People

Faculty Mentors

RIT  Team

Cecilia Alm
Professor
585-475-7327

PI and AI-PROWIL Lead
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Reynold Bailey
Professor
585-475-6181

Co-PI and Selection Committee Chair
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Alexander Ororbia
Assistant Professor
585-475-2622
Pengcheng Shi
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship/PhD Program Director
585-475-6147
Jamison Heard
Assistant Professor
585-475-6008

Research Mentor
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Ferat Sahin
Department Head
5854752175

Research Mentor
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University West Team

Activities Committee

Logistics Manager

Susan Brightman
Senior Staff Assistant
585-475-2509

Workshop Facilitators

Dustin Haraden
Assistant Professor
Rui Li
Associate Professor
585-475-2521
Ferat Sahin
Department Head
5854752175

Advisory Board

  • James Myers, Rochester Institute of Technology, Associate Provost for International Education and Global Programs
  • Joseph Baschnagel, Rochester Institute of Technology, Chair, Department of Psychology
  • Dukka KC, Rochester Institute of Technology, Chair, Department of Computer Science

IRES Scholars

2025 Cohort

  • Calvin Nau, PhD program in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Jadeline Miao, MS program in Human-Computer Interaction
  • Emily Rooney, PhD program in Color Science
  • Liam Ryan, MS program in Artificial Intelligence
  • TBA soon.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. OISE-2420109. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.