- Day 2
Early Morning Keynote: Dr. Ben Chung, MD (9 to 9:50 a.m.)
Robotic Surgery: Past Present and Future
- Early Morning Keynote
- Keynote Address
Research Symposium
The annual Harker Research Symposium showcases the discoveries of Harker's young scientists and alumni, honors the work of career scientists and entrepreneurs, and celebrates Silicon Valley's innovative spirit.
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Research Symposium
Sat., April 16, 2022 | "STEM Will Save Us"
The research symposium, held each year in the spring on the upper school campus for the entire Harker community, includes displays of Harker students' often award-winning projects, talks by alumni involved in research, and corporate exhibitors.
Symposium Schedule & Abstracts
Day 2: Sat., April 10
9 to 9:50 a.m.
10 to 11 a.m.
- Day 2
STEM Buddies Pre-Registered Closed Session 1
- STEM Buddies Session 1
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Day 2
Student Exhibitor Sessions
Catch up with H₂OOT: Winner of Harker Stemnovation Challenge 2019
Harker Robotics
Spark Robotics
- Student Exhibitor Sessions
- Day 2
Corporate Exhibitor Sessions
AstroReality
Deptrum Limited
Microsoft
Nvidia
Oculus
Perfect Corp
Rocki Robot
Wonder Workshop
ZeroUI
- Corporate Exhibitor Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 1: Physics, Astronomy
10:10-10:20 | Sally Zhu
10:20-10:30 | Nicole Tian
10:30-10:40 | Namrata Karra
10:40-10:50 | Tiffany Chang
10:50-11:00 | Sally Zhu
11:00-11:10 | Nicole Tian
11:10-11:20 | Namrata Karra
11:20-11:30 | Tiffany Chang
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 2: Plant Science, Animal Science, Environmental Science
10:10-10:20 | Divya Sivakumar
10:20-10:30 | Arissa Huda
10:30-10:40 | Alisa Grebin
10:40-10:50 | Kashish Priyam, Sophia Zhu
10:50-11:00 | Divya Sivakumar
11:00-11:10 | Arissa Huda
11:10-11:20 | Alisa Grebin
11:20-11:30 | Kashish Priyam, Sophia Zhu
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 3: Plant Science, Animal Science, Environmental Science
10:10-10:20 | Jason Shim, Agastya Ravuri
10:20-10:30 | Marcus Blennemann, Jonothan Xue
10:30-10:40 | Satvika Gautham, Sidak Sanghari
10:40-10:50 | Hima Thota
10:50-11:00 | Bowen Xia, Oskar Baumgarte
11:00-11:10 | Jason Shim, Agastya Ravuri
11:10-11:20 | Marcus Blennemann, Jonothan Xue
11:20-11:30 | Satvika Gautham, Sidak Sanghari
11:30-11:40 | Hima Thota
11:40-11:50 | Bowen Xia, Oskar Baumgarte
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 4: Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biochemistry, Microbiology
10:10-10:20 | Sujith Pakala
10:20-10:30 | Sahil Varma, Nikhil Chadha
10:30-10:40 | Vikram Mani
10:40-10:50 | Jacqueline Huang, Isabella Lo
10:50-11:00 | Alison Yang
11:00-11:10 | Sujith Pakala
11:20-11:30 | Sahil Varma, Nikhil Chadha
11:30-11:40 | Vikram Mani
11:40-11:50 | Jacqueline Huang, Isabella Lo
11:50-12:00 | Alison Yang
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 5: Human Biology, Biomedical Science, Sports Statistics
10:10-10:20 | Audrey Cheng, Lindsey Tuckey
10:20-10:30 | Rahul Herrero
10:30-10:40 | Ethan Joseph
10:40-10:50 | Grant Sims, Johnathan Mo, Robert Zhang
10:50-11:00 | Nidhya Shivakumar
11:00-11:10 | Ella Yee
11:10-11:20 | Audrey Cheng, Lindsey Tuckey
11:20-11:30 | Rahul Herrero
11:30-11:40 | Ethan Joseph
11:40-11:50 | Grant Sims, Johnathan Mo, Robert Zhang
11:50-12:00 | Nidhya Shivakumar
12:00-12:10 | Ella Yee
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 6: Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering
10:10-10:20 | Ishaan Mantripragada
