Browse 50 real Computational Sciences projects entered in 2003, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The project was done to discover if the normal curve applies to sets of large data. The project of this data was professional basketball player heights and weights, divided…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to investigate which basic fingerprint pattern, Loop, Arch, or Whorl, had the probability to be the most common. I believe the basic Loop pat…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This study aims to develop a robust, Web-based face recognition system simulating human perception of objects and faces. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the need f…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find if a neural network would be able to learn how to play Connect 4 (a board game where the goal is to get four tokens in a row) well enough…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My object was to see if a player can win consistently at blackjack. Methods/Materials Methods 1.Research blackjack playing and betting strategies. 2.Create a computer progra…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effects of sprawl in the next ten years. Methods/Materials The material used in this project is the Sim City 3000 simulation. The simulatio…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to achieve creating a code that could never lose, when going second. Methods/Materials To achieve this goal,using my laptop and the program…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The Researcher developed a new ranking algorithm of Web pages. This algorithm ranks Web pages by counting the number of query keywords and analyzing the distribution of the…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Several illnesses, ranging from the common cold to bronchitis, plague today's society; the increasing shortage of nurses further prevents the treatment of these illnesses. B…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goal was to deduce whether or not a selection of aleatory music really was random. I questioned if the composers, and perhaps the human mind, can truly operate on an inde…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to create a spatial audio system, or a surround sound effect, with only two stereo speakers. The human brain has developed complex auditory cues…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To determine whether it is possible to construct shapes with infinite perimeters but finite areas. Methods/Materials Using the Geometer's Sketchpad program and a Koch curve,…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To find an effective mutation function for use in genetic algorithms. Methods/Materials I created a program based on a genetic algorithm. The program randomly generated a po…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine how graph theory can be applied to determining the fastest route through random stops. Methods/Materials I used maps of my neighborhood, paper and p…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project relates to a branch of science known as "combinatorial game theory." The objective of this experiment was to test my hypothesis: If e5 (pawn to king five) is pl…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine if the 24th order permutation group can be represented by geometrical symmetry operations of rotation and reflection. A group is…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To find, how it is possible to prove that the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Mean are indeed related. I hypothesized that my proof would be in showing that there is a hor…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out how travel times varied between segments on SamTrans Bus route 260 from my home in Redwood Shores to Ralston Middle School in Bel…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals It is long known that musical notes can be created by stiking a glass of water filled to various heights. Is it possible to mathematically calculate a musical note based upo…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project created and tested a method to transparently route Internet Protocol (IP) traffic from the public Internet to hosts behind a network address translator (NAT). M…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To determine if there is a correlation between money spent on middle school students and their performance in high school, using a microcosm of Tamalpais High and it's three…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective is to explain Parrondo's Paradox and provide an example and variation of it by using the C++ programming language to program coin-tossing games. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals By analyzing the recorded data of the past and developing mathematical tables, spreadsheets and graphs, I attempted to find conclusive patterns that would assist in future e…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project's title is "Mathematics Behind Realistic Computer Graphics". I was interested in how realistic non-realtime computer graphics are made, so I made a 3D computer gr…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to discover if a mathematical pattern can be derived from the repetitive patterns in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. I hypothesize that if a pat…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals A neural network was designed and coded to identify decimal digits using Visual Basic and Excel. It was hypothesized that the neural network would have a 75% accuracy in rec…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals It has not yet been proven in mathematics if there exists an infinite number of primes of the form k^2+1, where k is a positive integer. With the exception of the integer tw…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the research project was to develop a one and two-dimensional finite element analysis of heat transfer and applications for ferrofluid. In detail, the problem…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Nearly 2,000 years ago, Hero related a formula for the area of any triangle. Brahmagupta's generalization included the areas of cyclic quadrilaterals. Bretschneider's theore…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals In this project, a new sorting algorithm was created using the language of C++. This sort would sort numbers digit by digit (by the one's space, then ten's space...) instead…