2023 SURF Agenda

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9:00-9:15 AM | Introductory Remarks

 

9:15-10:15 AM | Session One

Moderated by Payam Zahedi, Director, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research (OVPR)

 

Keynote Speaker | Alison Syme, Associate Professor, Department of Visual Studies

  • Talk Title: Reconceiving the Victorian Artist

 

Student Oral Presentations

Ansh Agrawal | Teaching Accessibility in Software Design via Adventure Games

Courtney Amm | Towards autonomous continuum robotics: An iterative vision based movement pipeline from simulation to reality

Giang Bui | Do Hints Enhance Learning in Programming Exercises? Exploring Student Preferences and Effectiveness

Giacomo Campo | Assessing the relationship of leaf spectral reflectance with chlorophyll fluorescence, and its ability to track physiological changes related to plant health.

Meyha Chhatwal | Does musical sensorimotor synchronization ability predict spontaneous synchronization in a speech task?

Rama Edaibis | Developing the Next Generation of Cancer Protein Drugs

Patrick Fahim | The effect of environmental enrichment on embryonic ethanol induced behavioural impairments in zebrafish.

Louisianne Saldagna | Unlocking Key Predictors of Positive Mental Health Among Youth using the Canadian Community Health Survey Data

 

10:15-10:30 AM | Wellness Break

 

10:30-11:30 AM | Session Two

Moderated by Payam Zahedi, Director, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research (OVPR)

 

Keynote Speaker | Christina Vanden Bosch der Nederlanden, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

  • Talk Title: Music, language, and busy sound scenes: How do we develop expertise for communicating with others?

 

Student Oral Presentations

Maripaz Gonzalez | “Look, it’s a ‘Cah’!” – An Exploration of How Infants Adapt to Unfamiliar Accents

Silvia Guidi | What's your type? Effects of Variable Fonts on Reading Speed

Ing Xhu Lim | Are Crystallographic Water Sites Conserved Between Conserved Residues of A2A

Silas Peters | Impact of road salts on aquatic detritivores

Carolyne Qiang | Automated delineation of urban land use land cover using high resolution images

Guoria Sun |  Toward the characterization of membrane receptor conformational states via anorthogonal N-terminal tag

Bingcheng Wang | Differences in Intention to Major in Computing Across CS1

Sandra Youssef | Sex-specific improvement of memory and amyloid pathology in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

 

11:30 AM - 2:00 PM | UTM Exhibitor Tables

Have questions about the student experience at UTM? Visit our exhibitor tables to speak with staff from the UTM Library, the Robert Gillespie Academic Centre, and the Career Centre.

 

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Poster Presentations

Students will be at their posters to explain their research and answer questions.

 

12:30 - 2:00 PM | Lunch & Poster Viewing

While you enjoy lunch, please continue to wander and view student posters. Please note that students may not be at their posters during this time.

 

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