AURELIS conducts externally and institutionally funded research that supports sustained investigation, student research engagement, and the development of methods, datasets, systems, and preliminary results for broader research initiatives.
Projects Supported through external research funding will be featured here as they become active.
Faculty Legacy Fund (FLF) | CSUDH Emeritus Faculty Association
Award: $6,000 | Project Period: 2026-2027
Design and evaluation of a faculty-grounded AI learning assistant for computer science education. The project develops instructor-approved instructional resources and a responsible generative AI prototype to support programming, algorithmic reasoning, debugging, and problem-solving while promoting transparent and academically appropriate use of AI.
Focus: Responsible AI . LLMs . Computer Science Education . Student Learning
Student Research: Ingrid Barrera and Marco Gonzalez . Undergraduate Students, Computer Science
Norris Summer Research Grant Program | CSUDH College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences
Award: $5,000 | Project Period: Fall 2026
A systematic evaluation of Large Language Models (LLMs) as post-editors for Neural Machine Translation (NMT) in low-resource language settings. The project compares LLM-based post-editing strategies for English-Tagalog and English-Spanish translation, with particular attention to translation quality, prompting strategies, and underrepresented language communities.
Focus: Low-Resource Translation . LLMs . Neural Machine Translation . NLP
Student Researcher: Shazan Ansar Mohammed . Graduate Student, Computer Science