflammation and further evidence suggests that gut microbiome also contributes to disease progression. However, kinetin, a natural plant hormone modulates these immune processes. After TNCB successfully induces CHS, kinetin treatment resulted in significant reduction in serum IgE levels while its effect on ear swelling and histological changes were modest. Microbiome analysis revealed no major difference in alpha diversity instead beta diversity demonstrated increased microbial heterogeneity in TNCB-treated mice group. Conversely, Kinetin-treated groups exhibited a microbial profile similar to wild type …

Agenda (Pdf), School Of Dentistry

LSU School of Dentistry Research Day

Agenda for the LSUSD Research Day held June 5, 2026.

[Birds-Of-A-Feather] A Tri-Level Roadmap To Ai-Ready Universities: Strategy, Operations, Deployment, Sarah Forzetting, Rochelle Lundy, Ahmad Pratama, Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano, Antara Chakraborthy, Yasmine Wong

FORCE 2026

This panel discussion by three institutions will offer three approaches to conceptualizing and supporting AI use at the national, local, and individual levels.

Nanyang Technological University will frame the discussion by examining AI as a social good, highlighting how even advanced initiatives such as Singapore’s face equity gaps that risk leaving vulnerable populations behind. The panelist will further outline how information professionals and other key stakeholders can play a critical role in bridging these gaps in the pursuit of widespread public AI literacy. Stanford University Libraries will outline difficulties institutions have in operationalizing guidelines to help researchers bring a project …

Panel Discussion: The Role And Accessibility Of Open Scholarly Infrastructure In Asia, Rocio Gaudioso Pedraza, Ginny Hendricks, Xiaofeng Guo, Mochammad Tanzil Multazam, Maria Lamury

FORCE 2026

The panel will cover regional perspectives on accessibility of key scholarly infrastructure for research communication in Asia, and reflect on trends in open science across the region.

Rocio Gaudioso Pedraza, Crossref, will moderate, and discuss the research nexus vision for an open, reusable network of connections underpinning research communications. Nearly half of Crossref members are based in Asia. This community’s interest to embrace and participate in global open infrastructure is growing. Ginny will talk about working with local partners to make participation accessible. Guo Xiaofeng, Director of Sin-Chn SCIENTIFIC PRESS, drawing on experience in China and Singapore, will discuss challenges …

Panel Discussion: Recognizing Research Data In Tenure & Promotion: Turning Policy Principles Into Practice, John Chodacki, Kristi Holmes, Sean Mooney, Su Nee Goh

FORCE 2026

Despite growing attention to open science and data sharing, most institutional reporting processes as well as assessment guidelines (e.g. for tenure and promotion) still fail to recognize research data as a first-class scholarly output. This gap hinders progress in open data practices and efforts to make research outputs more open, reusable, and reproducible.

This session builds on the work of the Implementing Data Evaluation in Academia initiative, which has developed a maturity model for data evaluation at institutions, template policy language for data recognition, and case studies from early-adopter universities. The panel will bring perspectives from institutions at varying stages …

Developing An Assessment Framework To Support Critical Evaluation Of Ai-Powered Academic Search Engines, Huajin Wang

FORCE 2026

As AI-powered tools are emerging in all aspects of research, it’s challenging for researchers, students, and librarians alike to assess the benefit, usefulness, and risks associated with a new AI-powered tool or AI-enhanced features of an existing one. To address this challenge, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is developing a Tool Evaluation Framework to help users understand how AI-powered tools work, initially focused on AI-enhanced academic search engines. By evaluating criteria such as mechanisms for document retrieval, processes for content generation, and the quality of outputs, this framework guides users to carefully consider the strengths and weaknesses of a tool before …

Supporting Fair Practices In Scholarly Publishing With The Editorial Reference Handbook, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Allyson Lister, Rebecca Taylor-Grant, Matthew Cannon

FORCE 2026

Co-produced by academics and publishers (incl. CUP, Cell Press, EMBO Press, Taylor & Francis, GigaScience Press, OUP, PLOS, Springer Nature), the Editorial Reference Handbook (https://publishers.fairassist.org) assists scholarly publishers in supporting the sharing of digital research objects and in operationalising FAIR research practices by addressing gaps in editorial workflows, policy implementation and stakeholder alignment. The Handbook comprises three interrelated components—a checklist, detailed guidance documentation, and a flowchart—intended primarily for in-house editorial staff while also providing value to reviewers, authors, and service providers.

