Aokun Chen, PhD

Dr. Chen is an assistant professor in the College of Nursing who integrates artificial intelligence with domain expertise to build trustworthy, explainable health‑care applications. His research uses LLMs and VLMs to analyze clinical narratives and medical images, advancing diagnosis, risk assessment, and decision‑making for geriatric diseases and cancers.

Adrian Barbu, PhD

Dr. Adrian Barbu is a professor in the Department of Statistics at FSU, holding PhDs in Mathematics and Computer Science. His expertise spans computer vision, machine learning, and medical imaging, resulting in over 90 papers and 25 patents. He is a recipient of the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award and the FSU Graduate Faculty Mentor Award.

Richard Antwi

Richard Antwi is a transportation engineer and geospatial scientist with expertise in data science, GIS, and transportation. As a Geospatial Developer at HNTB, he builds ML models and provides geospatial support. His research uses AI and computer vision to extract road geometry data for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), promoting smarter, safer mobility.