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 6th 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.
Have any questions about the Symposium? Email us and we'll get back to you.
The 2026 AI Student Research Symposium will be held online on June 20th, 2026. In its 6th year, AISRS is a premier venue for high school and advanced middle school students to present state of the art research in artificial intelligence and applications in various fields, including but not limited to the following:
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AI in Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences
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AI in Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery
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AI in Space Exploration and Astronomy
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Large Language Models and Applications
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AI in Environmental and Climate Sciences
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AI in Behavioral Sciences
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AI in Physics
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AI and IoT
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Equity, Fairness and Bias Mitigation
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Advances in Explainable AI
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Sustainable AI
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AI optimizations (algorithms, energy efficient AI, device optimized AI etc.)
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AI and Citizen Science
June 20th 2026
Live Online via Zoom
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
Agenda
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
Welcome
Dr. Nisha Talagala (CEO of AIClub)
Keynote Speakers
Cecilia Corral
Co-Founder at CareMessage
Cecilia Corral is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CareMessage, the leading patient engagement platform for safety-net organizations. Under her leadership, CareMessage has reached more than 22 million people across 45 states and territories.
Driven by her experiences growing up in a low-income immigrant household, Cecilia brings a unique perspective to the design of technology for health equity. Cecilia’s work focuses on using technology and AI to scale preventive care and chronic disease management in underserved communities. Over the last decade she’s been the lead inventor on multiple patents on the use of sequential messaging to support people in meeting health goals, and has been a contributor to key research validating the effectiveness of text messaging in improving health outcomes.
Outside of her work at CareMessage, she is an advocate for Diversity and Inclusion in the tech industry through collecting and publishing data on Latina Tech Founders. Cecilia was on the 2019 Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare and was recognized as a Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2025 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the 2025 World Economic Forum. She holds a degree in Product Design Engineering from Stanford University.
Ashwin Rao
EVP AI at o9 & Adjunct Professor at Stanford
Ashwin Rao is EVP-AI at o9 Solutions with the responsibility for o9's AI Strategy & Architecture as well as leading o9's R&D team. Ashwin is also an Adjunct Professor in Applied Mathematics at Stanford University, focusing his research and teaching in the field of Reinforcement Learning (RL), and has written a book on RL with applications in Finance, Supply-Chain and Dynamic Pricing. Previously, Ashwin was the Chief AI Officer at QXO, VP of AI at Target Corporation, Managing Director of Market Modeling at Morgan Stanley, and VP of Quant Trading Strategies at Goldman Sachs. Ashwin has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science from University of Southern California and a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT-Bombay. Ashwin resides in Palo Alto, CA.
9:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Student Presentations
TBA. Stay tuned!
11:20 AM - 11:25 AM
Dr.Nisha Talagala (CEO of AIClub)
