Loyola CS Undergraudate Students Present at USRE 2026

We’re proud to celebrate the exceptional undergraduate research presented by students from the Computer Science & Statistics community at USRE 2026 at Loyola University Chicago.

• Ayaan Khan and Nonye Muoneme, under the mentorship of Yasin Silva, presented work on cyberbullying severity detection, with a focus on methods that help identify and better understand harmful online behavior.
• Ali El Dahshan and Dominic Cappuccilli, supervised by Neil Klingensmith, presented research on autonomous vehicle communications, with work that supports advances in connected transportation systems.
• Under the guidance of Eric Chan-Tin, Ellie Martin presented work on deepfake generation and detection, while Isabella Alongi shared research focused on experiential cybersecurity education, with new approaches that strengthen student preparation in security practice.
• Lorena Saba, supervised by Daniel Henriques Moreira, presented work on eye-tracking-based image annotation for computer vision, with research that supports more accurate machine learning systems and visual data analysis.

These presentations highlight the remarkable breadth of innovation across the department and showcase the exciting research opportunities available to our students.