AISRS 2026 • Sixth Year
June 20, 2026 · 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
Online global event
Grades 6-12
Middle & high school presenters
Program Committee Review
Feedback and mentoring for accepted presenters
Student AI Research
AIClub Student Research Symposium (AISRS) showcases AI projects by students in grades 6-12. Students, parents, and educators join a full online program featuring presentations, keynote sessions, and practical guidance for future research paths.
Agenda
Now in its 6th year, AISRS - the Student Research Symposium - showcases innovative AI research projects done by students grades 6-12. These projects touch a variety of areas and fields; space, healthcare, social good, climate change, the fine arts and much more. For students, parents, teachers and all interested, AISRS shows how students can combine their ingenuity and state of the art technology to create the future.
Keynote Speaker
Cecilia Corral
Co-Founder at CareMessage
Cecilia Corral is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CareMessage, the leading patient engagement platform for safety-net organizations. Under her leadership, CareMessage has reached more than 22 million people across 45 states and territories.
Driven by her experiences growing up in a low-income immigrant household, Cecilia brings a unique perspective to the design of technology for health equity. Cecilia's work focuses on using technology and AI to scale preventive care and chronic disease management in underserved communities. Over the last decade she's been the lead inventor on multiple patents on the use of sequential messaging to support people in meeting health goals, and has been a contributor to key research validating the effectiveness of text messaging in improving health outcomes.
Outside of her work at CareMessage, she is an advocate for Diversity and Inclusion in the tech industry through collecting and publishing data on Latina Tech Founders. Cecilia was on the 2019 Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare and was recognized as a Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2025 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the 2025 World Economic Forum. She holds a degree in Product Design Engineering from Stanford University.
Keynote Speaker
Ashwin Rao
EVP AI at o9 & Adjunct Professor at Stanford
Ashwin Rao is EVP-AI at o9 Solutions with the responsibility for o9's AI Strategy & Architecture as well as leading o9's R&D team. Ashwin is also an Adjunct Professor in Applied Mathematics at Stanford University, focusing his research and teaching in the field of Reinforcement Learning (RL), and has written a book on RL with applications in Finance, Supply-Chain and Dynamic Pricing.
Previously, Ashwin was the Chief AI Officer at QXO, VP of AI at Target Corporation, Managing Director of Market Modeling at Morgan Stanley, and VP of Quant Trading Strategies at Goldman Sachs. Ashwin has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science from University of Southern California and a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT-Bombay. Ashwin resides in Palo Alto, CA.
Mentoring
Research, APs, and Beyond
Dr. Nisha Talagala (CEO of AIClub) will lead a practical session for students and parents on thriving in an AI-powered future.
Project Lineup
Alessia Brinzarea
Eye-Tracking of the Child Mind Network using EEG Data
Kavin Kumar
SignBridge: Bridging the ASL-English Communication Gap for Deaf
Individuals Through Pose-Based Recognition, Semantic Coherence, and Multi-Dimensional Translation
Quality Assessment
Sarayu Pasumarthi
Filtering Electroencephalogram Data Using R: A Study on
Patients with Seizures
Soham Gupta
Solarflux AI
Chinee Bernabe
Kulingtang Music Note Detection
Ayaan Syed
Object Detection for Blind Assistance During Road Walking
Shaili betesh
TranslateRx - iOS app for Translation and Medical Questions
Brandon Labio
Volleyball Action Detection
FAQ
Who reviews the submissions?
All submissions are reviewed by the following program committee.
Dr. Sindhu Ghanta
Dr. Amit Gupta
Dr. Nisha Talagala
Ms. Shilpa Toro
What do accepted presenters receive?
Accepted presenters receive feedback, presentation support, and a structured symposium format to share their work with a broader audience.
Review historical symposium themes, keynote sessions, and student project highlights.
Discover research pathways, courses, camps, and resources for student researchers and families.