Two IDL researchers presented their work on artificial intelligence and science gateways at Gateways 2026, hosted by Johns Hopkins University at the JHU Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., September 23–25. Mahedi Hasan, IDL Student Lead and a Ph.D. candidate in Media & Communication at Texas Tech University, won the Best Student-Led Poster Award. Md Ashraful Goni, an IDL alumnus and former Student Lead, presented a paper that was a finalist for Best Paper. The conference co