2025 OMSCS Conference Program
* Indicates events available to virtual attendees
Sunday, April 27
We'll have a couple social events for folks to connect with each other the day before the conference! If you have registered to attend the conference in person, you will receive an email to sign up for the events.
1:00-4:00 p.m.: Baseball game (Georgia Tech vs. University of Virginia) at Mac Nease Baseball Park/Russ Chandler Baseball Stadium (more information about where to meet will be in the email)
4:00-7:00 p.m.: Pre-conference social at CODA building
Monday, April 28
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.: Check-in
8:00-9:30 a.m.: Breakfast
| Main Auditorium (Room 236) | |
|---|---|
| 9:30-9:45 a.m. | Welcome Address* |
| 9:45-10:50 a.m. | State of OMSCS Address* David Joyner |
| 10:50-11:10 a.m. | BREAK |
| 11:10-11:30 a.m. | Leveraging AI for Plain Language Summaries of Court Documents* Thomas Orth Traditional Talk (virtual) |
| 11:35-11:55 a.m. | HELP! I'm in OMSCS and I Need to GET OUT!* Tales from the Trenches: How to Survive—and Maybe Just Thrive—in OMSCS Bryan Johnston Traditional Talk (virtual) |
12:00-1:15 p.m.: Lunch
| Main Auditorium (Room 236) | 3rd Floor Breakout Rooms | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:15-2:30 p.m. | Technology with a Conscience: Exploring Ethics in Computing* Moderator: Vishrut Goel Panel Discussion | ||
| 2:30-2:45 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 2:45-3:05 p.m. | Prefetching using Markov Chain* Joydeep Bhattacharjee Traditional Talk | 2:45-3:45 p.m. | Containerization with Docker: Deploy Anywhere with Ease Chinmay Anaokar Workshop |
| 3:10-3:30 p.m. | From Coursework to Curiosity: Exploring Self-Driven Learning Post-OMSCS* Emily Durie-Johnson Traditional Talk | ||
| 3:30-3:45 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 3:45-4:05 p.m. | Title TBD* Irfan Essa Traditional Talk | ||
| 4:10-4:30 p.m. | Getting Involved in Research at OMSCS* Nick Lytle Traditional Talk | ||
| 4:35-4:45 p.m. | Day 1 Closing Remarks* | ||
| 4:45 p.m. | Group Picture | ||
5:00-7:00 p.m.: Conference reception (in the GLC atrium)
Tuesday, April 29
8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.: Check-in
8:00-9:30 a.m.: Breakfast
9:30-11:45 a.m.: Resource Fair (3rd floor breakout rooms); including representatives from:
- Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum (CLEF)
- Georgia Tech Alumni Association
- Georgia Tech Career Center
- Georgia Tech Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI)
- Georgia Tech Center for Mental Health Care and Resources
- Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE) / FlexStack
- Georgia Tech Tools for Life (TFL)
- OMSCS Local Meetup Group Chapter Heads
- OMSCS Research
10:00-11:45 a.m.: Poster & Demo Session (3rd floor breakout rooms)
12:00-1:05 p.m.: Lunch
| Main Auditorium (Room 236) | 3rd Floor Breakout Rooms | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:05-1:10 p.m. | Keynote Introduction* Alex Duncan | ||
| 1:10-2:10 p.m. | Keynote Address* Kathy Pham | ||
| 2:10-2:25 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 2:25-2:45 p.m. | Building an Agentic AI System for Creating Your Digital Twin* Pramod Misra Traditional Talk | 2:25-3:25 p.m. | JavaScript Build Systems from First Principles Shuwen Qian Workshop |
| 2:50-3:10 p.m. | Pardon My French: Lessons from Metz* Anthony Miyaguchi Traditional Talk | ||
| 3:10-3:25 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 3:25-3:35 p.m. | GT Alumni Association* Emily Palubeski | ||
| 3:40-4:00 p.m. | Lightweight AI Reverse-Stimulation Emotional Regulation System (LAIRSERS)* A Practical Approach to Realize “Emotion Suppression” Shaoyuan Wu Traditional Talk | ||
| 4:05-4:25 p.m. | Applications of GraphRAG Knowledge Graphs for Technical Service Documents* Christian D. Powell Traditional Talk | ||
| 4:30-4:40 p.m. | Conference Closing Remarks* | ||
4:50-6:30 p.m.: Campus Tour (led by David Joyner)
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