Beside this practical collaboratively developed product, the Handbook is also a socio-technical pilot to improve the culture …

Designing Provenance-Based System; The Chula Amata Digital Preservation System, Siriporn Khamyard

FORCE 2026

When the authenticity of digital objects is questioned, provenance serves as crucial evidence that archives use to attest to their authenticity. As an archive committed to long-term digital preservation goals, the Chula AMATA—Chulalongkorn University’s in-house developed digital preservation system, was designed and developed with the goals to capture all digital provenance information automatically as much as possible and record the contextual and administrative information as the additional provenance information that affects the capability and effectiveness of digital preservation actions. The system design was implemented the provenance principles at the workflow level across two main modules, two functions, and one separate …

Ten Years Of Tuwhera: A Commitment To Sustaining Open Access Publishing, Donna Coventry

FORCE 2026

Tucked away, far from the conference circuit, is a part of the world which doesn’t tend to make the headlines when it comes to open access initiatives. New Zealand and by extension, the South Pacific, is a region struggling with a history of colonisation and trying to make systematic change around decolonisation - open access to research about ‘our place in the world’ is vitally important. 

Ten years ago Auckland University of Technology’s library (Te Mātāpuna) made the decision to start hosting Diamond open access journals. Starting with two established journals, the service was named Tuwhera which can be translated …

Asian Open Research Data And Its Potential For Ai: Bridging The Digital Divide Through Strategic Data Sharing, Mark Hahnel, Simon Porter

FORCE 2026

The growing momentum for open research data in Asia intersects with global advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Open data policies and infrastructures are increasingly recognized as critical enablers of research equity, reproducibility, and innovation. This talk examines the current state of open academic data, highlights economic and scientific arguments for its adoption, and explores the transformative potential of Asian open data ecosystems in powering AI-driven discovery. Drawing on global examples such as the Protein Data Bank and emerging health datasets, the discussion positions Asian institutions to leverage open strategies that simultaneously meet compliance mandates, enhance visibility, and accelerate breakthroughs in …

From Notebooks To Knowledge: Curvenote And The Open Ecosystem For Continuous, Computational Science, Mike Morrison, Rowan Cockett

FORCE 2026

Scientific communication is evolving — yet most of today’s research is still trapped in static PDFs that fail to capture the computation, data, and interactivity that define modern science. Curvenote is an open-source Scientific Content Management System and publishing framework that bridges this gap by connecting authoring, computation, and open infrastructure across the research lifecycle.

Built with MyST Markdown (a Jupyter project) and integrated with Jupyter Book, Curvenote enables researchers to author, review, and publish modular scientific content directly from computational notebooks — preserving executable code, metadata, and rich visualizations. The result is a seamless, web-native workflow that transforms a …

Numerical Assessment On The Use Of Structured Coral Reefs To Mitigate Tsunamis, Rim Ahmed Alsheikh Ali

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

This thesis investigates the role of coral reefs as nature-based tsunami protection systems for coastlines in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study is significant because the UAE is located near the seismically active Makran Subduction Zone in the Arabian Sea, which may generate tsunami hazards. The research provides a quantitative assessment of how coral reef morphology, particularly reef width and depth, influences tsunami wave attenuation, flow velocity, flow depth, roughness, and bed shear stress.

The study used a multi-phase methodology combining literature review, laboratory experiments, and numerical modelling. Flume experiments were conducted at UAEU using high-fidelity 3D-printed Acropora coral …

The Effect Of Experiential And Material Purchases On Preference For Product-Country Image Labels, Goldman Sachs Group, Ganga Urumutta Hewage, Laura Boman

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.