10:20-10:30 | Sathvik Chundru
10:30-10:40 | Sabrina Zhu
10:40-10:50 | Nelson Gou, Eric Zhang
10:50-11:00 | Melody Yin
11:00-11:10 | Rohan Kondapalli
11:10-11:20 | Ishaan Mantripragada
11:20-11:30 | Sathvik Chundru
11:30-11:40 | Sabrina Zhu
11:40-11:50 | Nelson Gou, Eric Zhang
11:50-12:00 | Melody Yin
12:00-12:10 | Rohan Kondapalli
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 7: Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering
10:10-10:20 | Alice Feng
10:20-10:30 | Saahil Herrero, Ruhan Sahasi
10:30-10:40 | Daniel M. Chen, Jonathan Wang
10:40-10:50 | Saahil Herrero, Ruhan Sahasi
10:50-11:00 | Daniel M. Chen, Jonathan Wang
11:00-11:10 | Alice Feng
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 8: Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical/ Environmental Engineering
10:10-10:20 | Vishnu Veeravalli
10:20-10:30 | Sunjum Sanghari
10:30-10:40 | Sonia Yu, Jia Jia Jiang
10:40-10:50 | Shiven Balaji, Veer Sahasi
10:50-11:00 | Dominick Piscione
11:00-11:10 | Marcos Acero
11:10-11:20 | Vishnu Veeravalli
11:20-11:30 | Sunjum Sanghari
11:30-11:40 | Sonia Yu, Jia Jia Jiang
11:40-11:50 | Shiven Balaji, Veer Sahasi
11:50-12:00 | Dominick Piscione
12:00-12:10 | Marcos Acero
- Poster Sessions
- Day 2
Breakout 9: Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical/ Environmental Engineering
10:10-10:20 | Andy Chung, Felix Chen
10:20-10:30 | Caleb Tang, Jeffrey Zhang
10:30-10:40 | Luke Zeng
10:40-10:50 | arush Vailaya, Neil Krishnan
10:50-11:00 | Ethan Wang
11:00-11:10 | Ann Ryan
11:10-11:20 | Andy Chung, Felix Chen
11:20-11:30 | Caleb Tang, Jeffrey Zhang
11:30-11:40 | Luke Zeng
11:40-11:50 | Aarush Vailaya, Neil Krishnan
11:50-12:00 | Ethan Wang
12:00-12:10 | Ann Ryan
- Poster Sessions
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Day 2
Pre-Registered and Closed Workshops
Martin Baynes
Simulations
Michelle Si ’21; Luisa Pan ’21; Vaishnavi Murari ‘21
MusiCodes: Build your own Piano
Emily Zhou ‘22, Amiya Chokhawala ‘23
Artificial Intelligence: How computers learn
- Pre-Registered and Closed Workshops
10:40 to 11 a.m.
- Day 2
Breakout 1: Student Talks
Betsy Tian '21
The Total Energy of Jupiter-like Planets
Saloni Shah '21
Identifying Resilience Mutations in an Alzheimer’s Disease Whole-Genome Sequencing Cohort
Vienna Parnell '22
Design and Implementation of Origami-Inspired Biomedical Miniature Robots Through Computer Visualization and 3D Modeling
- Breakout 1 Student Talks
10:45 to 11:45 a.m.
- Day 2
Late Morning Keynote: Ryan Calo, JD (10:45 to 11:45 a.m.)
Robots in the Courts
- Keynote Address
- Late Morning Keynote
11 to 11:20 a.m.
- Day 2
Breakout 2: Student Talks
Clarice Wang '22
Gender Bias in AI Career Recommendation: To Remove or Not to Remove?
Natasha Matta '22
A Network Approach to Understanding and Diagnosing Adolescent Borderline Personality Disorder
Aditya Tadimeti '21
Machine Learning and Wildfire Burned Area: Examining Computational Techniques to Predict Fire Size for Practical Insights
- Breakout 2 Student Talks
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Day 2
Alumni Panel Discussion
WiSTEM Past Presidents: Eagles Fly Back Home: A conversation with WiSTEM Past Presidents
Aarathi Minisandram ‘08; Ramya Rangan ’12; Sonia Hashim, ‘13; Anika Gupta ‘14, Anika Mohindra ’16, Amy Jin '18; Aarzu Gupta '20; Moderated by US Division Head, Butch Keller
- Alumni Panel Discussion
11:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
- Day 2
STEM Buddies Pre-Registered Closed Session 2
- STEM Buddies Session 2
11:20 to 11:40 a.m.
