Peer-Reviewed Student Research

Research Journal

Advancing AI moonshots across global systems — written, researched, and published by students.

19 papers published and counting
Published Work
All Research Papers
Every paper below was written by a student researcher at The Impact Lab.
Health & AI
SA
Sangeetha Antyakula

Universal Early Cancer Detection Using Multimodal Artificial Intelligence: A Foundation Model for Longitudinal Health Trajectory Prediction

Proposes a multimodal AI system integrating blood biomarkers, EHRs, and longitudinal patient trajectories to predict cancer risk years before clinical onset.

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Neuroscience
AR
Ayaan Rustagi

AI Models for Brain Disease Pattern Recognition

Demonstrates novel methods inspired by astrobiology to improve early and accurate identification of neurodegenerative diseases using neuroimaging data.

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Health & AI
EA
Ethan Alex

A Multimodal Foundation Model for Universal Early Detection

Proposes a universal multimodal AI system capable of predicting cancer years before clinical onset using integrated health data streams.

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Mental Health
VK
Vedh Krishna Chilukuri

Total Mental Health Prediction & Prevention

Introduces NeuroGuard AI, a privacy-preserving multimodal framework integrating speech analysis, sleep modeling, and causal inference for early crisis detection.

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Social Science
AB
Amrutha Bikki

Impact of Psychological Trauma and Economic Disadvantage on Criminal Decisions

Examines youth criminal behavior linked to peer pressure, trauma, and economic stress, with data-driven intervention proposals.

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Health Science
AG
Abhinav Gutta

Evening Carbohydrate Intake, Resistance Training, and Sleep Quality in Adolescents

Cross-sectional survey-based study examining the relationship between evening carbohydrate intake and sleep quality across adolescent populations.

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Drug Discovery
SA
Sangeetha Ashok

BioAI in Drug Discovery

Explores AI methods for accelerating drug discovery including protein structure prediction, molecular optimization, and high-throughput screening for rare diseases.

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Cardiology & ML
YB
Yashita Burugadda

Machine Learning Approaches for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Disease

Evaluates multiple ML algorithms for predicting cardiovascular disease using structured clinical data, benchmarking accuracy across models.

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Theoretical AI
SP
Sudeep Pitta & Sujeeth

Stochastic Neural Field Theory with Variational Inference

A unified theoretical framework bridging continuous neural field equations, Riemannian information geometry, and modern variational inference.

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Distributed ML
RR
Reya Ram

Scalable Machine Learning Systems

Discusses architectures and optimization strategies for large-scale ML systems, including distributed training, model compression, and latency-aware inference.

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Mental Health
RT
Reva Thoom

Privacy-Preserving AI for Early Detection and Prevention of Mental Health Deterioration

Addresses reactive mental health screening with a proactive privacy-first AI framework for continuous early monitoring.

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Computer Vision
TE
Tejas Elluri

Optimizing Neural Network Efficiency for Real-Time Image Classification

Evaluates the tradeoff between model complexity and inference speed by analyzing lightweight CNNs for real-time classification tasks.

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AI Fairness
AD
Aarav Donakanti

Quantifying and Mitigating Bias in Machine Learning Models Using Fairness Metrics

Evaluates bias in classification models using statistical fairness metrics and explores pre-, in-, and post-processing mitigation strategies.

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Climate & Energy
VS
Vishnu Srinivasan

Achieving Net-Zero Energy: AI-Accelerated Material Discovery, Fusion Plasma Control, and Planet-Scale Grid Optimization

Investigates an AI-accelerated moonshot strategy across fusion control, battery materials discovery, and multi-agent grid optimization.

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AI Safety
AP
Aarav Patel

AI Alignment and Safety Frameworks

Discusses modern AI alignment techniques including value learning, interpretability, and robust reinforcement learning, with formal evaluations of alignment risk.

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Health & AI
AM
Arjun Mijar

Universal Early Cancer Detection

Proposes a universal cancer detection framework leveraging multimodal AI integrating blood biomarkers, multi-omics modeling, and longitudinal EHR trajectories.

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Climate AI
RM
Reyansh Muthukumar

AI Climate Modeling for Global Sustainability

Presents AI-driven climate models to predict temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather events using multi-source datasets for actionable sustainability insights.

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Robotics
RG
Raj Gokkipalli

Autonomous Infrastructure and Robotics Systems

Details AI-powered autonomous systems for smart cities, including self-operating transportation networks, robotic construction, and AI maintenance protocols.

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AI Policy
EZ
Ethan Zhao

AI Governance and Policy Frameworks

Analyzes regulatory, ethical, and technical governance approaches for AI, with frameworks for auditing, compliance, and risk mitigation in multi-national contexts.

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