Image: This spring, UGA and the School of Computing hosted its annual Research Day – showcasing the innovation and research endeavors of UGA’s faculty and students. The event fostered an environment for intellectual exchange. Over 80 graduate and undergraduate students and 25 faculty were in attendance, showcasing the passions for transformational research in the School of Computing. The day began with welcoming remarks by Gagan Agrawal, Director School of Computing, Interim VP of research Chris King, and Associate Deans for Research Marshall Shepherd (Franklin College) and Rama Ramasamy (Engineering). Subsequently, the school recognized four outstanding Ph.D. students – Aiman Munir, Yucheng Shi, Nicolas Nino, and Aditya Shinde -- who had publications in top venues including IROS, NeurIPS, Usenix Security, and AAMAS. The event's signature component was a keynote address from Thomas Ploetz, professor and associate chair of graduate studies at Georgia Tech, who spoke on developments in human activity prediction, adapting and adopting the latest research in AI and Machine Learning (ML). The keynote address was followed by a panel discussion coordinated by SoC Associate Director Ramaswamy. The esteemed panelists included Ploetz, together with SoC researchers Suchendra Bhandarkar and Kyu Lee, and UGA researchers Andrew Grundstein (Geography) and Michael Schmidt (Kinesiology). The panel discussed wearable computing in the AI era: applications, risks and future directions bringing to the forefront important issues related to computer systems, AI, and privacy research, with policy, usability, and accessibility considerations arising during the ensuing discussion. Events on Research Day concluded with computer science trivia and a poster presentation. School of Computing graduate students highlighted their research with 51 posters covering all topics of research in School of Computing, especially Artificial Intelligence, Security and Privacy, and Computer Systems. The event was coordinated by a faculty committee lead by Prof. In Kee Kim and a number of graduate student volunteers. Research Day 2025 exemplified the outstanding innovation and momentum for research within the School of Computing. Type of News/Audience: Research
