CSSF Project Listings: 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Senior Division
- S0801 — Honorable Mention
- Ruchir Baronia, Grade 9
Rescuer: Emergency Mobile App with Voice Recognition, Volume Key Pattern, Location SMS Reciprocation, & Push-Aid Systems
Advisor: Mr. Vivek Baronia
School: Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, Contra Costa County
- S0802 — Third Place
- Guadalupe Bernal, Grade 10
Autonomous Off-Road Vehicle Using Computer Vision for Surveillance Applications
Advisor: Mr. Tyler Johnstone
School: Folsom High School, Folsom, Sacramento County
- S0803
- Sophie Q. Carter, Grade 9
GPS-Denied Navigation Using Altimetry
Advisor: Dr. Paul Carter
School: Westridge School, Pasadena, Los Angeles County
- S0804
- Alexis R. Chirco, Grade 11
Olivia (Yeeun) Kim, Grade 11
Simulating the Effects of Alzheimer's Disease in the Hippocampus: Effects of Change in Ion Equilibrium and Acetylcholine
Advisor: Miss Crystal Cooper, Ms. Crystal Cooper
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0805
- Narek Daduryan, Grade 10
Ethan H. Keshishian, Grade 10
Creating a Multilingual Keyboard Utilizing LCD Screens to Aid Multilingual Typers
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: A.G.B.U. Vatche & Tamar Manoukian High Schoo, Pasadena, Los Angeles County
- S0806
- Dina S. Dehaini, Grade 10
Early Fire Detection
Advisor: Mrs. Najwan Nassereldin
School: Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0807 — Honorable Mention
- Shiladitya Dutta, Grade 9
Rishik K. Reddy, Grade 9
Parth Saxena, Grade 9
Accurate, Low-Cost Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease by Detecting Dysphonic Features through a Machine-Learning Algorithm
Advisor: Mr. Clif Simms
School: Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, Alameda County, Foothill High School, Pleasanton, Alameda County
- S0808
- Kevin Frans, Grade 11
Alex Gao, Grade 11
Coordinated Multi-Agent Control Utilizing Deep Reinforcement Learning
Advisor: Mr. Bill Dunbar, Mr. William Dunbar
School: Gunn (Henry M.) High School, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County
- S0809
- Raghav Ganesh, Grade 9
A Novel, Fast, and Accurate Machine Learning Based Cell Classification Algorithm for Pathology Labs to Diagnose Diseases
Advisor: Mr. Jason Lee
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0810
- Ishan Gaur, Grade 11
Improving the Rationale for Stock Market Investments to Help Middle Income Households
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County
- S0811
- Elias B. Gilbert, Grade 9
Is Sprawl Wasting Our Time? Computer Models, Big Data, and Google APIs for City Planning
Advisor: Dr. Adam Millard-Ball
School: Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- S0812 — Second Place
- Lauren M. Hinkley, Grade 12
Sarah H. Kazmie, Grade 12
CardioWatch
Advisor: Dr. Nikki Malhotra
School: Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
- S0813 — First Place
- Holly M. Jackson, Grade 11
Unlocking History: An Algorithm to Virtually Unfold 3D Computed Tomography Scans of Unopened Historical Documents
Advisor: Mrs. Lisa Yi
School: Notre Dame High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0814
- Patrick D. Kao, Grade 11
Developing a Sentry Drone for Area Protection
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, San Mateo County
- S0815
- Sarkis Karibyan, Grade 12
Alexander Sanchez, Grade 12
Development of Symmetry Evaluation Methods for Determining the Degree of Ventricle Symmetry in Ischemic Stroke
Advisor: Dr. Brent Liu
School: Bravo (Francisco) Medical Magnet High School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S0816
- Gaeun Kim, Grade 11
Assessing Treatment Response in Colorectal Cancer Patients through Novel Volumetric Ultrasound Methods
Advisor: Dr. Juergen Willmann
School: Stanford University Online High School, Stanford, Santa Clara County
- S0817 — Honorable Mention
- Karena Kong, Grade 11
Traffic Network Management: Novel Approach Using a Deep-Learning System Driven by Dynamic Data and an Adaptive Algorithm
Advisor: Dr. Gary Blickenstaff
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0818
- Shadaj R. Laddad, Grade 11
