Capstone Symposium 2026
Duke University
Master in Interdisciplinary Data Science Capstone Symposium
Join us for the Duke Master of Interdisciplinary Data Science (MIDS) Capstone Symposium, where graduating students will showcase the innovative projects they’ve been developing with real-world partners.
The symposium is an opportunity to see how interdisciplinary data science is being applied to solve complex problems across sectors. Students will present their capstone work, share insights from their research, and discuss the impact of their findings.
We welcome members of the Duke community, industry partners, alumni, and anyone interested in the future of data science to attend.
When:
Friday, March 27, 2026
8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Where:
Gross Hall
140 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708 (map)
Duke University
Schedule:
Duke MIDS Capstone Symposium Schedule
March 27, 2026
Gross 230E – Zoom
Meeting ID: 947 4526 5398 Passcode: 576741
Gross 270 – Livestream
Gross 330 – Livestream
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8:30am
Gross Hall 250-Ahmadieh Family Gallery
Poster Session
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9:15am
Gross 230E
Compass Coffee
Daily Grind: Online Multi-Item Sales Forecasting
Students:
Leo Chen
Lynn Kremers
Ziyan Wang
Mentor: Dawn Strickland
Gross 270
The Conservation Fund
Forest Stand Classification in the Southeastern United States
Students:
Nathan Bush
Nruta Choudhari
Nakiyah Dhariwala
Yixiao Wang
Mentor: Kyle Bradbury
Gross 330
Citizens Financial Group How can banks effectively monitor exposure to the impacts of climate risk on U.S. P&C Insurance Markets?
Students:
Leonard Eshun
Jianing Guo
Jay Liu
Jipu Liu
Ramil Mammadov
Mentor: Alex Fisher
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9:50am
Gross 230E
Duke University Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Cross-Cultural Analysis of Dream Reports and Mental Health
Students:
Sizhe Chen
Zhanylai Turatkhan kyzy
Xiangyu Wang
Mentor: Paul McKee
Gross 270
Duke University Department of Surgery
Digital Twins for Counterfactual Simulation in Intensive Care Units using continuous-time modeling and Multi-modal State-Space Models
Students:
Binqian Chai
Zhihao Chen
Alejandro Paredes La Torre
Syed Huma Shah
Chenyao Yu
Mentor: David Banks
Gross 330
Citizens Financial Group
Marketing Optimization Models
Students:
Nzarama Kouadio
Mu Niu
Mona Saeed
Shiyue Zhou
Mentor: Alessio Brini
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10:25am
Gross 230E
Becoming rentABLE
Streamlining Accessibility Verification in Short-Term Rental Platforms: A Computer Vision–Based Review Assistance System
Students:
Aniwan Ailina
Zishan Shao
Uzoma Uwazurike
Mentor: Lauren Nichols
Neuberger Berman
Embedding-Based Topic Clustering for Interpretable Financial Text Analysis
Students:
Shawn Lee
Hung-Chun Lu
Danish Maknojia
Chris Moreira
Su Zhang
Mentor: Yue Jiang
Gross 330
BNY
Decoding the Dollar: Real-Time FX Forecasting with LLMs
Students:
Skye Augsorn
Adil Gazder
Jahnavi Maddhuri
Atreya Tadepalli
Zihan Xiao
Mentor: David Ye
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11:00am
Gross 230E
Duke TRUST Lab
Beyond the Black Box: Building Trustworthy AI for Wearable Sleep Trackers
Students:
Jenny Chen
Eric Ortega Rodriguez
Rishika Randev
Jenny Wu
Mentor: Brinnae Bent
Gross 270
GSK
AI-Driven Compliance Risk Intelligence for Life Sciences
Students:
Arko Bhattacharya
Vishesh Gupta
Jennifer Li
Yirang Liu
Si Min Loo
Mentor: Jana Schaich Borg
Gross 330
BNY
ComplAI: Towards a Scalable Multi-Agent System for Automated Financial Compliance Reporting
Students:
Hongyi Duan
Mobasserul Haque
Zijian Huang
Afag Ramazanova
Tursunai Turumbekova
Mentor: Hengzhong Liu
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11:35am
Gross 230E
Duke University World Food Policy Center
Does Access to School Meals Improve Student Outcomes? Evidence from Community Eligibility Provision Participation in North Carolina
Students:
Peter de Guzman
Meron Gedrago
Kayla Haeussler
Diego Rodriguez
Fan Xu
Mentor: Andrea Lane
Gross 270
Duke Department of Medicine
Auto-eHRmonize
Students:
Lilah DuBoff
Cindy Gao
Yueyao Hu
Javidan Karimli
Mentor: Jana Schaich Borg
Gross 330
ClearPath
Multi-Agent Investment Advisory Committee
Students:
Eleanor Jiang
Zixiao Tan
Peter Yang
Kaisen Yao
Ziyu Zhou
Mentor: David Ye
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12:00pm
Gross Hall 230
Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements Reception immediately
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1:30pm
Gross Hall 230 & 250-Ahmadieh Family Gallery
MIDS Alumni – Panel discussion on being an Alumni Capstone Partner
Gross 270
*Geared for 1st years, open to all
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2:30pm
Event Adjourns