Research Team
Principal Investigator
Ricky J. Sethi, PhD
PI
Professor of Computer Science, Fitchburg State University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; The Madsci Network
Research interests include metacognition in large language models, machine learning, social computing, computer vision, and science education. Dr. Sethi is Director of Research for The Madsci Network and has been appointed as an NSF Computing Innovation Fellow.
Co-Principal Investigators
Charles Courchaine, PhD
Co-PI
Principal Software Engineer, Reach Security
Dr. Courchaine's research focuses on NLP, neural networks, and explainable AI systems. He received his Ph.D. from National University.
Hefei Qiu, PhD
Co-PI
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Fitchburg State University
Dr. Qiu's research areas include natural language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, AI in education, and representation learning.
Graduate Students
Mina Fahmy
Graduate Student
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Contributing to the MSV framework development and experimental validation.
Undergraduate Students
Stetson Daisy
Undergraduate Student
Fitchburg State University
Research contributions to explainable AI and technology-assisted review systems.
Josh Iacoboni
Undergraduate Student
Fitchburg State University
Contributed to the initial metacognition research thrust.
High School Interns
Christa Michelle Ashok
High School Intern
Amador Valley High School
Contributing to project documentation and website development.