Conference Program
NSEA 2026 - Two Days of Innovation
July 25-26, 2026 | Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
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Two full days of keynotes, research tracks, hands-on workshops, live demos, and poster sessions at the University Student Center, Morgan State University. Schedule is subject to change.
Featured Keynotes
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Day 1
Saturday, July 25, 2026
8:309:15 AM
Ballroom A & B
Registration & Breakfast
Welcome
Ballroom C
Poster Setup
Poster
Demo Space · 204
Demo Setup
Demo
9:159:30 AM
Ballroom A & B
Opening Remarks
Natasha M. Dartigue · Maryland State Public Defender
9:3010:15 AM
Ballroom A & B
“Equitable AI in the post SFFA SCOTUS decision in Admissions”
Keynote 1
Juan Gilbert · University of Florida
10:1510:30 AM
Ballroom A & B
Break
Outside Ballroom A & B
SAIRI Group Photo
SAIRI
Workshop · 208
K12 Learning Lab
K-12
Demo Space · 204
Live Demo
Demo
10:3012:00 PM
Ballroom A & B
CEAMLS Featured
Research
- “The Augmented Scientist: Human-AI Collaboration in Scientific Discovery”Jere Boudell (Clayton State U.)
- “Mediated Recognition: Perceived AI Appreciation and Evaluative Preference”Chuncheng Liu (Northeastern)
- “AI Testing, Evaluation, Verification, and Validation (TEVV) for Neurodiversity: Building Practical TEVV Pipelines for Accessible and Inclusive AI”Gabriella Waters (VSU)
- “Building AI Innovation Across the Disciplines”Talitha Washington (Howard)
Auditorium
Business & Organization
Research
- “AI Governance for Human-AI Collaboration in Higher Education”Muddassir Siddiqi (College of DuPage)
- “Human-AI Collaboration in Federal Performance Management: Integrating Relational Competencies into AI-Supported Appraisal Systems”Omololu Adeyemi (U. Baltimore)
- “Generative AI and Organizational Knowledge Management”Shirin Hasavari (Morgan State)
- “Measuring the Local and Global Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Using Artificial Intelligence”Dina El-Mahdy (Morgan State)
- “Human–AI Collaboration and Employee Perceptions of Productivity and Pay Equity in Financial Services”Mayowa Onare (CITI Bank)
Session ends 12:20 pm
Workshop · 208
K12 Learning Lab
K-12
Demo Space · 204
Humanoid Robotics
Demo
12:001:15 PM
Ballroom A & B
Lunch
Meal
Demo Space · 204
High Traffic Demo
Demo
1:152:15 PM
Room 210A
Mixed Methods Research
Research
Krishna Bista
Room 210B
Open Code
Research
Idris Somoye
Workshop · 208
Aligned, Not Automated
Workshop
Bree Nachelle
Ballroom C
Posters Displayed
Poster
Demo Space · 204
Live Demo
Demo
2:153:15 PM
Room 210A
Democratizing Machine Learning with VeltConnect
Workshop
Derrick Cook & David Nyarko
Workshop · 208
EdgeAI4LEGO: Edge AI Applications for Human-Robot Collaboration in LEGO Assembling Operations
Workshop
Yuhan Jiang, Sisi Han & Derrick Mirindi
Ballroom C
Posters Displayed
Poster
3:153:30 PM
Ballroom A & B
Break
Demo Space · 204
Live Demos
Demo
3:304:45 PM
Workshop · 208
From Digital Models to Immersive Digital Twins for Civil Engineering Education and Infrastructure Applications
Workshop
Blessing Sasanya, Adeolu Banjo, Julius Etuke & Micheal Okegbola
Ballroom C
Poster Session
Poster
4:455:30 PM
Ballroom A & B
“Must AI Mean What We Say?”