- Day 2
2020 Regeneron Finalist: Cynthia Chen '20
Decoding Neural Networks: Discovery of Anti-Tumor B Cell Receptor Motifs Using a Novel Sequence-Based Computational Framework
- Regeneron Finalist
11:40 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Day 2
Breakout 3: Student Talks
Sidra Xu '21
Applications of Gene Embedding for Improved Somatic Mutation-Based Primary Cancer Typing and Biomarker Discovery
Suman Mohanty '21
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Diagnosing Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Alina Yuan '22
Discovery of Smallest sub-Earth Size Exoplanets in Kepler Survey Data Using a Novel GPU Fast Folding Method in Conjunction with a Deep Learning Model
Harsh Deep '22
Deciphering Transcriptome-wide Off-targets from CRISPR-guided Base-editors Using Convolutional Neural Networks
- Breakout 3 Student Talks
1 to 2 p.m.
- Day 2
Alumni Keynote: Dr. Yi Sun '06 (1 to 2 p.m.)
Learning under symmetry: From representation theory to cryo-electron microscopy
- Alumni Keynote
- Keynote Address
2:15 to 3:15 p.m.
- Day 2
Afternoon Keynote: Dr. Chelsea Finn (2:15 to 3:15 p.m.)
Understanding Intelligence through Robots
- Afternoon Keynote
- Keynote Address
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
- Day 2
Panel Discussion
The Harker Research Program: A Path, A Plan, and the Real Prize
Rhea Nanavati '21; Betsy Tian '21; Aditya Tadimeti '21; Saloni Shah '21; Sidra Xu '21; Prakrit Jain '22 ; Sasvath Ramachandran '22; Chris Spenner, Anita Chetty; Harker parent Charu Gupta
- Panel Discussion
Keynote Addresses
- Day 1
Opening Keynote Address: Dr. Wayne Liu (3:50 to 4:50 p.m.)
“Up, Close and Personal. How AI can revolutionize and automate the Wellness Industry”
- Keynote Address
- Opening Keynote
- Day 2
Early Morning Keynote: Dr. Ben Chung, MD (9 to 9:50 a.m.)
Robotic Surgery: Past Present and Future
- Early Morning Keynote
- Keynote Address
- Day 2
Late Morning Keynote: Ryan Calo, JD (10:45 to 11:45 a.m.)
Robots in the Courts
- Keynote Address
- Late Morning Keynote
- Day 2
Alumni Keynote: Dr. Yi Sun '06 (1 to 2 p.m.)
Learning under symmetry: From representation theory to cryo-electron microscopy
- Alumni Keynote
- Keynote Address
- Day 2
Afternoon Keynote: Dr. Chelsea Finn (2:15 to 3:15 p.m.)
Understanding Intelligence through Robots
- Afternoon Keynote
- Keynote Address
Abstracts
- Student Talks
Harsh Deep '22
Deciphering Transcriptome-wide Off-targets from CRISPR-guided Base-editors Using Convolutional Neural Networks
- Breakout 4
- Day 2
- Student Talks
Kevin Wang, Alex Hu, Alina Yuan '22
Discovery of Smallest sub-Earth Size Exoplanets in Kepler Survey Data Using a Novel GPU Fast Folding Method in Conjunction with a Deep Learning Model
- Breakout 3
- Day 2
- Student Talks
Suman Mohanty '21
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Diagnosing Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Breakout 2
- Day 2
- Student Talks
Sidra Xu '21
Applications of Gene Embedding for Improved Somatic Mutation-Based Primary Cancer Typing and Biomarker Discovery
- Breakout 1
- Day 2
- Student Talks
Aditya Tadimeti '21
Machine Learning and Wildfire Burned Area: Examining Computational Techniques to Predict Fire Size for Practical Insights
- Breakout 4
- Day 2
- Student Talks
Natasha Matta '22
A Network Approach to Understanding and Diagnosing Adolescent Borderline Personality Disorder
- Breakout 3
- Day 2
Day 1: Fri., April 9
3:50 to 4:50 p.m.
