Talks and presentations

GEMR:KG - Global Emerging Market Risk Knowledge Graph

March 08, 2026

Conference Paper Presentation, 19th IADIS International Conference on Information Systems, Zagreb, Croatia

Presented our paper on the GEMR:KG (Global Emerging Market Risk Knowledge Graph) at the 19th IADIS International Conference on Information Systems in Zagreb, Croatia. Aligning with the World Bank and IFC, we harness the power of knowledge graphs to handle the heterogeneity involved in complex economic datasets – piloting a unified semantic model to track how financial distress and systemic risks can be analyzed across emerging countries.

Knowledge Graph Interoperability and Reasoning: A Survey of Alignment and RAG

February 01, 2026

Conference Paper Presentation, IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2026), Laguna Hills, CA

Presented the paper “Knowledge Graph Interoperability and Reasoning: A Survey of Alignment and RAG” at the IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC) 2026. The talk covered a comprehensive survey exploring entity alignment techniques and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks for merging heterogeneous knowledge graphs.

Pitched Asper to TiE Phoenix

November 22, 2025

Pitch, TiE Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Pitched Asper at TiE Phoenix, presenting the venture to a panel of investors and entrepreneurs in the Phoenix startup ecosystem.

ACM Student Research Competition

March 01, 2025

Presentation, ACM Research Symposium, Phoenix, AZ

Presented at the ACM Research Symposium hosted by the ACM Student Chapter at Arizona State University, focusing on guiding students through the Student Research Competition (SRC) process and fostering research culture among undergraduate and graduate students.