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
A few weeks late (World Cup and other summer duties), but we want to congratulate Md Masrur Hossain Rakin on successfully defending his thesis "Strain-Bandgap Modeling for Diamond Using #PINNs"! Thank you to all involved (the village) in this #semiconductor & #ai work #txst #research #engineering
We want to congratulate Md Sakif Uddin Khan on successfully defending his thesis last week, titled "A Transfer-based Perception & Analytics Framework for Cattle Behavior Analysis Across Diverse Ranch Environments!" #txst #research #engineering #animalscience #ai #computervision
Jay Jang has been awarded the graduate scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year from Texas State University. Congratulations!
Another successful Spring semester for the @hipelab.bsky.social, and an amazing dinner celebration for all students, staff, and significant others who have contributed to each research project! Thank you all! 👏 👏 👏 👏 #research #ai #robotics #uwbg #engineering #txst
Well done!! 👏👏👏👏
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 3mo agoPrashant Panta presented at the TXST Undergraduate Research Symposium on his work “Benchmarking Deep Learning Training Workloads on the LEAP2 HPC System: CPU vs. GPU Performance Characterization.” #ai #hpc #benchmarking #research #txst
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HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 4mo agoSakif’s paper “A Transformer-Based Detection and Instance Segmentation Pipeline for Cross-Domain Cattle Monitoring” was accepted to the 2026 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) in Seattle, WA. #ai #deeplearning #transformers #engineering #ag #cattle #research #txst
Sakif’s paper “A Transformer-Based Detection and Instance Segmentation Pipeline for Cross-Domain Cattle Monitoring” was accepted to the 2026 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) in Seattle, WA. #ai #deeplearning #transformers #engineering #ag #cattle #research #txst
Halfway through a thesis with success...boom! 💥 💥 💥
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 4mo agoErich’s paper “Autonomous Exploration of Complex Industrial Environments Using an IMPALA-Derived Convolutional Encoder and PPO,” was accepted to the 2026 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) in Seattle, WA. Congratulations!!! 👏👏👏👏👏 #research #ai #AUV #RL #engineering #txst
Our stuffed cows and robot kits were a hit! #toys
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur #USDA AnimalCareBot team had a strong game in displaying our project, interacting w/the community, and giving away some amazing toys at the S.T.E.A.M event: ⭐ Jillian G ⭐ Alexandra G ⭐ Isabela W ⭐ Pawan P ⭐ Susan L ⭐ Bria B #outreach #animalscience #engineering #robotics #research #txst
Utku’s, Rakin’s, Dr. Shadman’s, and Dr. Valles’s collaborative paper “Machine Learning for Bandgap Regression and Classification in Strained Diamond from First-Principles Descriptors” was accepted to the 2026 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) in Seattle, WA. #semiconductors #ai #research #txst
Shafiqul Alam Khan’s journal article “Conquering the Urban Firefighting Challenge: A Deep Q-Network Approach for Autonomous UAV Navigation” has been published on @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social Inventions. Thanks for the support from TXST THRC! #research #agentAI #drones #engineering #txst
The group was part of Community Day for the 60th anniversary of the College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University! Thanks to all the folks who visited our lab and enjoyed interacting with us and our research. #robotics #ai #celebrating #research #txst
Our USDA AnimalCareBot work was presented at the 4th Annual Texas State University STEM Conference. Amazing work from all the students in the team, and facing questions throughout the day! 👏 👏 👏 👏 #engineering #ag #ai #mechanical #electrical #research #txst
Susan Ledezma will present her work on "Developing Artificial Intelligence Models for Predicting Stress in Cattle Behavior" at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference: From Lab to Landscape: Building a Bigger, Better Texas. genstem.cose.txst.edu/txst-stem-co... #ai #yolo #detection #ag #research #txst
Md Sakif Uddin Khan will present his work on “Computer Vision Framework for Identity-Aware Cattle Behavior Monitoring in Ranch Systems” at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference: genstem.cose.txst.edu/txst-stem-co... #deeplearning #CV #ai #engineering #research #txst
Nathan Charles and Utsav Adhikari will present their work on “ROS2 GPS-based Autonomous Vehicle Navigation in the Agriculture and Livestock Space” at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference: From Lab to Landscape: genstem.cose.txst.edu/txst-stem-co... #ros2 #AUV #GPS #engineering #research #txst
Jillian, Kevin, Isabela, Alexandra, and Pawan will present their work on “Mechanical Design of an Autonomous Robot for Cattle Monitoring” at the 2026 TXST STEM Conference: genstem.cose.txst.edu/txst-stem-co... #mechanical #design #autonomous #research #engineering #txst
Welcome to the project!
