CSSF Category Awards: 2013
Mathematics & Software

Senior Division

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S1401 — First Place

Colin C. Aitken, Grade 12
Dots and Lines: A Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Topologies
Advisor: Mrs. Anuradha Sarkar
School: Leland High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County

S1416 — Second Place

Kevin K. Lee, Grade 11
Electromechanical Modeling of the Heart in Moving Domains Using the Phase-Field Method
Advisor: Dr. John Lowengrub
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County

S1424 — Third Place

Yousuf M. Soliman, Grade 11
IlluminaMed: Developing New AI for Use in a Biomedical Image Analysis Toolkit
Advisor: Ms. Wendy Slijk
School: Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, San Diego County

S1498 — Fourth Place

Jared A. Tramontano, Grade 9
A Generalized Formula for the A-th Element of a N-Nacci Recursive Sequence Using Complex Residues
Advisor: Mr. Peter Lum
School: Centennial High School, Corona, Riverside County

S1402 — Honorable Mention

Ulysse Carion, Grade 11
Creating a Chess-Playing Computer Program
Advisor: Mr. Martin Teachworth
School: La Jolla Senior High School, La Jolla, San Diego County

S1412 — Honorable Mention

Rishabh Jain, Grade 10
The Early Detection of Wildfires through the Use of GOES Satellite Imagery, Edge Analysis, and Spectral-Based Hashing
Advisor: Mr. Chris Spenner
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County

S1420 — Honorable Mention

Sonia S. Sachar, Grade 9
MASS: Memorizing Assistant for Social Software
Advisor: Dr. Shankar Kumar
School: Irvington High School, Fremont, Alameda County

S1425 — Honorable Mention

Prem M. Talwai, Grade 10
A Novel Mathematical Model of Targeted Cancer Therapy along p53 Proteasomal Degradation Pathways
Advisor: Dr. Binh Truong
School: Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, Sacramento County