Keynote 2
Jeffrey Bardzell · Worcester Polytechnic Institute
5:306:30 PM
Ballroom A & B
Reception
Demo Space · 204
Live Demo / Activities
Demo
Day 2
Sunday, July 26, 2026
8:309:15 AM
Ballroom A & B
Breakfast
Meal
Demo Space · 204
Demo Setup
Demo
9:159:30 AM
Ballroom A & B
Opening Remarks
9:3010:15 AM
10:1510:25 AM
Ballroom A & B
Break
Workshop · 208
Learning Lab
K-12
Demo Space · 204
Live Demo
Demo
10:2512:00 PM
Ballroom A & B
Engineering & Computer Science
Research
- “Latent Structures in Human Motor Control and Perception: Implications for Robotic Coaches”A. Michael West, Jr. (JHU)
- “BERTRAG: A BERT-Enhanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Preserving Awori and Ogu Indigenous Knowledge”Olusola Olabanjo (Howard)
- “Dialect Caste: The Multilingual Community’s Discontent with Voice Assistant Technology”Gloria Washington (Howard)
- “Intersectionality in AI - Examining Trust and Safety Systems in Social Media”Dhanaraj Thakur (GWU)
- “Causal Constrained Decision Dilemma”Adrienne Raglin (DEVCOM)
Session ends 12:15 pm
Room 3 · 210A-B
Summer AI Research Institute Final Presentations
SAIRI
- Post-Disaster Building Damage Assessment AI
- Cross-View Multi-Graph Contrastive Learning with LLM-Guided Knowledge Initialization for Predicting Antidepressant Treatment Response in Major Depressive Disorder
- Artificial Intelligence for Early Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease Using ECG Signal
Workshop · 208
Agentic Software Development - ACT
Workshop
Opeyemi Adeniran & Abiola Ajala
Ballroom C
Posters Displayed
Poster
Workshop · 208
Learning Lab
K-12
Demo Space · 204
Live Demo
Demo
12:001:00 PM
Ballroom A & B
Lunch
Meal
Ballroom C
Poster Session
Poster
Demo Space · 204
High Traffic Demo
Demo
1:001:55 PM
Ballroom A & B
Ethics, Art & Education
Research
- “Self-Exile and Synthetic Voice: The Ethics of AI in Black Documentary Film”Tyechia Thompson (Virginia Tech)
- “A Trust Map for AI: Conceptualizing Trustworthy AI as a Socio-Technical Research Practice”Laura Fichtner (UMD)
- “Human Agency in AI Governance: Diagnosing the Principle-Practice Gap in Organizational Documents”Muhammad Iliyasu (Morgan State)
- “Misaligned but Morally Attuned: When AI Act Morally Against Our Best Judgement”Sherri Conklin (Washington State U.)
- “Empowering Health Equity: Training HBCU Students in Data Literacy and Community-Engaged Research”Robin Butler (Morgan State)
Session runs to 2:30 pm
Auditorium
AI Startups
Research
- “Who Can Stop the Machine? Building Institutions That Can Govern AI”Arthur Sidney (Sidney Group)
- “From Sycophancy to Socratic Dialogue: Using Interactional Architecture as an Agency-shield in AI-assisted Inquiry”Jiang Pu (NextGen Founder)
- “Autonomous AI Accountability: Building Predictive Governance Before Harm Materializes”Erica Miller (Emethia.ai)
- “Belonging as a Database: Building a Public Interest Technology Framework for HBCU Research Collectives Through Dr. Monroe Work’s Bibliography”Anita Jarman (Ji Li Project)
Session runs to 2:30 pm
Workshop · 208
FARS (FIFA-Automated Reporting System)
Workshop
Anjolie Anthony
Room 3 · 210A-B
Summer AI Research Institute Final Presentations
SAIRI
- Developing Edge AI Applications for Human-Robot Collaboration in LEGO Assembling Operations
- DermaBridge: A Trustworthy Multimodal AI App for Skin Lesion Screening, Explainable Risk Assessment, and Smart Clinical Referral
- Optimization Driven Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Respiratory Health Risks Using Urban Environmental Data: Baltimore as a Case Study
- Predictive Stability vs. Fairness Instability in Clinical ECG Classification: A Multi-Run Analysis of Deep Learning Models
Session runs until 2:45 PM · Project details, mentors & presenters →
Ballroom C
Posters Displayed
Poster
Demo Space · 204
Live Demo
Demo
1:552:45 PM
Workshop · 208
Building Sustainable Software with a Product Lens
Workshop
Adalbert De La Cruz
Room 204
Open Code
Research
Idris Somoye
Ballroom C
Posters Displayed
Poster
2:503:00 PM
Ballroom A & B
Break
Demo Space · 204
Live Demo & SAIRI Demo
Demo
3:003:45 PM
Ballroom A & B
Special Discussion Groups (SDGs)
Room 3 · 210A-B
Summer AI Research Institute Final Presentations
SAIRI
- AI-Driven PM2.5 Prediction Using Satellite and Meteorological Data
- AI-Driven Discovery of Drug Candidate Compounds to Slow Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease
Ballroom C
Judges Meet
Poster
Poster Sessions, K12
3:454:00 PM
Ballroom A & B
Break
4:004:45 PM
Ballroom A & B
Poster / SAIRI Awards / K-12 Awards
Awards
4:455:00 PM
Ballroom A & B
Closing Remarks
5:006:00 PM
Ballroom A & B
Networking / Reception
Demo Space · 204
Final Demo Access
Demo
For questions about the program, contact: nsea@morgan.edu
Location & Parking
Everything you need to find us on the day of the symposium, from the venue building to parking and on-campus signage.
The Venue
NSEA is at the University Student Center Building.
Event Floor Maps
Find your way around the sessions, demos, and poster areas inside the Student Center.
Second Floor: Symposium: ballrooms, auditorium, workshops, and demos.
First Floor: Hackathon.
Finding Your Way
Look for the Yellow Directional Signs. A version of this sign with arrows is being made that will be directing you to the event.
