NISE Fellow Hari Srinivasan and FCAI Fellow Dr. Tyler Derr Win Vanderbilt University Impact Awards

Posted by Jessica Stasik on Friday, April 18, 2025 in Academics and HE Professionals, Self-Advocates and Civil Stakeholders.

We want to Congratulate two members of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation family today, Dr. Tyler Derr and Hari Srinivasan. This week, Vanderbilt University acknowledged them with Impact Awards in the faculty and PhD student categories, respectively.

Dr. Tyler Derr is a fellow of the Frist Center and an assistant professor of computer science. He also directs the Network and Data Science (NDS) Lab, which focuses on diverse research topics in data mining and machine learning, such as fairness in machine learning and data science for social good applications. Find out more about Dr. Derr here.

Hari Srinivasan is a PhD Candidate at the Vanderbilt Brain Institute’s Neuroscience Graduate Program and an alum of UC Berkeley.  Hari is part of the Wallace Multisensory Lab housed at the Live Learning Innovation Incubator here on the Vanderbilt campus. Find out more about Hari here.

The Vanderbilt University Career Center website says this about the Impact Awards: “Established in 2024, the Impact Awards recognize the contributions of Vanderbilt community members to student career growth. With eleven categories honoring faculty, staff, alums, parents, employer partners, and students, these annual awards celebrate the individuals who play a vital role in the professional development of students.” 

Congratulations, Hari and Tyler! We are so proud of your work and your association with FCAI. Keep doing what you do!

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