Aiding Detection of a Deadly Autoimmune Disease

Scleroderma.AI Computer Science/Mathematics, 2024–25

Liaison(s): Amyn Rajan P’27, Thomas Winkler, Jerry Wu
Advisor(s): Erin Talvitie
Students(s): Emily Auyon (TL-F), Skandda Chandrasekar, Jade Kessinger (TL-S), Norah Pack, Trinity Zhang

Scleroderma.AI is a not-for-profit startup aiming to provide a solution that aids in the early detection of scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and thickening of the skin and body. Sclerodema.AI seeks to build a computer vision model to better the outcomes of patients with scleroderma by expediting diagnosis and treatment. The Clinic team researched, trained and tested models to improve detection accuracy. The team created a prototype web application that integrates different detection models to demonstrate the promise of a tool to aid clinicians or individual patients in detecting symptoms of scleroderma.