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Jun 26, 2026 Awarded NSF NAIRR Pilot Compute Grant (NAIRR260070) for 2026-2027, serving as a co-PI/Project Admin with Professor Jeova Farias from Bowdoin College! This grant will support our research in efficient deep learning techniques, focusing on the development of Convolutional Linear Attention (CLA) and continuation of Convolutional Nearest Neighbors (ConvNN).
May 28, 2026 IGLU: The Integrated Gaussian Linear Unit has been accepted into the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD) 2026!
May 23, 2026 Graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science with honors and a minor in Mathematics! Honors Thesis: Interpolation between Convolution and Attention via K-Nearest Neighbors (Advisor: Professor Jeova Farias Sales Rocha Neto). Thesis PDF
May 01, 2026 Awarded the Computer Science Senior-Year Prize by the Department of Computer Science at Bowdoin College for achieving the highest distinction in the major program in computer science.
Mar 14, 2026 Awarded AI Grant from the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity at Bowdoin College to support advanced GPU computing training to extend Convolutional Nearest Neighbors (ConvNN) to CUDA/C++/Triton for faster inference and training.
Dec 17, 2025 Selected as Honorable Mention for 2026 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award!
Nov 20, 2025 Featured in Bowdoin College News for my senior honors project.
Oct 21, 2025 Awarded Fall Research Award from Bowdoin College for Fall 2025 semester funded by John L. Roberts Fund.
Sep 15, 2025 Accepted into IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference 2025 for abstract/poster presentation on Convolutional Nearest Neighbors.