{"id":5359,"date":"2026-07-27T17:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2026-07-30T15:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:43:36","slug":"2026-ai4cw-interns-and-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2026\/07\/27\/2026-ai4cw-interns-and-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AI4CW Interns and Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5359\" class=\"elementor elementor-5359\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37d9f86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37d9f86\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f063aa1\" data-id=\"f063aa1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efcb745 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efcb745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Collage-2-Horiz-v2-600x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5524\" alt=\"AI4CW Group Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Collage-2-Horiz-v2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Collage-2-Horiz-v2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Collage-2-Horiz-v2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-230d236 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"230d236\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the spring and summer of 2026, 14 UMass sophomores and juniors participated in the AI for the Commonwealth Internship program, a collaborative initiative of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cics.umass.edu\/\">Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/executive-office-of-technology-services-and-security\">Executive Office of Technology Services and Security<\/a> (EOTSS) for the Commonwealth. The students were supported by faculty and staff from <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/\">UMass Public Interest Technology Initiative<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ds.cs.umass.edu\/\">Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence<\/a> and three student mentors from the 2025 cohort.<\/p><p>This program offers an exciting opportunity for students to collaborate with state agencies and UMass mentors, applying cutting-edge AI to real-world challenges that impact communities across Massachusetts. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program began in the spring semester with an experiential learning course where students gained first hand experience with a human centered design approach paired with modern software engineering practices. During the summer, the students held paid internships where they continued to collaborate with the UMass team and their clients to deliver mature prototypes to clients by the end of the summer. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally, AWS supported each team throughout the spring and summer through a robust mentoring programming, guiding students on best practices in leveraging AWS services for the projects.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This September they will be presenting their work to Governor Maura Healey and other Commonwealth stakeholders in the State House. (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read more about the Healey-Driscoll administration partnership with UMass, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/news\/article\/healey-driscoll-administration-launches-new-partnership-umass-amherst-recruit-students\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p><p>Learn about the AI for the Commonwealth Interns and their projects below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de060fa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"de060fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7411ade elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7411ade\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b290ee\" data-id=\"7b290ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdcdd87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdcdd87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Public Health Policy Navigator led by Michael Montanez, Vedant Naidu, Paransha Tajwani, Arundhati G. Vasishth<\/h3><p>This project addresses a key challenge faced by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and its local health departments and Inspectional Services Departments (ISDs): the lack of a centralized, real-time system for accessing regulatory information during inspections. This project aims to support inspectors by improving access to reliable, consistent regulatory information through an AI chatbot embedded within the Metrik platform, a statewide public health data and operations platform being developed by DPH to give all 351 local health departments and ISDs modern, standardized tools for managing inspections, complaints, permitting, and reporting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5e4cb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5e4cb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d19d360\" data-id=\"d19d360\" 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src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/michael_montanez_2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Michael Montanez\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/michael_montanez_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/michael_montanez_2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5374'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael Montanez\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"fcd4a4c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"vedant_naidu_1\" 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This project will build an\u00a0 AI-based solution to address these challenges for our stakeholders, with the potential to improve internal efficiency, enhance service quality, and strengthen public perception and trust.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c579850 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c579850\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b421e4\" data-id=\"9b421e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a6bae gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"83a6bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5359 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"83a6bae\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"raza_alaqaband_2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM3OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvcmF6YV9hbGFxYWJhbmRfMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI4M2E2YmFlIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/raza_alaqaband_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/raza_alaqaband_2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Raza Alaqaband\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/raza_alaqaband_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/raza_alaqaband_2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5378'>\n\t\t\t\tRaza Alaqaband\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"83a6bae\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"anish_kamath_3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM3OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvYW5pc2hfa2FtYXRoXzMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODNhNmJhZSJ9\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/anish_kamath_3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/anish_kamath_3-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Anish Kamath\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/anish_kamath_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/anish_kamath_3-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5379'>\n\t\t\t\tAnish Kamath\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"83a6bae\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"sohan_pingali_2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM4MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvc29oYW5fcGluZ2FsaV8yLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjgzYTZiYWUifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/sohan_pingali_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/sohan_pingali_2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bhanu Sohan Pingali\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/sohan_pingali_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/sohan_pingali_2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5380'>\n\t\t\t\tBhanu Sohan Pingali\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a401b7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a401b7d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30bc867\" data-id=\"30bc867\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-097637e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"097637e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0410af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0410af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb507f1\" data-id=\"cb507f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210e1b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"210e1b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>MassHealth Form Processing led by Meiling Chen, Urvi Gupta, Reeshab Singh<\/h3><p>This project supports MassHealth in processing non-English documents more efficiently by partially automating their translation workflow through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) text extraction and multilingual form-field mapping. The project will develop a human-in-loop approach by generating a pre-translated, structured English version of recurring forms and documents that can then be reviewed and finalized by third-party translation vendors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7c5a4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7c5a4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fefd0e9\" data-id=\"fefd0e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed0c311 