34th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences

University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Objective of the joint workshops series. The main objective of these workshops is to initiate and enhance the interaction, exchange of ideas, and possible collaboration.

History.

Objective of this workshop.

Location: UTEP Campus, Chemistry and Computer Science Building, Room CCSB G.0208 on the ground floor

Local Organizers: Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich, Ming-Ying Leung, Luc Longpre, Jonathan Mohl, and Saidur Rahman.

Program


 OPENING 9:00- 9:05 am

 SESSION 1: 9:05-10:10 am - lightning talks

  9:05- 9:10 am
 Christian Gomez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Marcos Lievano, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Zachary Wittmann, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 How to Combine Expert Estimates

  9:10- 9:15 am
 Jose Hernandez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Quantum algorithms help to effectively detect symmetries and why
 it is important: a proposal

  9:15- 9:20 am
 Christopher Robinson, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Why non-invertible symmetries

  9:20- 9:25 am
 Fernando Desantiago, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Nathan Diamond, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Nestor Escobedo, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Nicole Favela, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Nicholas Jara, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Dayanna Ontiveros, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Alejandro Pedregon, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Nayeli Ramirez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Franz Reyes, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 David Velez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 How to compare prediction abilities of different predictors --
 such as Large Language Models: a theoretical explanation of
 an empirical formula

  9:25- 9:30 am
 Samuel Arzola, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Darien Booth, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Steve Cruz, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Miguel Lucero, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Anaiah Quinn, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Ana Rodriguez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 How to take negative information into account?

  9:30- 9:35 am
 Gerson Cruz, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Olga Kosheleva, Department of Teacher Education, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 How to explain empirically successful
 structural similarity index

  9:35- 9:40 am
 Emilio Altamira, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Ivan Espino, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Maximiliano Garibay, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Santiago Lopez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Michael Schwarz, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Michael Washington, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Miroslav Svitek, Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Why neural networks (and other techniques) predict fast processes
 more effectively than slow ones: explanation and examples

  9:40- 9:45 am
 Md Ahsanul Haque, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Ismail Hossain, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
 Suresh Kumar Amalapuram, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 CITADEL: A Semi-Supervised Active Learning Framework for
 Malware Detection Under Continuous Distribution Drift

  9:45- 9:50 am
 Cristina Alarcon, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Fingerprinting Secure Messaging Application
 Network Traffic

  9:50- 9:55 am
 Md Mahmuduzzaman Kamol, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Saeyeon Hong, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Korea
 Hyejin Woo, Dept. of AI Cyber Security, Korea University, Korea
 Se Eun Oh, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Korea
 Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 LLM-Guided Adversarial Executable Malware Generation

  9:55-10:00 am
 Jesus Lopez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Viviana Cadena, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Evaluating Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms
 on Resource-Constrained Devices

 10:00-10:05 am
 Jesus Lopez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Saeefa Rubaiyet Nowmi, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Viviana Cadena, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Towards Quantum Machine Learning for Malicious Code Analysis

 10:05-10:10 am
 Saeefa Rubaiyet Nowmi, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Jesus Lopez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Md Mahmudul Alam Imon, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Viviana Cadena, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Shahrooz Pouryousef, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
 Mohammad Saidur Rahman, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Towards Robust Quantum Machine Learning

 BREAK 10:10-10:20 am

 POSTERS BY SESSION 1 AUTHORS 10:10-11:00 am

 SESSION 2 11:00-12:05 pm

 11:00-11:05 am
 Juan Puebla, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Carlo Taticchi, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
    University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
 Stefano Bistarelli, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
    University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
 Supervisor: Martine Ceberio, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Combining Segmentation and Argumentation to
 Explain Image Classification

 11:05-11:10 am
 Julieta Cano, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Rebecca Enriquez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Sofia Garcia, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Angelica Lara, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Citlali Mondragon-Pensamiento, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Vladik Kreinovich, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Why biological neurons are most effective at
 the border of the set of possible states

