Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder can be debilitating for some students. Common symptoms include difficulty staying on task or being organized — making it almost impossible for students to complete assignments on time.

In 2023, an estimated 15.5 million of American adults over the age of 18 had a diagnosis of ADHD, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of those diagnosis happened in adulthood.

Computer science and engineering associate professor David Shepherd is out to change that — or at least help make completing tasks, assignments and homework easier for students.

Nestled in the digital media center at LSU, at the end of a long hallway lined with glass offices chock full of charts, graphs, equations and scribbled ideas in dry-erase ink, sit

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