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"ed0c311\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-5359 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ed0c311\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"meiling_chen_2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM4NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvbWVpbGluZ19jaGVuXzIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWQwYzMxMSJ9\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/meiling_chen_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/meiling_chen_2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Meiling Chen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/meiling_chen_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/meiling_chen_2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5384'>\n\t\t\t\tMeiling Chen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ed0c311\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"urvi_gupta_2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM4NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvdXJ2aV9ndXB0YV8yLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImVkMGMzMTEifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/urvi_gupta_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/urvi_gupta_2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Urvi Gupta\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/urvi_gupta_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/urvi_gupta_2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5385'>\n\t\t\t\tUrvi Gupta\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ed0c311\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Reeshab Singh\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM4NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvUmVlc2hhYi1TaW5naC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJlZDBjMzExIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Reeshab-Singh.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Reeshab-Singh-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Reeshab Singh\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Reeshab-Singh-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Reeshab-Singh-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5386'>\n\t\t\t\tReeshab Singh\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d948877 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d948877\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0daa06\" data-id=\"a0daa06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e85ddb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0e85ddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-564e592 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"564e592\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48b4db7\" data-id=\"48b4db7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d6a837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d6a837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>UMass HR Assistant led by Kellan McIntosh, Eric Nguyen<\/h3><p>UMassHR serves a large and diverse employee population across the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Currently, HR professionals face a high and continuous volume of \u201cAsk HR\u201d tickets related to benefits, payroll, onboarding, hiring processes, policies, and compliance matters. This project will develop an internal HR tool that assists staff in retrieving relevant information and generating drafts to create a more efficient and streamlined workflow. HR personnel would review and verify responses before sending them, ensuring accuracy while significantly reducing manual workload and enabling HR to assist employees at a faster rate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59328dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59328dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-569fb99\" data-id=\"569fb99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1838003 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"1838003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-5359 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1838003\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"kellan_mcintosh_1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM4NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wva2VsbGFuX21jaW50b3NoXzEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMTgzODAwMyJ9\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/kellan_mcintosh_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/kellan_mcintosh_1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kellan McIntosh\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-5387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/kellan_mcintosh_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/kellan_mcintosh_1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-5387'>\n\t\t\t\tKellan McIntosh\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1838003\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"eric_nguyen\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM4OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvZXJpY19uZ3V5ZW4uanBlZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjE4MzgwMDMifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/eric_nguyen.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/eric_nguyen-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Eric Nguyen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-5388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/eric_nguyen-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/eric_nguyen-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-5388'>\n\t\t\t\tEric Nguyen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72c9e3f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72c9e3f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ead2d33\" data-id=\"ead2d33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f01d0f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5f01d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-109d113 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"109d113\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16fe707\" data-id=\"16fe707\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8951071 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8951071\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Berkshire Regional Planning Plan Navigator led by Unmesh Reza and Dia Sutaria<\/h3><p>The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission currently manages a large volume of decentralized, text-heavy municipal plans. The sheer volume of this unstructured data makes it functionally difficult and time-consuming for staff to cross-reference documents to identify shared, region-wide priorities. This project will develop a tool to enable the BRPC to easily analyze town plans and develop a proactive approach to long-term regional planning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4b9a1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4b9a1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9dde61\" data-id=\"d9dde61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d172a gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"73d172a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-5359 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"73d172a\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Unmesh Reza LinkedIn\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTM4OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvVW5tZXNoLVJlemEtTGlua2VkSW4uanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzNkMTcyYSJ9\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Unmesh-Reza-LinkedIn.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Unmesh-Reza-LinkedIn-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Unmesh Reza\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-5389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Unmesh-Reza-LinkedIn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Unmesh-Reza-LinkedIn-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Unmesh-Reza-LinkedIn-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/07\/Unmesh-Reza-LinkedIn.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-5389'>\n\t\t\t\tUnmesh Reza\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca08f82 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ca08f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c183a5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c183a5d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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These mentors were assigned to teams to provide project management and technical support for their teams. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-233c502 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"233c502\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07fc355\" data-id=\"07fc355\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56af936 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" 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height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Tanush-Savadi-square-crop-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Tanush Savadi\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-4988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Tanush-Savadi-square-crop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Tanush-Savadi-square-crop-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Tanush-Savadi-square-crop-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Tanush-Savadi-square-crop.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-4988'>\n\t\t\t\tTanush Savadi\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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