AAAI Intel Science and Engineering Awards
AAAI established special awards in 1999 at the annual Intel International Science &/ Engineering Fair (ISEF) to recognize outstanding achievement in the area of intelligent computation and robotics. AAAI presented three awards in 1999 for the best projects in the area of computer science with an artificial intelligence component. Finalists in other areas with significant computer science components were also eligible. The number of awards was expanded in subsequent years, and has ranged between 5 and 15. The current award amount is $5,000, which is split among all the award winners. All winners receive a certificate. Winners and their schools also receive a one-year membership in the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, including a subscription to AI Magazine.
(Further information is located at http://www.sciserv.org/isef/)
Past Recipients
2007
- David C. Liu, 15, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California
Acoustic Music Similarity Analysis - Lucia Mocz, 16, Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii
Robot Vision: A Mutual Entropy-based Algorithm Through Scene Recognition from Image Sequences for Terrestrial and Planetary Exploration - Bryan Nathan Landman, 18, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Miami, Florida
A Java-based Genetic Algorithm Stock Screening Program for Maximizing Return on Investment: Show Me the Money - Quinton Bernard Smith, 17, La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tyrus LaVelle Sanders, 16, West Mesa High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Christian Stephen Hammond, 17, Rio Rancho High School, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Factors, Forces and Forecasting Stock Market Modeling and Simulation - David Christopher Evans, 15, Albion Middle School, Sandy, Utah
Artificial Intelligence Insulin Delivery System
2006
- Liu Liu, 19, Shanghai Datong High School, Shanghai, China
Facool: Convenient Internet Face Retrieval System - Nat Piyapramote, 17, Sarasit Phithayalai School, Banpong, Ratchaburi, Thailand
Statistical-based Adaptive Binarization for Document Imaging - Caroline Elizabeth Pietsch, 17, Ossining High School, Ossining, New York
A Novel Approach to the Automatic Recognition of Emotions in Natural Speech - Elsa Star Culler, 16, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago, Illinois
Tough or Diabolical? An Analysis of Sudoku Difficulty Level - Justin Moore Solomon, 18, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia
Three-Dimensional Face Recognition from Video: Facial Surface Reconstruction and Analysis Using Tensor Algebra and Differential Geometry - Alan Garrett Pierce, 16, School of Science and Technology, Beaverton, Oregon; Nathaniel John Broussard, 17, School of Science and Technology, Beaverton, Oregon
Combining Touch Screen and Scanner Input for Handwriting Recognition - Hung-Ju Chen, 18, National Hsinchu Girls, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei; Min Ju Yang, 17, National Hsinchu Girls, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei
Leaf! What Are You? - Andrew David Gamalski, 17, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona; Vinayak Muralidhar, 16, Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona
A New Algorithm to Minimize Factory Inefficiency Through Penalty Reduction - Joseph Anthony Crivello, 18, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Acoustic Localization, Detection, and Identification - Lucia Mocz, 15, Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii
Computer-aided Identification of Cancer from Photomicrographs by Entropy Analysis
2005
- Marek Blahus, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic
Novel Investigations for N-Gram-Based Automatic Identification of Written Language - Holly Kristine Zelnio, Dayton, Ohio
Handwritten Number Recognition: Ants Versus Templates - Yuetian Xu, New York, New York
A Practical Implementation of Gradient-Based Convolutional Neural Networks in Handwriting Recognition - Brenden Manker Lake, Encinitas, California
