HiPE Research Group

The High-Performance Engineering (HiPE) #research group at @txstengineering focusing in #HPC | #AI | #EmbeddedEdgeSystems | #Robotics | #XR

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Jay Jang has been awarded the graduate scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year from Texas State University. Congratulations!

[Damián Valles, PhD @VallesDamian]

Another successful Spring semester for the @GroupHipe, and an amazing dinner celebration for all students, staff, and significant others who have contributed to each research project!

Thank you all! 👏 👏 👏 👏

#research #ai #robotics #uwbg #engineering #txst

[Damián Valles, PhD @VallesDamian]

@txst academics (@txstengineering /@txstCS) & industry experts in the CT OpenSource AI Connect panel event at @QuinnipiacU. Many thanks to Sanjeev for the invitation and for moderating the panel! Well done #TXST folks: Dr. H. Rathore, Dr. A. Dutta, & Dr. A. Bora!

(#ai #ethics)

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Prashant Panta presented at the TXST Undergraduate Research Symposium on his work “Benchmarking Deep Learning Training Workloads on the LEAP2 HPC System: CPU vs. GPU Performance Characterization.”

#ai #hpc #benchmarking #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Sakif’s paper “A Transformer-Based Detection and Instance Segmentation Pipeline for Cross-Domain Cattle Monitoring” was accepted to the 2026 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) in Seattle, WA.

#ai #deeplearning #transformers #engineering #ag #cattle #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Erich’s paper “Autonomous Exploration of Complex Industrial Environments Using an IMPALA-Derived Convolutional Encoder and PPO” was accepted to the 2026 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) in Seattle, WA.

Congratulations!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

#research #ai #AUV #RL #engineering #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Our #USDA AnimalCareBot team had a strong game in displaying our project, interacting w/the community, and giving away some amazing toys at the S.T.E.A.M event:

⭐ Jillian G
⭐ Alexandra G
⭐ Isabela W
⭐ Pawan P
⭐ Susan L
⭐ Bria B

#outreach #animalscience #engineering #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Utku’s, Rakin’s, Dr. Shadman’s, and Dr. Valles’s collaborative paper “Machine Learning for Bandgap Regression and Classification in Strained Diamond from First-Principles Descriptors” was accepted to the 2026 IEEE AIIoT in Seattle, WA.

#semiconductors #ai #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Shafiqul Alam Khan’s journal article “Conquering the Urban Firefighting Challenge: A Deep Q-Network Approach for Autonomous UAV Navigation” has been published in @inventions_MDPI. Thanks for the support from @THRCtxst!

#research #agentAI #drones #engineering #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

The group was part of Community Day for the 60th anniversary of the College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University! Thanks to all the folks who visited our lab and enjoyed interacting with us and our research.

#robotics #ai #celebrating #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Our USDA AnimalCareBot work was presented at the 4th Annual Texas State University STEM Conference. Amazing work from all the students in the team, and facing questions throughout the day! 👏 👏 👏 👏

#engineering #ag #ai #mechanical #electrical #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Jillian, Kevin, Isabela, Alexandra, and Pawan will present their work on “Mechanical Design of an Autonomous Robot for Cattle Monitoring” at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference:

https://t.co/J4LyDgrWl0

#mechanical #design #autonomous #research #engineering #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Nathan Charles and Utsav Adhikari will present their work on “ROS2 GPS-based Autonomous Vehicle Navigation in the Agriculture and Livestock Space” at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference:

https://t.co/J4LyDgrWl0

#ros2 #AUV #GPS #engineering #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Md Sakif Uddin Khan will present his work on “Computer Vision Framework for Identity-Aware Cattle Behavior Monitoring in Ranch Systems” at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference:

https://t.co/J4LyDgrWl0

#deeplearning #CV #ai #engineering #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Susan Ledezma will present her work on "Developing Artificial Intelligence Models for Predicting Stress in Cattle Behavior" @ the 2026 TXST STEM Conference: From Lab to Landscape: Building a Bigger, Better Texas.

https://t.co/J4LyDgrWl0

#ai #yolo #detection #ag #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Tanner Fuchs joined our group in the USDA’s Mobile Robot for AnimalCareBot project. Welcome!

https://t.co/CFBma0F1Wc

#engineering #robotics #UAV #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Our Ph.D. student Zaheen A. Simin’s journal article “Enhanced #Security of Bidirectional #Communication in #IoT-Driven Utility #Networks Using Sertainty UXP and #LoRaWAN” has been published on @Sensors_MDPI

https://t.co/eQFu1Clnp7

#research #engineering #iot #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Josh Del Bosque joined our group in the USDA’s Mobile Robot for AnimalCareBot project. Welcome!

https://t.co/CFBma0F1Wc

#engineering #robotics #UAV #research #txst

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Bria Buckmire and Romeo Benitez Perez have joined our group in the USDA’s Mobile Robot for AnimalCareBot project. Welcome both!

https://t.co/msVDB3CFzf

#engineering #robotics #UAV #research #TXST

[HiPE Research Group @GroupHipe]

Welcome, Utku Kayis, to the HiPE group for his MS Thesis research work in #Semiconductors and #AI, and co-advised with Dr. Semih Aslan and Dr. Damian Valles!

#research #engineering #txst