COMPUTER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Student Research Summary of Projects 2007-2008

  1. 3rd Period
    1. Jordan Albright, Proposal: Exploring Artificial Societies through Sugarscapes (Computer simulation and modeling). 3rd quarter: poster

    2. Tianhui (Tiffany) Cai Proposal: Neural Networks (Neural Networks/Machine Learning). 3rd quarter: poster

    3. Michael Chen Proposal: Excursions into Parallel Programming and MPI (Parallel Computing). 3rd quarter: poster

    4. Martin Elthon Proposal: TJHSST Website Redesign (Software Engineering). 3rd quarter: poster

    5. Asa Kusuma Proposal: Analysis of Runner Biomechanics through Edge Detection and Image Processing (Computer Vision). 3rd quarter: poster

    6. Kenneth Lee Proposal: Particle Swarm Optimization and Social Interaction Between Agents (Particle Swarm Optimization PSO). 3rd quarter: poster

    7. Jinyu Liu Proposal: JLSim:Visual Traffic Simulation with Extensive User Interface (Computer modeling, simulation). 3rd quarter: poster

    8. Kelly Ran Proposal: Fractal Dimension of Paths (Algorithms, image processing, fractals). 3rd quarter: poster

    9. Luis Valentin Proposal: Applications of Parallel Programming (Algorithms, Computer Modeling). 3rd quarter: poster

  2. 5th Period

    1. Gregory Gates Proposal: Elementary Education in a Technology Age (Computer Science Education). 3rd quarter: poster,

    2. Nathan Harmata Proposal: Development of a Generic Font Optical Character Recognition (OCR) (Machine Vision). 3rd quarter: poster,

    3. Ryan Honig Proposal: Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize the Traveling Salesman Problem (Genetic Algorithms). 3rd quarter: poster,

    4. Haitao Mao Proposal: Pathfinding Algorithms in Mutating Graphs(Algorithms). 3rd quarter: poster,

    5. Justin Warfield Proposal: Use of Various Techniques Implementing Procedural Generation in Video Game Design (Computer Graphics). 3rd quarter: poster,

    6. Jacob Welsh Proposal: Interactive 3D Geometry in OpenGL (Computer Graphics). 3rd quarter: poster,

    7. Felix Zhang Proposal: Development of a German-English Translator (Computational Linguistics). 3rd quarter: poster,

  3. 6th Period

    1. Patrick Coleman Proposal: Programming a New Sugarscape (Agent-based Modeling). 3rd quarter: poster,

    2. Sam Eberspacher Proposal: Airport and Air Traffic Modeling and Simulation (Algorithms, Modeling). 3rd quarter: poster,

    3. Patrick Elliot Proposal: Dynamic Image Resizing (Image Processing). 3rd quarter: poster,

    4. Byron Hood Proposal: Sign Language Recognition (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition). 3rd quarter: poster,

    5. Nicholas Loffredo Proposal: Agent Based Simulation, Negotiation, and Strategy Optimization of Monopoly (Computer Simulations). 3rd quarter: poster,

    6. James McAtamney Proposal: C to Java Language Translation (Machine Learing for Robotics). 3rd quarter: poster,

    7. Madhav Nandipati Proposal: Analysis of Spectro-temporal Receptive Fields in an Auditory Neural Network (Computer Modeling, Computational Biology). 3rd quarter: poster,

    8. Ben Parr Proposal: Accurate 3D Modeling of User Inputted Molecules Using a Hill-Climbing Algorithm (Modeling, Computational Chemistry). 3rd quarter: poster,

    9. Andrew Stebbins Proposal: Advanced Automobile Recognition Through the Use of Image Processing Techniques (Image Processing, Machine Vision). poster,

    10. Jacob Steinhardt Proposal: Cayley graphs formed by conjugate generating sets of S_n and Applications of Fourier transforms and other algebraic techniques to graph products (2nd semester) (Mathematical Algorithms). paper,

    11. Evan Warner Proposal: Conformal Mapping Using the Schwarz-Christoffel Transform (Computer Modeling). 3rd quarter: poster,

  4. 7th Period
    1. Josiah Boning, Proposal: Machine Learning for Musical Analysis and Creation (Machine Learning, Computer music). 3rd quarter: poster,

    2. Jack Breese, Proposal: Application of Face Recognition to a Seam-Carving Algorithm for Content Aware Image Resizing (Image Processing, Machine Vision). 3rd quarter: poster,

    3. Peter Chapman, Proposal: Image Sharpening - Unblurring/Deblurring (Image Processing). 3rd quarter: poster,

    4. Joshua Cranmer Proposal: Java Decompiler (Compiler/Decompiler Design). 3rd quarter: poster,

    5. Kelley Hecker Proposal: Evolving Motor Techniques for Artificial Life (Simulation and Modeling). 3rd quarter: poster,

    6. Brett Jones Proposal: First Person Pac Man 3D Graphics (3D Graphics). 3rd quarter: poster,

    7. Matt Wade Proposal: Simulation of the Spread of a Virus Using Agent Based Modeling (Agent Modeling). 3rd quarter: poster,

    8. Natasha Wallage Proposal: Simulating Evolution (Artificial Life, Computer Modeling). 3rd quarter: poster,

  5. Mentorship

    1. Edward Rice Proposal: SyntenyChecker: quality control from syntenic regions at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) (Computational Bioinformatics).

    2. Eric Shi Proposal: Code Refactoring with Legacy Code in Flight Model Software (Computer graphics and simulation).