05/21/2026
👏 Congratulations to CCU students Gavin Smithson and CJ George, who recently presented findings from their Los Alamos National Laboratory–CCU Collaboration research during the Gupta College of Science’s Board of Visitors meeting.
Gavin and CJ shared their work on the Anomaly Detection in Manufactured Parts project, a research effort focused on supporting quality assurance for precision manufactured components. As part of this project, they have contributed to AnnoMate, a tool that helps inspectors load images of manufactured parts, annotate potential issues, and use built-in machine learning models to support evaluation.
Their work reflects the kind of hands-on, applied research experience that helps students grow as computing professionals while contributing to projects with real scientific and engineering significance.
As Professor Dakota Fulp, one of the mentors of the LANL-CCU Collaboration, said:
“Gavin and CJ represent the kind of student researchers we hope to develop—curious, capable, and willing to take on challenging problems with real-world importance. Their work shows what can happen when students are given the opportunity to contribute to meaningful research early in their academic careers.”
We are proud of Gavin and CJ for representing the Department of Computing Sciences and the LANL-CCU Collaboration so well!
Read more:
https://www.coastal.edu/computing/lanl-ccucollaboration/newsandevents/lanl-ccustudentspresentfindingstogcosboardofvisitors/