Age of Acquisition in Facial Identification: A Connectionist Approach - Kimberly Elise Reinhold, Hilo, Hawaii
Artificial Cognition and Memory: Tissue Image Analysis for Tumor Diagnosis - Yang Ge, Beijing, China
Dynamic Balance Function and Surface Adaptation for General Humanoid Robot Platform - George Francis Hotz, Hackensack, New Jersey
The Googler - Donald Stuart Eng, Jacksonville, Florida
Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior, Year Three - Nina Maria Huffman, McLean, Virginia
Iris Recognition for Individual Identification - Adam Shabti Charles, Yuriy Novodvorskiy, and David Dengyu Wang, New York, New York
Electricity Load Forecasting Using the Support Vector Machine
2004
- Craig Andrew Wilson, Austin, Texas
Neural Networks and Speciation Genetic Algorithms - Laura Anne Wong, Ewing, New Jersey
Fault-Tolerant Behavior-Based Robots - Jordan Strong Wilson, Midlothian, Virginia
Evaluating the Ability of a Genetic Algorithm to Find an Optimal Investment Portfolio - Benjamin Alan Frison, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
A New Approach to the Identification of Computer Viruses Using Artificial Neural Networks - Kimberly Elise Reinhold, Hilo, Hawaii
Artificial Visual Perception: An Integrated Approach to Neuroadaptive Modeling - Elena Leah Glassman, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly Disabled - Sung-Jin Hong, Daejon, South Korea
E-Canister: A Reliable Anti-spamming Server Based on Voting and Learning - Yen Tung Yeh, Avondale, Arizona; Christina Grace Kwong, Phoenix, Arizona; Dean Wong Thongkham, Mesa, Arizona
Resource Allocation by Integration of Dispatching Heuristics with Genetic Algorithms - Zachary Michael Walchuk, Mankato, Minnesota
Development and Comparison of Biologically Based Robots
2003
- Brian Andrew Camley, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Telltale Heart of Darkness - Differentiating Between Authors: Beyond Naive Bayesian Classification - Michael Jason Diedrich, Rochester, Minnesota
Nice Guys Dominate: A Computer Simulation Studying the Effect of Dominant-Recessive Genetics on a Population - Donald Eng, Jacksonville, Florida
Factors Affecting Cooperative Robotic Behavior - Elena Leah Glassman, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Brain-Computer Interface for the Muscularly Disabled - Jerry Ji Guo, Greer, South Carolina
Implementation of Bayesian Statistical Spam-filtering Algorithm - Katherine Harvard, Great Neck, New York
Modeling the Ecological Success of Decision Rules Using Variants of the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma - Tonislav Ivanov, New York, New York
TensorFaces: A Multilinear Model for Computerized Face Recognition and Image Processing - Dmitry Kashlev, Bronx, New York
Data Mining Network Traffic With Neural Networks - Nhan Duy Nguyen, Greenville, South Carolina
Training Neural Networks With Genetic Alogrithms - Brian Edward Pinkham, Ashburn, Virginia
Robots to the Rescue: The Effect of Sensor Type on the Detection of Life Signs - Fransisco Selles de Almeida Junior, Sao Paulo, Brasil; Nei Alcantara Junior, Sao Paulo, Brasil
The Fish Robot - Adam Charles Vogel, St Charles, Missouri
Applying Genetic Algorithms to Dynamic Traitor Tracing
2002
- Jessie Cheng, Armonk, New York
Comparison of Traditional and ASR-mediated Literacy - Robert Kang Xing Jin, Silver Spring, Maryland
Automated Detection of Boundaries in Microstructure Images - Pascal Tom Getreuer, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Like a Mouse to Cheese - Yilin Nie, Chappaqua, New York
Using Hidden Dynamic Models to Predict Pitch in English and Mandarin - Yindong Yu, Shanghai, China
Computer Recognition of Emotion in Speech - Youngki Park, Jinju, Kyongsangnam-do, South Korea
Finding Solutions to the Problem that Is Indicated for Last Twenty Years in IDA* - Jennifer Pei-Kay Gee, Frederick, Maryland
Prediction of HIV Treatment Responses Using Neural Networks - Kimberly Elise Reinhold, Hilo, Hawaii
Artificial Neural Networks: Mechanisms of Pattern Recognition and Learning - Grant A. Elliott, Riviera Beach, Florida
Autonomous Structural Engineering Through Genetic Algorithms - Ulyana N. Horodyskyj, Parma, Ohio
