2026 OMSCS Conference Program
* Indicates events available to virtual attendees
Sunday, May 10
Interested in connecting with other conference attendees before the conference? We have a couple opportunities for you to do that! Check out this page for more information about our Sunday activities. Note that both activities require registration if you plan to attend—sign-up for the service activity will happen after in-person registration closes, and you can sign up for the bowling/billiards social during registration.
Monday, May 11
| Main Auditorium (Room 236) | |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Check-in |
| 8:00-9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:10 a.m. | Welcome Address* |
| 9:10-9:15 a.m. | Keynote Introduction* Alex Duncan |
| 9:15-10:15 a.m. | Keynote Address* Barbara Oakley |
| 10:15-10:35 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10:35-10:55 a.m. | AI-Augmented Programming Education: Why LLMs Make Learning to Code More Important, Not Less* Senthil Kumaran Traditional Talk |
| 11:00-11:20 a.m. | AI-Assisted Semantic Model Generation for Prompt-to-SQL Applications* Nick Lee and Nandakishor Koka Traditional Talk |
| 11:25-11:45 a.m. | From OMSCS Coursework to Industry AI: Automating Wire Harness CAD Design* Bryan Horvat Traditional Talk |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:55 p.m. | Lunch GLC Atrium |
| 12:55-1:55 p.m. | Faculty Perspectives on Building Research Communities Online* Moderator: Breanna Shi Panel Discussion |
| 1:55-2:15 p.m. | BREAK |
| 2:15-2:35 p.m. | Black-Box Interpretability of Large Language Models: A Model-Agnostic Framework* Brennen Yu Traditional Talk |
| 2:40-3:00 p.m. | Not All Mistakes Are Equal: Why Accuracy Isn't Enough to Evaluate AI Systems* Kabir Kang Traditional Talk |
| 3:05-3:25 p.m. | Research in OMSCS* Nick Lytle Traditional Talk |
| 3:25-3:45 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:45-4:35 p.m. | OMSCS Faculty Showcase* Lightning Talks |
| 4:40-4:50 p.m. | Day 1 Closing Remarks* |
| 4:50 p.m. | Group Picture |
| 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Conference Reception GLC Atrium |
Tuesday, May 12
| See Below for Room Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Check-in | ||
| 8:00-9:20 a.m. | Breakfast | ||
| 8:15-9:15 a.m. | Women in OMSCS Panel & Networking Sign-up required due to limited capacity Moderator: Bobbie Eicher Rooms 156-158 | ||
| 9:20-10:00 a.m. | State of OMSCS Address* David Joyner Main Auditorium (Room 236) | ||
| 10:00-10:10 a.m. | BREAK | ||
| 10:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. | Resource Fair Rooms 323-324 Poster & Demo Session (starts 10:30 a.m.) 2nd Floor Hallways | ||
| 12:10-12:25 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| 12:25-1:25 p.m. | Lunch GLC Atrium | ||
| 1:25-2:25 p.m. | Interview Strategies for OMSCS Students and Alumni Megan R. Elrath (GT Career Center) Workshop Main Auditorium (Room 236) | Practical Exploratory Data Analysis for Machine Learning Ananda Ribeiro Workshop Room 323 | TA Meet & Greet* Virtual |
| 2:25-2:35 p.m. | BREAK | ||
| Main Auditorium (Room 236) | |
|---|---|
| 2:35-2:45 p.m. | GT Alumni Association* Emily Palubeski |
| 2:50-3:10 p.m. | Deep Learning for Real-Time Credit Card Fraud Detection* Balakumaran Sugumar Traditional Talk |
| 3:15-3:35 p.m. | AI as an External Cognitive Aid: Scaffolding Reflective Parenting through Source-Grounded LLMs* Pooja Khanapurkar Traditional Talk |
| 3:35-3:45 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:45-4:05 p.m. | Synthetic Data for Language AI: Insights from Low-Resource Languages* Christian Resch Traditional Talk |
| 4:10-4:30 p.m. | Building a Culture of Applied Research: The DS@GT ARC Story* Murilo Gustineli Traditional Talk |
| 4:35-4:45 p.m. | Conference Closing Remarks* |
5:00-6:30 p.m.: Campus Tour (led by David Joyner); bring headphones if you plan to attend!
Questions About the Conference?
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