- Day 1
Opening Keynote Address: Dr. Wayne Liu (3:50 to 4:50 p.m.)
“Up, Close and Personal. How AI can revolutionize and automate the Wellness Industry”
- Keynote Address
- Opening Keynote
5 to 7 p.m.
- Day 1
Breakout 1: Physics, Astronomy
5:10-5:20 | Sally Zhu
5:20-5:30 | Nicole Tian
5:30-5:40 | Namrata Karra
5:40-5:50 | Tiffany Chang
5:50-6:00 | Sally Zhu
6:00-6:10 | Nicole Tian
6:10-6:20 | Namrata Karra
6:20-6:30 | Tiffany Chang
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 2: Plant Science, Animal Science, Environmental Science
5:10-5:20 | Thresia Vazhaeparambil
5:20-5:30 | Divya Sivakumar
5:30-5:40 | Arissa Huda
5:40-5:50 | Alisa Grebin
5:50-6:00 | Kashish Priyam, Sophia Zhu
6:00-6:10 | Thresia Vazhaeparambil
6:10-6:20 | Divya Sivakumar
6:20-6:30 | Arissa Huda
6:30-6:40 | Alisa Grebin
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 3: Plant Science, Animal Science, Environmental Science
5:10-5:20 | Jason Shim, Agastya Ravuri
5:20-5:30 | Marcus Blennemann, Jonothan Xue
5:30-5:40 | Satvika Gautham, Sidak Sanghari
5:40-5:50 | Hima Thota
5:50-6:00 | Bowen Xia, Oskar Baumgarte
6:00-6:10 | Jason Shim, Agastya Ravuri
6:10-6:20 | Marcus Blennemann, Jonothan Xue
6:20-6:30 | Satvika Gautham, Sidak Sanghari
6:30-6:40 | Hima Thota
6:40-6:50 | Bowen Xia, Oskar Baumgarte
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 4: Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biochemistry, Microbiology
5:10-5:20 | Sujith Pakala '22
5:20-5:30 | Sahil Varma, Nikhil Chadha
5:30-5:40 | Vikram Mani '23
5:40-5:50 | Jacqueline Huang, Isabella Lo
5:50-6:00 | Katerina Matta
6:00-6:10 | Alison Yang
6:10-6:20 | Sujith Pakala '22
6:20-6:30 | Sahil Varma, Nikhil Chadha
6:30-6:40 | Vikram Mani '23
6:40-6:50 | Jacqueline Huang, Isabella Lo
6:50-7:00 | Katerina Matta
7:00-7:10 | Alison Yang
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 5: Human Biology, Biomedical Science, Sports Statistics
5:10-5:20 | Audrey Cheng, Lindsey Tuckey
5:20-5:30 | Rahul Herrero
5:30-5:40 | Ethan Joseph
5:40-5:50 | Grant Sims, Johnathan Mo, Robert Zhang
5:50-6:00 | Nidhya Shivakumar
6:00-6:10 | Ella Yee
6:10-6:20 | Audrey Cheng, Lindsey Tuckey
6:20-6:30 | Rahul Herrero
6:30-6:40 | Ethan Joseph
6:40-6:50 | Grant Sims, Johnathan Mo, Robert Zhang
6:50-7:00 | Nidhya Shivakumar
7:00-7:10 | Ella Yee
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 6: Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering
5:10-5:20 | Ishaan Mantripragada
5:20-5:30 | Sathvik Chundru
5:30-5:40 | Sabrina Zhu
5:40-5:50 | Melody Yin
5:50-6:00 | Rohan Kondapalli
6:00-6:10 | Ishaan Mantripragada
6:10-6:20 | Sathvik Chundru
6:20-6:30 | Sabrina Zhu
6:30-6:40 | Nelson Gou, Eric Zhang
6:40-6:50 | Melody Yin
6:50-7:00 | Rohan Kondapalli
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 7: Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering
5:10-5:20 | Alice Feng
5:20-5:30 | Saanvi Bhargava, Anandita Arun
5:30-5:40 | Rohan Ramkumar
5:40-5:50 | Saahil Herrero, Ruhan Sahasi
5:50-6:00 | Sriteja Kataru
6:00-6:10 | Alice Feng
6:10-6:20 | Daniel M. Chen, Jonathan Wang
6:20-6:30 | Saanvi Bhargava, Anandita Arun
6:30-6:40 | Rohan Ramkumar
6:40-6:50 | Saahil Herrero, Ruhan Sahasi
6:50-7:00 | Sriteja Kataru
7:00-7:10 | Daniel M. Chen, Jonathan Wang
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 8: Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical/ Environmental Engineering
5:10-5:20 | Vishnu Veeravalli
5:20-5:30 | Sunjum Sanghari
5:30-5:40 | Sonia Yu, Jia Jia Jiang
5:40-5:50 | Shiven Balaji, Veer Sahasi
5:50-6:00 | Dominick Piscione
6:00-6:10 | Marcos Acero
6:10-6:20 | Vishnu Veeravalli
6:20-6:30 | Sunjum Sanghari