Direct Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots via Deep Reinforcement Learning
Advisor: Mr. Jason Lee
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0819
- Chinmay K. Lalgudi, Grade 9
Investigating Methylation to Explain Gene Expression Patterns between Glioblastoma and Alzheimer's Disease
Advisor: Dr. Roy Rocklin
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0820 — Honorable Mention
- Michelle Li, Grade 11
A Machine Learning Approach for the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease via Speech Analysis
Advisor: Mr. Scott Lubbs
School: Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0821
- Marcus Luebke, Grade 11
Running on Water: AI to Design Optimized H2 Production Systems Based on User Priorities of Cost, Efficiency, and Rate
Advisor: Mr. Neal Addicott
School: Design Tech High School, Millbrae, San Mateo County
- S0822
- Saurabh Narain, Grade 10
A Cloud Based Machine Learning Wearable Device to Monitor, Predict, and Prevent Cardiac Arrest
Advisor: Mr. Deep Ram
School: Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, Alameda County
- S0823
- Jennifer R. Pan, Grade 11
Quantifying Binding Free Energies in Amyloid Systems Related to Alzheimer's and Enhancing Antibody Binding Affinities
Advisor: Mr. Siu-Ling Sit
School: Beckman (Arnold O.) High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0824 — Honorable Mention
- Gautam V. Prabhu, Grade 12
Kinetic Modeling of Signal Transduction in the Intra-S Phase DNA Damage Checkpoint
Advisor: Mrs. Cathy Messenger
School: Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos, Santa Clara County
- S0825
- Evani Radiya-Dixit, Grade 12
Identification of Diagnostic Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets across Adenocarcinomas Using DNA Methylation Analyses
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Beck
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0826
- Ashmita Rajkumar, Grade 11
MedHack: The Impact of Malware Attack upon Biomedical Devices
Advisor: Dr. Rajkumar Thirumalainambi
School: Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- S0827 — Fourth Place
- Pravin Ravishanker, Grade 12
ALZCan: Machine Learning Based Multimodal Neuroimaging Genetics Framework to Predict Future Onset of Alzheimer's Disease
Advisor: Mr. Rod Wong
School: Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0828
- Vinay Senthil, Grade 11
A Three Dimensional Modeling and Real Time Data Analysis Algorithm for Bronchoscopy Enhancement
Advisor: Dr. Roy Rocklin
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0829
- Jayasuriya Senthilvelan, Grade 11
Jacob R. Yee, Grade 11
Detection of Forest Fires Using Autonomous Drones
Advisor: Mr. Kendia Herrington, Ms. Kendia Herrington
School: Buchanan (Floyd B.) High School, Clovis, Fresno County
- S0830 — Honorable Mention
- Kaushik Shivakumar, Grade 10
A Machine-Learning Approach to Correlate Environmental and Demographic Factors to Cancer Incidences across US Counties
Advisor: Ms. Anu Datar
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0831
- Kimberly A. Stahovich, Grade 10
Using Machine Learning to Predict Postprandial Blood Glucose in Type 1 Diabetics
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Stahovich
School: North (John Wesley) High School, Riverside, Riverside County
- S0832
- Nikhil Sundrani, Grade 10
Sameer Sundrani, Grade 11
SmartRate: An Innovation in Early Detection, Warning, and Prevention of Cardiac Death
Advisor: Mrs. Brenda Royce, Mrs. Brenda Sundrani
School: University High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S0833
- Robert G. Tacescu, Grade 11
Safecopter: Developing a Collision Avoidance System Based on an Array of Time-of-Flight 3D Cameras
Advisor: Mr. Matthew Carter
School: Clovis North High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S0834
- Christopher L. Tan, Grade 12
Using Machine Learning to Predict the Flu
Advisor: Ms. Mirel Rivera
School: Pinole Valley High School, Pinole, Contra Costa County
- S0835
- Ethan M. Uetrecht, Grade 12
Reducing Reliance on the DSN: Autonomous Satellite Location Determination
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County
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