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HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 5mo agoTanner Fuchs joined our group in the USDA’s Mobile Robot for AnimalCareBot project. Welcome! animalbot.wp.txstate.edu #engineering #robotics #UAV #research #txst
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HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur Ph.D. student Zaheen A. Simin’s journal article “Enhanced #Security of Bidirectional #Communication in #IoT-Driven Utility #Networks Using Sertainty UXP and #LoRaWAN” has been published on @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social Sensors. www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/26... #research #engineering #iot #txst
Josh Del Bosque joined our group in the USDA’s Mobile Robot for AnimalCareBot project. Welcome! animalbot.wp.txstate.edu #engineering #robotics #UAV #research #txst
Physics, keyboard, and a good monitor...possible Wifi...let's get to work! ⚛️ ⌨️ 🖥️ 🛜
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 6mo agoWelcome, Utku Kayis, to the HiPE group for his MS Thesis research work in #Semiconductors and #AI, and co-advised with Dr. Semih Aslan and Dr. Damian Valles! #research #engineering #txst
USDA team was featured in the new #txst marketing “Each and Every One.” Congrats to each and every student who has been part of this project! Video:https://youtu.be/1o2rFx6It60?si=kaHJZjWE0TEL7IUz Project: animalbot.wp.txstate.edu #research #engineering #agriculture #animalscience #robotics #ai
Come say "Hello!" and a Carbon-based LLM will reply to you.
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe HiPE research group + TXST CADS will be at the State of AI in Austin 2026 Innovation Showcase! 📅 Tue, 1/27/26 🕞 3:30–6:00 pm More info: austin-ai.org/event/state-... #AustinAI2026 #AustinTech #ATXTech #AI #FutureOfWork #txst
Time to nerd out! Welcome! #research #engineering #PhDLife #ai #Semiconductors #txst
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 7mo agoExcited to welcome Junwoo “Jay” Jang to the HiPE group and the NSF CREST UWBG+AI team as a Ph.D. student at @txst.edu! Project info: uwbg.wp.txstate.edu Bio: hipe.wp.txstate.edu/people/ #UWBG #AI #PhDLife #TexasState
Welcome to the team! #research #engineering #ai #Semiconductors #txst
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 7mo agoExcited to welcome Dr. Rashik Shadman as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the HiPE research group and NSF CREST UWBG+AI team at @txst.edu! He’ll lead new #AI modeling efforts for ultrawide-bandgap #semiconductor materials and devices. More: uwbg.wp.txstate.edu
Happy Holidays & Happy New Year from the @hipelab.bsky.social at @txst.edu. Thanks again to the great team of students throughout the year! Here’s to more breakthroughs (and fewer bugs) in 2026. #TXST #engineering #research #AI #HPC
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. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
HiPE Research Group @ TXST@hipelab.bsky.social · 8mo agoAnother strong Fall 2025 for the group. Grateful for this crew and the momentum we’re carrying into the new year. PhD: Simin Thesis proposals: Erich, Rakin USDA: Jillian, Kevin, Alexandra, Isabela, Nathan, Utsav, Pawan, Susan, Tanvir, Sakif UWBG: Javier Clutch class sub: Enes #research #txst