6:30-6:40 | Sonia Yu, Jia Jia Jiang
6:40-6:50 | Shiven Balaji, Veer Sahasi
6:50-7:00 | Dominick Piscione
7:00-7:10 | Marcos Acero
- Poster Sessions
- Day 1
Breakout 9: Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical/ Environmental Engineering
5:10-5:20 | Andy Chung, Felix Chen
5:20-5:30 | Caleb Tang, Jeffrey Zhang
5:30-5:40 | Luke Zeng
5:40-5:50 | Aarush Vailaya, Neil Krishnan
5:50-6:00 | Ethan Wang
6:00-6:10 | Ann Ryan
6:10-6:20 | Andy Chung, Felix Chen
6:20-6:30 | Caleb Tang, Jeffrey Zhang
6:30-6:40 | Luke Zeng
6:40-6:50 | Aarush Vailaya, Neil Krishnan
6:50-7:00 | Ethan Wang
7:00-7:10 | Ann Ryan
- Poster Sessions
Symposium Program Includes
- Dozens of talks by Synopsys and Regeneron participants
- Talks and panel discussions by Harker alumni
- More than 50 poster sessions by middle and upper school students
- Pre-registered workshops
- STEM Buddies science activities for young scientists
- Student panels discussing technical writing, research internships and research competitions
- Interactive displays by corporate exhibitors
How You Can Participate
The Harker Research Symposium is for the entire TK-grade 12 Harker community, but we welcome outside organizations as exhibitors - come showcase your products!
- For exhibitor information, contact symposium@harker.org.
Keynote Speakers
Sponsored by Harker's upper school science department and organized by Harker's WiSTEM Club (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ), the event has drawn top names in technology, including Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy; Salman Khan of Khan Academy; Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore; Dr. Fei-Fei Li, chief scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud, and Jeff Dean, Google's senior fellow on the Google Brain Team.
This year's keynote speakers are Dr. Wayne Liu, senior VP of Perfect Corp, which revolutionizes beauty and personal care through AI and AR technologies; Chelsea Finn, research scientist and assistant professor, computer science & electrical engineering, Stanford University; Dr. Benjamin Chung, director of robotic surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine; Ryan Calo, professor, University of Washington School of Law and co-founder of the university's Tech Policy Lab; and Yi Sun '06, associate professor of statistics at the University of Chicago.
Corporate Exhibitors
Previous exhibitors have included Autodesk, HP, Microsoft, eBay, IBM, Ericcson, Google/YouTube, Marvell Semiconductor, Nvidia, Tesla and Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center.
- For exhibitor information, contact symposium@harker.org.
Student Abstracts
The research symposium celebrates the curiosity, scientific thinking and communications skills of Harker students in grades 8-12. Poster sessions and formal talks demonstrate high caliber student research and world-class science and academic programs at Harker.
About the Research Symposium
The annual Harker Research Symposium showcases the discoveries of Harker's young scientists and alumni, honors the work of career scientists and entrepreneurs, and celebrates Silicon Valley's innovative spirit.
Upper school science department chair Anita Chetty, advisor for WiSTEM (Women in STEM), capitalizes on Harker's proximity to world class technology development to boost the symposium beyond a showcase for student projects into the realm of opening visitors' minds to new ideas as they emerge.
"This is one of Harker’s hallmark events where our community comes together for one day to celebrate curiosity and discovery," Chetty said. Watch this space for updates!