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AI Face Forensics & CCSC Poster Award

AI Face Forensics & CCSC Poster Award

I studied spectral and edge cues in generated versus real faces, controlled content differences, and presented the work at CCSC Eastern.

My role
Independent student researcher; academic guidance from Kathy Macropol
Outcome
ROC-AUC 0.7482 on a 400-image internal test; Second Place (Tied), Student Poster, CCSC Eastern 2026.

2026/11/3

Concurrent Protocol Verification with PRISM

Concurrent Protocol Verification with PRISM

I modeled mutual-exclusion protocols in PRISM and examined safety, progress, waiting rewards, and deliberately faulty variants.

My role
Concurrent-protocol modeling and verification within a capstone team
Outcome
Verified properties of two 5,738-state Bakery models and exposed a mutual-exclusion failure in a faulty variant.

2026/11/3

Anime Rating Estimation & Leakage Analysis

Anime Rating Estimation & Leakage Analysis

I explored anime metadata and community ratings, then extended the coursework with a reproducible, explicitly AI-assisted evaluation and leakage audit.

My role
Course-project author; substantial Codex assistance in the later refactor
Outcome
Selected model: RMSE 0.4611 and R² 0.6233 on 1,943 held-out records; 38.6% lower RMSE than the mean baseline.

2026/11/3