CSEF · 2007
Chance or Design?
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine if evolution is mathematically probable by looking at the probability of amino acids forming a given polypeptide chain (a precur…
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CSEF · 2007
Cracking the Case: Investigating the Fracture Patterns of Glass
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to observe and record properties of glass fracturing in order to create a model and program, using mathematics, which can simulate fractured…
CSEF · 2007
Differential Cryptanalysis of MD5: Unscrambling the Hash Bit by Bit
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals The recent successful attack on the widely used hash function, the MD5 Message Digest Algorithm, was a breakthrough in cryptanalysis. Original papers, published in 2004 and…
CSEF · 2007
Does the Length of, or the Character Type of, a Password Increase the Security for a Computer User?
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I designed this experiment to test password security. I believe that this is an issue in out current time because every thing is going computerized and that means that we ne…
CSEF · 2007
Flip of a Coin, Roll of a Die, Turn of a Door: Is It Fair? A Study on Probabilities
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Coin- Mathematician Persi Diaconis used a machine to flip coins and he discovered that if a coin is flipped with heads starting out facing up it will land facing up. The obj…
CSEF · 2007
How to Create Tens of Thousands of Colors Using a C Program
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I hypothesize that by using a C program to increase or decrease the intensity of each one of the red, green, and blue LEDs and mixing the three colors, I can create tens of…
CSEF · 2007
I Don't Appreciate Your Tone!
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Examine the digital sampling of music by evaluating the Nyquist Theorem. My hypothesis was "If a recorded sound is sampled at a rate below the rate recommended by the Nyquis…
CSEF · 2007
If Robert E. Lee Had a PC: Cracking the Vigenere Cipher
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The Vigenere cipher is a substitution cipher used during the Civil War to encrypt messages with a keyword. The objective of this project is to determine how much text for a…
CSEF · 2007
Intelligent Intersections in Various Vehicle Traffic Networks and the Resulting Changes in Network Efficiency
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment is designed to determine if street intersections can learn to increase the efficiency vehicle transport in a network over time. Methods/Materials A laptop an…
CSEF · 2007
Investigation of Auditory Nerve Intraneural Implant Designs with Finite-Element Analyses
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Intraneural implants aim to provide a sense of hearing to the deaf and hard of hearing. By using computer simulations to model the potential distribution and electrical fiel…
CSEF · 2007
IPod Shuffle: How Random Is It?
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the shuffle feature in the iPod really plays songs randomly. I believe that it does not play songs truly randomly because it uses a pseudo-random number…
CSEF · 2007
Let's Make a... Deal or No Deal
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of my science fair project was to mathematically calculate whether or not the #Monty Hall Theory# is applicable to the game show #Deal or No Deal.# My hypothesis wa…
CSEF · 2007
Modeling and Analysis of Human Binocular Perception of Position and Velocity in the Visual Cortex
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This research focuses on developing a mathematical representation for human binocular visual perception from the visual field to the primary visual cortex based on spatial a…
CSEF · 2007
Motor Learning in a Robot: Testing Competing Ideas from Neuroscience
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Movements need to be accurate for humans and animals alike. Therefore, the method used by the nervous system to generate these movements is important. There are many aspects…
CSEF · 2007
Pascal's Triangle and Infinite Dimensions
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The initial idea was to determine if Pascal's Triangle could be created in 3- dimensions, & if so, to discover the underlying formula, any specific patterns for the 3-D vers…
CSEF · 2007
PrevCor: An Algorithm Using Amino Acid Properties and Protein Folding Patterns to Simulate the 3-D Folding of Proteins
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals The design and construction of a protein folding computer algorithm that maximizes accuracy for biotechnology researchers and scientists to perform flexible protein sequenci…
CSEF · 2007
PS2 vs. Xbox: Which System Will Load a Game Faster?
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine the speed of two different gaming systems. The reason I am doing this comparison is to evaluate what system to buy that doe…
CSEF · 2007
Pseudo-Random Numbers
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I analyzed the quality of several random number generation algorithms and tested which constants performed best in some of the algorithms. The quality of pseudo-random numbe…
CSEF · 2007
Pseudorange Fit Algorithm
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This is my third in a series of three science projects on GPS Multipath. This year, my research focused on multipath signals that are refracted from above the GPS antenna. M…
CSEF · 2007
Shuffle Scuffle
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out how many shuffles you need to do to play a card game fairly. My question is #How many times do you have to shuffle to have a rando…
CSEF · 2007
Simulation Software of Prey and Predator Species in a Controlled Environment
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to develop a simulation that correlates with the population models that biologists have created. My hypothesis is that it is possible to devel…
CSEF · 2007
The Magic of Math: Phi, Pi, and the Fibonacci Sequence
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My science fair relates to mathematics. It deals with the terms of phi, pi, and the Fibonacci Sequence, all of which have very interesting properties. These values appear ev…
CSEF · 2007
The Nautilus Shell: Golden Mean or Logarithmic Spiral?
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to understand the mathematical nature of the growth pattern of the Nautilus shell. I wanted to determine if the growth pattern of the Nauti…
CSEF · 2007
The Orientations of Dice
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out whether the orientation of a die would affect the outcome of the roll. I believed that it would in a positive manner; i.e. one number would come…
CSEF · 2007
There and Back Again: A Point's Tale: The Planar Isometries of a Regular Polygon
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, an analytic description of the counter clockwise rotations of regular polygons is obtained. This project is a continuum of last years project. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2007
The Utilization of Empirical Math Modeling in a Predator-Prey Relationship
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals In Phase 1 of this project, utilizing real-time research data I was able to confirm that classic predator-prey mathematical models fail to include dynamics that influence po…
CSEF · 2007
To Find a Generalized Equation to Determine a Stock's Optimal Trailing Stop Loss using Linear Regression
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals Trailing stop loss is a technology that provides investors with an exit strategy that can help to maximize profits. The purpose of this project was to find an equation in th…
CSEF · 2007
Tree-Realizability of a Distance Matrix
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals A fast algorithm for both testing the tree-realizability of a distance matrix and constructing the optimal realization is presented. The fastest existing algorithms are only…
CSEF · 2006
2D and 3D Biometric: Recognizing Humans by Their Ears
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The human ear is known to be a stable structure from childhood to the age over 75. My project is to determine if humans can be distinguished by their ears imaged in 2D and 3…
CSEF · 2006
An Algorithm for Predicting Future Stock Market Fluctuations by Volatility and Arccosine Analysis
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research project is to determine the most accurate techniques in predicting short-term stock market fluctuations by identifying recurring patterns in t…