CSSF Project Listings: 2008
Mathematics & Software
Senior Division
- S1301 — Honorable Mention
- Kunal Agarwal, Grade 11
Making Plastic Stronger: Innovating Credit Card Security
Advisor: Mr. Narquiz Cervantes
School: Silver Creek High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S1302
- Emil J. Barkovich, Grade 10
What Really Makes a Hitter's Ballpark? An Analysis of the Effect of Field Area on Baseball Offensive Statistics
Advisor: Mr. Jerry Childers
School: Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, Marin County
- S1303
- Ryan P. Batterman, Grade 9
The Effects of Alpha-Beta Pruning on the Playing Strength of a Chess Playing Algorithm
Advisor: Dr. Pamela Durkee
School: York School, Monterey, Monterey County
- S1304
- Benjamin I. Filippenko, Grade 11
Determining the Optimal Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Strategy
Advisor: Mr. Michael Antrim
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1305 — Third Place
- Casey L. Fu, Grade 9
The Efficiency of Prime-Testing Algorithms
Advisor: Mrs. Julia Newman
School: Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, San Diego County
- S1306 — Fourth Place
- Dhruv R. Garg, Grade 12
Real-time Feedback Modules to Enhance User Learning in Surgical Simulation
Advisor: Mr. Bruce Kawanami
School: Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- S1307
- Azhia C. Haga, Grade 9
Oh, The Places You'll Go: A Statistical Analysis of the Traveling Salesman Problem
Advisor: Ms. Cathy Campbell
School: Palm Springs High School, Palm Springs, Riverside County
- S1308
- Allison D. Hall, Grade 10
JavaScript Sudoku Corrector
Advisor: Ms. Gwen Corbett
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County
- S1309 — First Place
- Haixiang Huang, Grade 11
Sukyeon Jung, Grade 11
Extending Swarm Economic Systems using Agent-Level Adaptation
Advisor: Dr. Sanza Kazadi
School: Ribet Academy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S1310 — Honorable Mention
- Rui Jin, Grade 11
Intelligent Irrigation Control System
Advisor: Mr. Robert Dean
School: Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, San Diego County
- S1311
- Ramanan Kandasamy, Grade 11
An Optimization of Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm
Advisor: Dr. Paul Fan
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1312
- Beverly S. Levene, Grade 11
Reducing Atmospheric CO_2 by Iron Induced Phytoplankton Blooms: A Computer Model
Advisor: Dr. Jay Vavra
School: High Tech High, San Diego, San Diego County
- S1313
- Nicholas M. Lieberman, Grade 9
Alexander K. Tsebelis, Grade 9
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Advisor: Mr. Norman Brennan
School: Mirman School for Gifted Children, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S1314 — Second Place
- David C. Liu, Grade 10
Content-Based Image Retrieval
Advisor: Mrs. Amanda Alonzo
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S1315
- Tanooj Luthra, Grade 11
Adaptive Signal Processing for Optimal Wireless Networking
Advisor: Ms. Wendy Slijk
School: Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, San Diego County
- S1316 — Honorable Mention
- Maria J. Ly, Grade 11
Tracking Down Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Advisor: Mrs. Joni Carlson
School: Chinese Christian School, San Leandro, Alameda County
- S1317
- Marie E. Nielsen, Grade 10
Is Safe Good Enough? The Value of Added Complexity in Password Security
Advisor: Dr. Eric Nielsen
School: Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- S1318
- James Noraky, Grade 11
An Investigation into the Optimization of Control Systems
Advisor: Mrs. Anne Artz
School: Preuss School, La Jolla, San Diego County
- S1319
- Ernesto E. Nunez, Jr., Grade 9
Taking It to the Edge
Advisor: Mr. Nolan Morris
School: Fontana High School, Fontana, San Bernardino County
- S1320
- Stephanie Salcedo, Grade 12
Morphing Circles with Trig: A Third Year Investigation
Advisor: Mrs. Diana Herrington
School: Clovis High School, Clovis, Fresno County
- S1322
- Patrick Yiu, Grade 9
Fibonacci and Phyllotaxis
Advisor: Mrs. Daphne Traeger
School: Gabrielino High School, San Gabriel, Los Angeles County
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