Damian Valles, PhD 🦉
@dvalles.bsky.social
Associate Professor - Electrical Engineering at TXST (@txst.bsky.social) : #HPC | #AI | #EmbeddedEdgeSystems | #Robotics | #XR
HiPE lab: @hipelab.bsky.social
HiPE lab: @hipelab.bsky.social
Proud of this group and everything you’ve pushed forward this semester. Everyone here reflects late nights, challenging problems, and much persistence. Thank you all for your work, your ideas, and your patience with the chaos of research. Excited to see where you take things next.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Proud of this group and everything you’ve pushed forward this semester. Everyone here reflects late nights, challenging problems, and much persistence. Thank you all for your work, your ideas, and your patience with the chaos of research. Excited to see where you take things next.
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A little late: Javier Flores is joining the HiPE group via the CHiPS Act to work on #Semiconductor #AI Modeling and #MolecularDynamics Simulation support. Welcome!
#physics #engineering #deeplearning #mdsimulations #research #txst
#physics #engineering #deeplearning #mdsimulations #research #txst
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI panel - with the #hpc OG Michael Heroux #SC25 #hpcignites
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI panel - with the #hpc OG Michael Heroux #SC25 #hpcignites
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Trust, but Verify in HPC: Uncertainty for AI and Computing panel addressing how to trust your results and any research #SC25 #hpcignites
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trust, but Verify in HPC: Uncertainty for AI and Computing panel addressing how to trust your results and any research #SC25 #hpcignites
Hardware Modularity for Practical Heterogeneous HPC panel with award winner John Shalf, room 241 #SC25 #hpcignites
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hardware Modularity for Practical Heterogeneous HPC panel with award winner John Shalf, room 241 #SC25 #hpcignites
ACM Gordon Bell Finalists Presentations with Session Chairs Amanda Randles and Jack Dongarra #SC25 #hpcignites
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ACM Gordon Bell Finalists Presentations with Session Chairs Amanda Randles and Jack Dongarra #SC25 #hpcignites
Quantum computing, certainty of q-bits…uncertainty where the conversion will be in the panel 🤔 #SC25 #hpcignites
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Quantum computing, certainty of q-bits…uncertainty where the conversion will be in the panel 🤔 #SC25 #hpcignites
Building agents with @ianfoster42.bsky.social and his team. #SC25 tutorials, room 126
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Building agents with @ianfoster42.bsky.social and his team. #SC25 tutorials, room 126
Roll up sleeves!
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Md Sakif Uddin Khan is joining the HiPE group for his thesis work in USDA's AnimalCareBot’s Transformer-Based Vision Classification and Segmentation Modeling. Welcome!
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Roll up sleeves!
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At College Station for the 2025 Texas Semiconductor Summit with the all-stars: Dr Ariful Haque, Dr Dinusha Herath Mudiyanselage, Dr Ming-Hsun Lee, and Dr Dhanu Chettri. Many thanks to Div of Research - Materials Application Research Center (MARC)!
#semiconductors #uwbg #engineering #research #txst
#semiconductors #uwbg #engineering #research #txst
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At College Station for the 2025 Texas Semiconductor Summit with the all-stars: Dr Ariful Haque, Dr Dinusha Herath Mudiyanselage, Dr Ming-Hsun Lee, and Dr Dhanu Chettri. Many thanks to Div of Research - Materials Application Research Center (MARC)!
#semiconductors #uwbg #engineering #research #txst
#semiconductors #uwbg #engineering #research #txst
Hard work ----> Paid off! Congratulations!
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Kaavya Sri Ramarapu‘s paper, “Multi-Modal Emotion Temporal Environment Facial Classification to Help Children with ASD,” was accepted to the 2025 IEEE UEMCON at IBM Learning Center in Armonk, New York. Congratulations!
#deeplearning #smarthealth #ai #autism #research #engineering #txst
#deeplearning #smarthealth #ai #autism #research #engineering #txst
September 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hard work ----> Paid off! Congratulations!
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Welcome to the team!
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Kaylee Scanlin has joined the HiPE research group through the #txst Center for Analytics and Data Science (CADS) for #HPC and #AI support across the University.
#research #support #education #engineering #datascience
#research #support #education #engineering #datascience
September 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Welcome to the team!
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Welcome, Utsav Adhikari, to the HiPE research group to work on the USDA’s AnimalCareBot project.
animalbot.wp.txstate.edu
#embedded #robotics #autonomous #research #engineering #TXST
animalbot.wp.txstate.edu
#embedded #robotics #autonomous #research #engineering #TXST
September 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Welcome!
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Welcome aboard!!!!
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Welcome, Mimi Fariha and Nathan Charles, to the HiPE research group to work on the USDA’s AnimalCareBot project.
animalbot.wp.txstate.edu
#embedded #robotics #autonomous #research #engineering #TXST
animalbot.wp.txstate.edu
#embedded #robotics #autonomous #research #engineering #TXST
September 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Welcome aboard!!!!
