The Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) Student Travel Grant Program supports undergraduate and graduate students to attend and talk at conferences in any domain of Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning. To qualify for this grant, students’ work should involve an innovation in systems, methods, or algorithms for data collection and management, modeling, analysis, or decision making. In 2024, TAMIDS awarded nine travel grants to students attending or presenting their work at conferences around the country.
One of these students was Jacob Helwig, a Ph.D. candidate in the Texas A&M Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He presented a poster titled “A Geometry-Aware Message Passing Neural Network for Modeling Aerodynamics over Airfoils” at the Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 2024 conference. “TAMIDS has allowed me to attend top machine learning conferences where I have been able to present our work, connect and form collaborations with others in the field, and learn about the latest developments and perspectives,” says Helwig.
Jeong-Hui Park is a doctoral candidate and research assistant in the Department of Health Behavior within the School of Public Health. “I’m extremely grateful for the support the TAMIDS travel grant provided, which allowed me to attend the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB) conference. The grant enabled me to present my research on the determinants of healthcare access for regular medical checkups in U.S.–Mexico border communities,” says Park.
“The opportunity to engage with fellow researchers and practitioners at the conference has been invaluable in refining my approach to addressing healthcare disparities, particularly those faced by border communities.” – Jeong-Hui Park
Recent recipients of the TAMIDS Student Travel Grant include:
- Sayok Bose, College of Engineering
- Jacob Helwig, College of Engineering
- Shuai Ma, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- Sejeong Moon, M.S. in Data Science Program
- Jacob Murphy, College of Engineering
- Jeong-Hui Park, School of Public Health
- Uday Vysyaraju, M.S. in Data Science Program
- Yanmo Weng, College of Engineering
Part of TAMIDS’s mission is to promote data science research and education at Texas A&M and beyond. Initiatives like our travel grants allow students to explore the many opportunities in the fields of data science, AI, and machine learning. To read more about our travel grants and how to apply, visit the Student Travel Grant Program page!