 11:10-11:15 am
 Diego Langevin, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Basic Graph Theory and Quantum Analogs

 11:15-11:20 am
 Gabriel Agnew, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Quantum Graphs

 11:20-11:25 am
 Remi Salinas Schmeis, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Classification of 3-Regular Quantum Graphs in M3(C)

 11:25-11:30 am
 Vianney E. Diaz Barraza, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Francesco Di Clemente, Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
 Diego Juarez, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jamil Gafur, Department of Computer Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
 Justin Laberge, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Ahmed Abuali, Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
 Micheal Kahangirwe,Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
 Claudia Ratti, Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
 Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics and
    Computational Science Program, UTEP
 High-Throughput Validation of Nuclear Matter Equations
 of State via the 4D-TExS Computational Framework

 11:30-11:35 am
 Christian Dietert, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jose Banuelos, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Automating SAXS Curve Fitting with Machine Learning:
 A Scalable Workflow for Nanoscale Structural Analysis

 11:35-11:40 am
 Kenny Wiratama
 Kenneth Duru, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Yunho Kim
 A space-time dual-pairing summation-by-parts framework for wave equations

 11:40-11:45 am
 Diego Juarez, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Utilities to Execute Pipelines

 11:45-11:50 am
 Kate Reza, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UTEP
 Rene D. Reza, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics, UTEP
 Arturo Rodriguez, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas
 Mohamed G. Elkhateeb, Texas A&M University–Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas
 Transient Heat Conduction with Phase Change using Explicit
 Finite Differences

 11:50-11:55 am
 Carolina Servin, Department of Biology, El Paso Community College
 Ashley N. Payan, Department of Biology, El Paso Community College
 Janeth Rodriguez, Department of Biology, El Paso Community College
 Transforming STEM Learning: Online Biology Education for
 Community College and P-TECH Pathways

 11:55-12:00 pm
 Christian Servin, El Paso Community College
 Markus Geissler, Cosumnes River College
 Pam Schmelzand, Ivy Tech Community College - Columbus
 Cara Tang, Portland Community College
 Cindy Tucker, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
 Adapting CS2023 for Two-Year Programs:
 The ACM CCECC Computer Science Transfer Model

 12:00-12:05 pm
 Christian Servin, Computer Science Department, El Paso Community College
 Donna Munoz, English Department, El Paso Community College
 From Code to Connection: Storytelling as a Pathway to Sense of
 Belonging in Computing

 LUNCH AND POSTERS BY SESSION 2 AUTHORS 12:05-12:55 pm

 SESSION 3: 12:55-2:00 pm lightning talks

 12:55- 1:00
 Qinghua Chen, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Research mentor:  Lin Li, Physics Department, UTEP
 Developing of pharmacophore and three-dimensional
 structure-activity relationship models of VCP/p97 ligands
 and their synthesis and biological evaluation

  1:00- 1:05 pm
 Yoshitha Evuri, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Enrique Garcia, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Jonathon E. Mohl, Bioinformatics Program and
    Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Decoding Mutation Effects on Protein Structure Using AlphaFold

  1:05- 1:10 pm
 Enrique Garcia-Mireles, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Claudia A. Ramirez-Valdespino, Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados (CIMAV), Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Marlyn Morales-Garcia, Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados (CIMAV), Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Guillermo Herrera-Perez, Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados (CIMAV), Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Joan Salas-Leiva, Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados (CIMAV), Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Erasmo Orrantia-Borunda, Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados (CIMAV), Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Yordan J. Romero-Contreras, Centro de Ciencias Genomicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
 Socorro Tarango-Rivero, Campo Experimental Delicias, INIFAP, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Susana Gonzalez-Chavez, Laboratorio PABIOM, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias Biomedicas,
    Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Copper oxide nanoparticles and their effects on Trichoderma
 asperellum in plant growth and disease control