Evolution in Motion: Orbital Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms - Joshua Brent Miller, Melbourne, Florida
Cooperative Autonomous Robotics Utilizing Ant Pheromone Behavior - Colin Patrick O'Flynn, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Autonomous Hovercraft: Power of Neural Nets - Elena Leah Glassman, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Speech Imitation Through Analysis, Synthesis and Optimization - Andrew Robert Pariser and Joseph Jailer-Coley, Port Washington, New York
Creating More Efficient Multi-Robot Systems Using Peer-to-Peer Networking in Search and Retrieve Problems - Chun-Chen Yeh, Chineses Taipei
Winning Strategies for Games Played with Chips
2001
- Kevin Scott Christopher, Engelwood, Colorado
Isomap and Neural Networks: Comparison of Frameworks for Dimensionality - Dominik Rabiej, Mattawan, Michigan
Greedy Random: A Novel Algorithm for Vehicle Routing Optimization - Scott Bender, Columbia, South Carolina
Comparison and Analysis of Pathfinding Algorithms - Rishi Mukhopadhyay, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Compression-based Author Recognition Algorithms - Yeong-jun Park, Busan, South Korea
i-Com: An Intelligent Image Processing System - Felix Schmaeschke, Leipzig, Germany
Comparison of Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Robots - Bernard Willers and Josef Vrba, Republic of South Africa
Artificial Neural Networks as Applied to an Intelligent Alarm System - Isaac Bowen and Henry Pate, Port Orange, Florida
Can an Unbeatable AI be Created for Connect Four? - Sarah Oman, Elizabeth Brown, and Thomas Widland, New Mexico
Cost Minimization through Flight Scheduling - Elizabeth Wood, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Autonomous Robot: Modeling the Behavior of a Falling Dog - Alexis Lussier Desbiens, Quebec, Canada
Rox-544 v.2: Walking Like an Insect - Edward Hinson and Victor Kostyuk, Little Rock, Arkansas
Compound Rules in an Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
2000
- Muhammed Abdul Ali, Mankato, Minnesota
Progressive Neural Networking - Jordan Lee Boyd-Grabner, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Semantic Poetry Creation Using Lexicographic and Natural Language Texts - Eser Kubali Chamoglu, New York, New York
Q-Bots -- System for Developing Mobile Robot Software in Less Time for Less Cost - Alexander Grant Clark, Jackson, Mississippi
Formulation of a Document Content Specification System to Support the Development and Implementation of a Content Index Network - Alexis Lussier Desbiens, Plessisville, Quebec, Canada
ROX 544 -- Walking Like an Insect - Alexander A. Gondarenko, Springfield, Virginia
Application of Advanced Genetic Algorithms for Optimization of Lens Design - Jason N. Harris Conroe, Texas
Developing Tactile Hand Sensors for Mechanical Hand - Ian Levi Nelson and Dagny Lauren Looper
Cellular Automata: Cyber Creepy Crawlies - Ryan Randall Patterson, Grand Junction, Colorado
Robotic Search Tool - Joseph E. Pechter and William H. Pechter, Vero Beach, Florida
Hybrid Text to Speech 2000 - Joseph Simon Reisinger, The Woodsland, Texas
Intelligent Genetic Algorithm - Edmund M. Rogers, Estero, Florida
Complex Emergent Behavior in Multi Robot Systems - Hasuk Francis Song, La Jolla, California
Story Understanding Program in Prolog - Joel Lewis Stevens, Montgomery, Texas
DNA Computation of a Subset Sum - Leonardo F. Urbano, Ridgewood, New York
Taskable Simple Onboard Adaptive Robot Controllers in Real World Complex Environments
1999
First Place
Michael Smit, Senior, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, Maryland, for
his project entitled Development of a Genetic Algorithm
Second Place
Catherine Andrea Havasi, Senior, Franklin Regional Senior High School,
Murrysville, Pennsylvania, for her project entitled System of Feedforward
Neural Networks for the Improved Depixelization of Enlarged Bitmap Images
Third Place
Daniel Jonathan Haspel, Senior, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, for his project entitled Optical
Recognition of Musical Scores through Statistically-Governed Component
Identification.