2025 K-12 Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Space Weather, and Cyberinfrastructure

9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday, June 5, 2025 • New Jersey Institute of Technology
Campus Center Atrium

Conference Chairs

Katherine Herbert, Ph.D., Montclair State University
Jason Wang, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology

Local Arrangement Chair

Elena Moise, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology

Breakfast [9:00 AM-9:30 AM]

Keynote Session

[9:30 AM-10:00 AM]
Haimin Wang, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Space Weather Sciences and NASA MIRO Center at New Jersey Institute of Technology


[10:00 AM-10:30 AM]
Vincent Oria, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Computer Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology


[10:30 AM-11:00 AM]
Ioannis Koutis, Ph.D., Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology


[11:00 AM-11:30 AM]
Katherine Herbert, Ph.D., Professor, School of Computing at Montclair State University, Director, Montclair State University Computer Science Education Hub, Associate Director, Montclair PRISM, Principal Investigator, NSF Research Experiences for Teachers DATA3 Program

Lunch [11:30 AM-12:30 PM]

Keynote Session

[12:30 PM-1:20 PM]
Gilbert E. Gonzalez, M.Ed., Director, Office of Innovation at New Jersey Department of Education

Invited K-12 Teacher Presentations

[1:30 PM-2:30 PM]



Alaina Cannella, George G. White Middle School



Esther Douglass, George G. White Middle School



Angela Brantley, East Orange Campus High School



Angela Williams-Nash, John L. Costley Middle School



Lynn Hazelman, Paterson Public Schools



James Liporace, Montclair State University



Ted Samaras, Franklin Township Public Schools


Coffee Break [2:30 PM-3:00 PM]

Working Session and Refreshments



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