  1:10- 1:15 pm
 Jaime Gutierrez, Bioinformatics Program and
   Computational Biology Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
 Jordan C Rozum, Computational Biology Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
 Song Feng, Computational Biology Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
 Protein-Protein Interaction Networks at the Residue Level

  1:15- 1:20 pm
 Maria G. Jimenez, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Jonathon E. Mohl, Bioinformatics Program,
    Department of Mathematical Sciences, and
    Border Biomedical Research Center, UTEP
 AI-driven analysis for exploring differences in Tumor Mutation
 Burden in Acute Lymphoid Leukemia in distinct ethnic groups

  1:20- 1:25 pm
 Ricardo Diaz, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Sri Harsha Kathi, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Jonathon E. Mohl, Bioinformatics Program and
    Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Comparative Transcriptomic and Ortholog Analysis of Purple Sulfur Bacteria
 Reveals Conserved and Novel Genes in Sulfur Oxidation Pathways

  1:25- 1:30 pm
 Most Shewly Aktar, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Learning Stochastic Predator–Prey Dynamics:
 Spectral Solvers and Neural Operator Surrogates

  1:30- 1:35 pm
 Prince Appiah, Data Science Program, UTEP
 Mark A. Engle, Department of Earth, Environmental, and
    Resource Sciences, UTEP
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    and Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Lin Ma, Department of Earth, Environmental, and
    Resource Sciences, UTEP
 Naoko Lopez, Department of Earth, Environmental, and
    Resource Sciences, UTEP
 Machine Learning for Predicting Groundwater Quality
 and Understanding Controls on Contaminants

  1:35- 1:40 pm
 Ophelia Frimpong, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Osei K. Tweneboah, School of Theoretical and Applied Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Explainable Multimodal Deep Learning for Skin Lesion
 Classification Using Image and Metadata Fusion

  1:40- 1:45 pm
 Ricardo Isaac, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Maria Beccar-Varela, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    and Computational Science Program, UTEP
 From Nonlinearity to Linearity: Solving Riccati Equations

  1:45- 1:50 pm
 Nathanael McNair, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Anderson Acceleration of Picard Iterations to
 Solve Darcy-Forchheimer Flow Equations

  1:50- 1:55 pm
 Francis Owusu-Dampare, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Shraddha Ramdas Bandekar, Department of Integrative Biology, UT Austin
 Anass Bouchnita, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Viral kinetics modulates immuno-epidemiological dynamics:
 insights from a multiscale PDE model

  1:55- 2:00 pm
 Jose Perez Becerra, Deparment of Mathematical Sciences
    and Computational Science Program, UTEP
 A Penalty-Free Implicit Runge–Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Biharmonic equations

 POSTERS BY SESSION 3 AUTHORS: 2:00- 2:50 pm

 BREAK 2:40- 2:50 pm

 SESSION 4 2:50- 3:55 pm lightning talks

  2:50- 2:55 pm
 Romasa Qasim, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Anass Bouchnita, Department of Mathematical Sciences and
    Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Multiscale models of tumor growth with explicit
 receptor-ligand dynamics to quantify tumorigenesis conditions

  2:55- 3:00 pm
 Solomon N. Amoo, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    and Data Science Program, UTEP
 Ali Attajer, Institut de Recherche de la Construction (IRC), Cachan, France
 Boubakeur Mecheri, Institut de Recherche de la Construction (IRC), Cachan, France
 Imane Hadbi, Institut de Recherche de la Construction (IRC), Cachan, France
 Anass Bouchnita, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    and Data Science Program, UTEP
 A Knowledge-Based Data-Driven Algorithm for Sustainable
 Supply Chain Optimization in Modular Integrated Construction

  3:00- 3:05 pm
 Eti Nyamekeh Baffoe, Data Science Program and
    Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Anass Bouchnita, Data Science Program and
    Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 An ERK/p38 ratio-structured mathematical model of
 cancer-immune dynamics