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📢 Recruiting 2 PhD students (start Jan 2026)!
Work on NSF-funded research in AI for UWBG semiconductor processes.
✅ MS in ECE/CS/related (thesis required)
✅ Publications in applied AI
✅ Research + mentoring focus
🌐 hipe.wp.txstate.edu/phd-student-...
Work on NSF-funded research in AI for UWBG semiconductor processes.
✅ MS in ECE/CS/related (thesis required)
✅ Publications in applied AI
✅ Research + mentoring focus
🌐 hipe.wp.txstate.edu/phd-student-...
August 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 Recruiting 2 PhD students (start Jan 2026)!
Work on NSF-funded research in AI for UWBG semiconductor processes.
✅ MS in ECE/CS/related (thesis required)
✅ Publications in applied AI
✅ Research + mentoring focus
🌐 hipe.wp.txstate.edu/phd-student-...
Work on NSF-funded research in AI for UWBG semiconductor processes.
✅ MS in ECE/CS/related (thesis required)
✅ Publications in applied AI
✅ Research + mentoring focus
🌐 hipe.wp.txstate.edu/phd-student-...
Reposted by Damian Valles, PhD 🦉
Erich Ellsworth has rejoined the HiPE research group for his thesis research work. Welcome back!
August 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Erich Ellsworth has rejoined the HiPE research group for his thesis research work. Welcome back!
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity 🚨
Texas State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (start Jan 2026) for NSF-funded work on AI modeling in ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor processes.
Full description: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/post-doc-pos...
Texas State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (start Jan 2026) for NSF-funded work on AI modeling in ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor processes.
Full description: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/post-doc-pos...
August 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity 🚨
Texas State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (start Jan 2026) for NSF-funded work on AI modeling in ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor processes.
Full description: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/post-doc-pos...
Texas State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (start Jan 2026) for NSF-funded work on AI modeling in ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor processes.
Full description: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/post-doc-pos...
Reposted by Damian Valles, PhD 🦉
Dr. @dvalles.bsky.social collaborative papers, “Simulation-Based Smart Home Architecture for Autism Support Using CSI-Based Movement Detection” and “IoT for Autism: Analyzing Motor Behaviors in Virtual Environments Using Visual Data,” were accepted to REUNS 2025 in IEEE MASS 2025, Chicago, USA.
August 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Dr. @dvalles.bsky.social collaborative papers, “Simulation-Based Smart Home Architecture for Autism Support Using CSI-Based Movement Detection” and “IoT for Autism: Analyzing Motor Behaviors in Virtual Environments Using Visual Data,” were accepted to REUNS 2025 in IEEE MASS 2025, Chicago, USA.
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We want to welcome Md Masrur Hossain Rakin to the HiPE research team for his upcoming thesis research work!
Learn about him and his work at hipe.wp.txstate.edu/people/
#ai #physics #uwbg #engineering #research #txst
Learn about him and his work at hipe.wp.txstate.edu/people/
#ai #physics #uwbg #engineering #research #txst
August 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Excited to get this research going with Dr. Yoichi Miyahara, Dr. Ariful Haque, and Dr. Eddie Piner!
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Texas State University awarded $7.5 million NSF grant to launch CREST Center for Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Materials
The five-year initiative will unite industry collaborators and help bolster the national push for semiconductor manufacturing leadership under the CHIPS Act.
news.txst.edu
August 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Excited to get this research going with Dr. Yoichi Miyahara, Dr. Ariful Haque, and Dr. Eddie Piner!
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Join our USDA-sponsored AnimalCareBot project! 🤖🐄
Use ROS2 on Linux to read LiDAR, camera & other sensors on a mobile robot, then test in the field at Freeman Ranch.
📆 Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | 💵 $10/hr | ⏰ 10 hrs/week
🎓 Linux terminal skills, ROS2 basics
Info: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/hipe-positio...
Use ROS2 on Linux to read LiDAR, camera & other sensors on a mobile robot, then test in the field at Freeman Ranch.
📆 Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | 💵 $10/hr | ⏰ 10 hrs/week
🎓 Linux terminal skills, ROS2 basics
Info: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/hipe-positio...
July 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Texas State undergrads: Help build the AnimalCareBot! 🚜🔍
Work with LiDAR, cameras & sensors on a mobile robot and test at Freeman Ranch under USDA sponsorship.
📆 Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | 💵 $10/hr | ⏰ 10 hrs/week
#robotics #research #txst
More info: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/hipe-positio...
Work with LiDAR, cameras & sensors on a mobile robot and test at Freeman Ranch under USDA sponsorship.
📆 Fall 2025–Spring 2026 | 💵 $10/hr | ⏰ 10 hrs/week
#robotics #research #txst
More info: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/hipe-positio...
July 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM