CSSF Project Listings: 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Junior Division
- J1401 — Second Place
- Ruchir Baronia, Grade 8
Rescuer: A Hands-Free Mobile App for Emergencies with Easy Access for the Physically Impaired
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Windemere Ranch Middle School, San Ramon, Contra Costa County
- J1402
- Cameron N. Cage, Grade 8
A Sense of Stylometry
Advisor: Ms. Christine Baldwin
School: Grant K-8, San Diego, San Diego County
- J1403
- Galen M. Cholbi, Grade 6
Spaceship Soup: Predicting the Emergence of Moving Objects from Random Configurations of Cells in Cellular Automata
Advisor: Mrs. Anona Gasca
School: Kimbark Elementary School, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County
- J1404
- Erin M. deCastongrene, Grade 8
Pegs and Programming
Advisor: Mr. John Wright
School: Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- J1405
- Peter L. Eckmann, Grade 7
Are Genetic Algorithms Effective for Computationally Intense Problems?
Advisor: Mr. Jens Klubberud
School: Maris (Stella) Academy, La Jolla, San Diego County
- J1406
- Madison A. Elliott, Grade 8
Less Is More: A Geometric Analysis of the Environmental Impact and Cost of Inefficient Product Packaging
Advisor: Mrs. Wendi Rodriguez
School: Heritage (The) School, Phelan, San Bernardino County
- J1407
- Kathryn C. Forrest, Grade 8
Using Zipf's Law to Analyze Speech Complexity through the Past Three Centuries
Advisor: Mrs. Nicole Shimshock
School: St. Charles School, San Carlos, San Mateo County
- J1408 — Fourth Place
- Anusha Ghosh, Grade 8
A Device to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy
Advisor: Dr. Sunondo Ghosh
School: Challenger School - Shawnee, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- J1409
- Swati Goel, Grade 8
An Efficient Assignment Algorithm, Given Preferences and Capacity Constraints
Advisor: Dr. Ashish Goel
School: Terman Middle School, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County
- J1410
- Ilene J. Hoffman, Grade 8
Genre Differentiation Using Timbral Analysis
Advisor: Mrs. Roxanne Hunker
School: Rhoades (The) School, Encinitas, San Diego County
- J1411
- Knight A. Jarecki, Grade 8
The Science Behind Moneyball
Advisor: Mrs. Lee Bizzini
School: El Tejon Middle School, Lebec, Kern County
- J1412
- Sanjana S. Jilla, Grade 6
Tempus Genie: A Time Budgeting and Planning App for Students
Advisor: Mrs. Shalini D'Souza
School: Challenger School, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County
- J1413
- Solomon A. Kazmie, Grade 8
LifeLine: Thinking Outside the Black Box
Advisor: Mrs. Gini Bartley
School: Redwood Middle School, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
- J1414
- Jimin Kim, Grade 8
A Combinatorial Proof for the Geometric Series, Binomial Theorem, and the Square of a Polynomial with Tiling
Advisor: Mrs. Kimberly Soliday
School: Jeffrey Trail Middle School, Irvine, Orange County
- J1415
- Katherine G. Knapp, Grade 8
The Glorious Unfolding: Similarities between Flexagons, Mobius Loops, and Klein Bottles
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Good Shepherd Catholic School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- J1416 — First Place
- Elizabeth Kravtchenko, Grade 8
How Math Helped Me Become an All-American Athlete
Advisor: Mrs. Marsenne Kendall
School: Tierra Linda Middle School, San Carlos, San Mateo County
- J1417
- Lev Kruglyak, Grade 8
Inductive Reasoning Algorithm
Advisor: Mrs. Liane Martin
School: Vista Verde School, Irvine, Orange County
- J1418
- Rachana Madhukara, Grade 8
Devising a Secure and Efficient Hybrid Cryptosystem
Advisor: Mr. David Main
School: Carmel Valley Middle School, San Diego, San Diego County
- J1419
- Alexander T. McDowell, Grade 7
Fractal Learning: A Better Approach to Neural Networks?
Advisor: Dr. Jayne Hastedt
School: Tierra Linda Middle School, San Carlos, San Mateo County
- J1420
- Dominic K. Olson, Grade 8
Are You in Tune? A Program to Make You a Better Musician
Advisor: Dr. Jayne Hastedt
School: Central Middle School, San Carlos, San Mateo County
- J1421
- Deepro F. Pasha, Grade 7
Programming a Smarter Planner for Students to Prioritize Their Daily School Work
Advisor: Ms. Kay Barrie
School: Granite Ridge Intermediate, Fresno, Fresno County
- J1422 — Third Place
- Albert W. Qin, Grade 8
An Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Decentralized Cooperative Navigation
Advisor: Mrs. Xiaochun Wang
School: Churchill (Winston) Middle School, Carmichael, Sacramento County
- J1423
- Arvind Ramachandran, Grade 7
TrackBar: Tracking Food Expiration to Reduce Wastage
Advisor: Mrs. Shalini D'Souza
School: Challenger School, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County
- J1424
- Sage C. Saling, Grade 7
Limiting Drug Interactions through an Online Dashboard Tool
Advisor: Ms. Maxime Salzburg
School: Larchmont Charter School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- J1425
- Kirtan U. Shah, Grade 8
Image Compression: Which Algorithm Performs the Best?
Advisor: Mrs. Thea Dalvand
School: Kennedy (John F.) Middle School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- J1426
- Rushil Srivastava, Grade 8
BliPC: A Low Cost Computer for the Blind Using a Raspberry Pi and Cloud Technologies
Advisor: Ms. Navpreet Bawa
School: Chaboya Middle School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- J1427
- Rohan K. Vanheusden, Grade 7
Analyzing the Effects of Hidden Neuron Quantity on Neural Network Performance
Advisor: Ms. Melissa Bowdoin
School: Woodside Elementary School, Woodside, San Mateo County
- J1428
- Johan D.S. Vonk, Grade 7
Pitch Detection on Arduino Using Autocorrelation
Advisor: Ms. Lorena Rolland
School: Blach (Georgina P.) Intermediate School, Los Altos, Santa Clara County
- J1429 — Honorable Mention
- Patrick Z. Yu, Grade 8
A Novel Approach to Image Recognition with Leaves
Advisor: Dr. Youssef Ismail
School: Kennedy (John F.) Middle School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
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