  3:05- 3:10 pm
 Phuoc Huy Ha, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Tonghui Wang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 The APP for estimation of the ratio of scale parameters
 in two independent gamma distributions

  3:10- 3:15 pm
 Abdullah Al Imran, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Kenneth Duru, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 WaveQLab3D: A Numerical Software for Waves and
 Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Simulations

  3:15- 3:20 pm
 Panfeng Liang, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Ori Rosen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Flexible Bayesian estimation of elliptical copulas

  3:20- 3:25 pm
 Berlinda Nyantakyi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Michael Obuobi, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University
 Osei K. Tweneboah, School of Theoretical and Applied Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey
 Maria C. Mariani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Stochastic SIR Metapopulation Model of COVID-19
 Spread in USA, Mexico, and Canada

  3:25- 3:30 pm
 Andrew Pownuk, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Self-Adaptive and Self-Learning Computational Methods for
 Engineering,Mathematics, and Scientific Discovery, and for
 the Automated Development of Student Assignments

  3:30- 3:35 pm
 David Santiago Rivera-Rivera, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Research Advisor: Art M. Duval, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Laplacian Eigenvalues of Bipartite Kneser-Like Graphs

  3:35- 3:40 pm
 Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 A New Proof of the Jordan-von Neumann
 Characterization of the Inner Product Spaces

  3:40- 3:45 pm
 Behzad Djafari Rouhani, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Vahid Mohebbi, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Split Common Solution Problems for Monotone Operator Equations

  3:45- 3:50 pm
 Joy Saha, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Comparative Study of FEM, Mass-Lumped FEM, and Dynamic Low-Rank
 Approximation Methods for the 2D Diffusion Equation

  3:50- 3:55 pm
 Patrick Tabiri, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Natasha Sharma, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Numerical Stability Analysis of Phase-Field Crystal Models

 POSTERS BY SESSION 4 AUTHORS: 3:55-4:45 pm

 SESSION 5: 4:45- 5:20 pm lightning talks

  4:45- 4:50 pm
 Amir Husen, Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Jorge Munoz, Department of Physics and
    Computational Science Program, UTEP
 Computational Search for Dynamical Stability of
 Body-Centered Cubic Crystals in Chemical Space
 Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms

  4:50- 4:55 pm
 Jean Rendon, Desert Image, El Paso
 Clariandys Rivera, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion
    (IESA), Caracas, Venezuela
 Andrea Luces, Desert Image, El Paso
 Leobardo Valera, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dona Ana Community College, NMSU
 Design of a Python-Based GUI for Service Class Provider (SCP)
 Configuration Management with Assistance from ChatGPT

  4:55- 5:00 pm
 Lance Allan Glaese-Rodriguez, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Marcelo F. Frias, Department of Computer Science, UTEP
 Evaluating the Generation of Formal Specifications with GenAI

  5:00- 5:05 pm
 Sri Harsha Kathi, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Ricardo Diaz, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP
 Jonathon E. Mohl, Bioinformatics Program and
    Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
 Uncovering Evolutionary and Ecological Insights through
 Comparative Genomics of Purple and Green Sulfur Bacteria

  5:05- 5:10 pm
 Yesenia V. Juarez-Vargas, Bioinformatics Program, UTEP, and
    Biological Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
 Joonhoon Kim, Biological Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
 Andrew Frank, Biological Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
 Bram Stone, Biological Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
 BacterAI: Making AI accessible to scientists across disciplines

  5:10-5:15 pm
 Zohreh Keivan, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Jianjun Paul Tian, Department of Mathematical Sciences, NMSU
 Continuous Time Markov Chain to Progression
 of Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Cancer

  5:15- 5:20 pm
 Shokoofeh Ebrahimi, Department of Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Mahshahr, Iran
 Iterative methods for solving constrained and
 unconstrained optimization problems

 POSTERS BY SESSION 5 AUTHORS: 5:20- 5:55 pm

 CLOSING 5:55- 6:05 pm
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