

AISRS - Student Research Symposium
AI Research and Innovations by Middle and High Schoolers
The world is experiencing an explosion of AI innovation, rivaling or exceeding any technological development seen in our lifetimes. The next generation will learn to work and thrive in a world filled with AI. Now in its 5th year, AISRS - the Student Research Symposium - showcases innovative AI research projects done by students grades 6-12. These projects touch a variety of areas and fields; space, healthcare, social good, climate change, the fine arts and much more. For students, parents, teachers and all interested, AISRS shows how students can combine their ingenuity and state of the art technology to create the future.
Want to present in this year's Symposium?
If you're in middle school or high school, and have a passion project that utilizes artificial intelligence to solve a problem, we'd love to hear from you!
The AIClub Student Research Symposium is a great way to hone your presentation skills, have access to a special Keynote and ask questions, and get inspired by fellow students that are building exciting things with AI.
All submissions will be reviewed by the AISRS Program Committee and be given feedback. Accepted students will be given pitch feedback.
June 28th 2025
Live Online via Zoom
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
Agenda
9:00 AM - 9:15AM
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 12:25 PM
12:35 PM - 12:40 PM
Welcome
Dr. Nisha Talagala (CEO of AIClub)
Keynote Speakers

Ashwin Rao
Chief AI Officer at QXO & Adjunct Professor at Stanford
Ashwin Rao has over two decades of experience driving technological innovation in the Finance and Retail industries. He has led science and engineering teams in developing AI-driven solutions for trading, risk management, pricing, forecasting, supply chain, and personalized customer experiences. Specializing in AI for Sequential Optimal Decisioning under Uncertainty, particularly Reinforcement Learning for financial trading and retail applications, he is also the author of Foundations of Reinforcement Learning with Applications in Finance and a contributor to open-source AI models and algorithms.

Azar Alizadeh
Research Scientist at UpTerra
Keynote: AI in Agriculture: How Machine Learning is Revolutionizing Farming
Dr. Azar Alizadeh is a research scientist at UpTerra and an expert in AI
and machine learning. With a Ph.D. from UC Merced, her research
focuses on developing efficient stochastic models for data-driven
decision-making, particularly in agriculture, optimizing water usage, and
improving sustainability through cutting-edge machine learning
techniques.
Student Presentations
Stay tuned for the lineup!

Dr.Nisha Talagala (CEO of AIClub)