Mathematics & Software

S1201 Bermudes, Jess M. Grade 10, Los Angeles County

The Need for Speed: Testing the Execution Speed of Today's Popular Computer Languages Project Abstract
Advisor: Dr. Allen Jang
School: Gabrielino High School, San Gabriel

S1202 Cheek, Lisa A. Grade 9, Los Angeles County

Weight and Number of Raisins per Ounce in a Box of Cereal Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Melissa Ansiel
School: Grace Community School, Sun Valley

S1203 Ciongoli, Charles C., III Grade 10, Los Angeles County

Category Award
Emulating 3D Spatial Audio Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Margeret Weitkamp
School: Viewpoint School, Calabasas

S1203 Tashman, Jon D. Grade 10, Los Angeles County

Category Award
Emulating 3D Spatial Audio Project Abstract
Advisor: Ms. Margaret Weitkamp
School: Viewpoint School, Calabasas

S1203 Nostrant, Jonathon J. Grade 10, Los Angeles County

Category Award
Emulating 3D Spatial Audio Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Margaret Weitkamp
School: Viewpoint School, Calabasas

S1204 Davis, Kyra I. Grade 11, Marin County

Is Money the Answer to Improving Education? Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Jerry Childers
School: Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley

S1205 Macias, Cynthia M. Grade 12, Riverside County

Computer Simulation of Urban Sprawl in Norco Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Vance Usui
School: Norco Senior High School, Norco

S1205 Deckert, Leslie A. Grade 11, Riverside County

Computer Simulation of Urban Sprawl in Norco Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Vance Usui
School: Norco Senior High School, Norco

S1206 Emirzian, Arpi S. Grade 11, Los Angeles County

Music, Beethoven, Symphonies... MATH? Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. David Platt
School: Crescenta Valley High School, LaCrescenta

S1207 Gates, Evan M. Grade 9, Los Angeles County

Software for Autonomous Visual Tracking and Calculation of Trigonometric Parallax Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Mark McLaughlin
School: Viewpoint School, Calabasas

S1208 Hextrum, Shannon K. Grade 10, Marin County

Does the Universe Play Dice? The Question of Determinism vs. Indeterminism in the Examination of Aleatory Music Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Jerry Childers
School: Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley

S1209 Hurley, Sarah J. Grade 9, Nevada County

The Geometry of Close Packing Spheres Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Leslie Smith
School: Nevada Union High School, Grass Valley

S1210 Jensen, Jeff L. Grade 10, San Diego County

The HTH File Format Project Abstract
Advisor: Dr. Jay Vavra
School: High Tech High, San Diego

S1211 Joukjian, Shant H. Grade 9, Los Angeles County

Trapezoidal or Midpoint Project Abstract
Advisor: Ms. Arsho Azadian
School: A.G.B.U. Manoogian Demirdjian School, Canoga Park

S1212 Katragadda, Simi P. Grade 12, Kern County

Diagnosing Illness with a Statistically Significant Computer Program Project Abstract
Advisor: Dr. Hitesh Shah
School: Stockdale High School, Bakersfield

S1212 Katragadda, Nimi P. Grade 9, Kern County

Diagnosing Illness with a Statistically Significant Computer Program Project Abstract
Advisor: Dr. Hitesh Shah
School: Stockdale High School, Bakersfield

S1213 Kirk, Kaitlin A. Grade 10, Kern County

Game Theory: Which Chess Move in Response to White's 1. e4 Maximizes Black's Outcome? Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Debbie Lewis
School: Desert Junior/Senior High School, Edwards

S1214 Kostandova, Natalya Grade 9, Riverside County

The Battle of the Titans: Empirical Comparison of Sorting Algorithm Processing on Major Operating Systems Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Lara Soldmann
School: North (John Wesley) High School, Riverside

S1215 Lafian, Haig J. Grade 10, Los Angeles County

Applying the Normal Distribution Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Astgik Sepetjian
School: Dickranian (Arshag T.C.A.) Armenian School, Los Angeles

S1216 Leung, Connie H. Grade 11, Los Angeles County

Category Award
A Robust Web-Based Face Recognition System Based on Gabor Wavelets Matching Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estate

S1217 Liljestrom, Ryan J. Grade 12, Orange County

Numerical Fulcrums and Prime of the Form k^2+1 Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Richard Zucker
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine

S1218 Matthews, Mallory I. Grade 11, Marin County

The Effect of Capital Investment, Exports, Imports, GDP, & Industrial Production on the Performance of the S&P 500 Project Abstract
Advisor: Ms. Wendy Doherty
School: Redwood High School, Larkspur

S1219 McIntosh, David G. Grade 10, San Diego County

Scalable Encryption Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Valerie Atkinson
School: Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas

S1220 Mountford, Jamie L. Grade 11, Orange County

The Ability of Optical Character Recognition to Accurately Recognize and Identify Word-Processed Characters Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Mike Antrim
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine

S1221 Nielsen, Hans H. Grade 10, Monterey County

Internetworking between Private Servers: Transparent Reverse Network Address Translation Project Abstract
Advisor: Dr. Eric Nielsen
School: York School, Monterey

S1222 Pack, Javid K. Grade 9, San Diego County

Geometrical Representations of the 24th Order Permutation Group Project Abstract
Advisor: Ms. Lara Dickens
School: Henry (Patrick) Senior High School, San Diego

S1223 Petre, Csaba Grade 12, Los Angeles County

Category Award
One and Two-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Heat Transfer and Applications to Ferrofluid Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Paul Kanter
School: Agoura High School, Agoura Hills

S1224 Purpura, David A. Grade 10, Orange County

Can You Make Money at Blackjack? Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Richard Purpura
School: Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana

S1225 Shenkman, Carey R. Grade 10, Orange County

How Can It Be Proven That the Fibonacci Sequence Is Related to the Golden Mean? Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Randy Garrett
School: Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana

S1226 Smith, Tedd D. Grade 12, Mendocino County

O(n) Sorting: A New, More Efficient Computer Sorting Algorithm Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Rob Kirkpatrick
School: Willits High School, Willits

S1227 Vainsencher, Amit S. Grade 12, Santa Clara County

Pattern Recognition Capabilities of Neural Networks Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. Lewis Smith
School: Leigh High School, San Jose

S1228 Whisler, Daniel A. Grade 12, Imperial County

Category Award
One:Four: Generalizing an Area Ratio for Related Quadrilaterals Project Abstract
Advisor: Mr. John Briggs
School: Central Union High School, El Centro

S1229 Wu, Tony Grade 9, Orange County

Developing a More Effective Ranking Algorithm with Query Analysis than Google's PageRank Project Abstract
Advisor: Mrs. Barbara Heffernan
School: University High School, Irvine