Menlo Park, California — As part of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest high school celebration of science, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence recognized ten high school students for their outstanding projects with an artificial intelligence component. Each winner received a $500 cash award (joint authors shared the cash award), a one-year membership in AAAI, and a one-year subscriptions to AAAI’s AI Magazine for the student’s high school. “AAAI members who judged this competition were quite impressed by the caliber of this year’s entries,” says AAAI Executive Director Carol Hamilton. “We hope this award will encourage these promising young scientists to continue pursuing their interests in AI.” The winners include:
- Neural Networks and Speciation Genetic Algorithms
Craig Andrew Wilson, 16, Lake Travis High School, Austin, Texas - Fault-Tolerant Behavior-Based Robots
Laura Anne Wong, 17, Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, New Jersey - Evaluating the Ability of a Genetic Algorithm to Find an Optimal Investment Portfolio
Jordan Strong Wilson, 15, Math and Science High School at Clover Hill, Midlothian, Virginia - A New Approach to the Identification of Computer Viruses Using Artificial Neural Networks
Benjamin Alan Frison, 16, Carlisle Area High School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling
Kimberly Elise Reinhold, 16, Saint Joseph Junior-Senior High School, Hilo, Hawaii - Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly Disabled
Elena Leah Glassman, 17, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, Pennsylvania - E-Canister: A Reliable Anti-spamming Server Based on Voting and Learning
Sung-Jin Hong, 16, Daejon Science High School, Daejon, South Korea - Resource Allocation by Integration of Dispatching Heuristics with Genetic Algorithms
Yen Tung Yeh, 18, Avondale, Arizona; Christina Grace Kwong, 18, Phoenix, Arizona; Dean Wong Thongkham, 18, Mesa, Arizona - Development and Comparison of Biologically Based Robots
Zachary Michael Walchuk, 16, Mankato West High School, Mankato, Minnesota - Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior: Year 2
Donald Eng, 16, Stanton College Preparatory School, Jacksonville, Florida
Fair Description
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) (http://www.intel.com/education/isef/) is the world’s largest pre-college science competition that provides an opportunity for the world’s best young scientists and inventors to come together to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge science projects, and compete for more than U.S. $3 million in awards and scholarships.
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