Browse 45 real Computational Sciences projects entered in 2004, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I hoped to construct a category oriented web search engine through Round Robin learning and ranking algorithm. Such a search engine was designed to classify and rank the Web…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to study the accuracy learning curve using Dragon Naturally Speaking 6 voice recognition software and from the information learned develop a…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether a robot constucted out of LEGO bricks can be made to distinguish between colors. Methods/Materials A LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I attempted to determine if radial sampling methodology is more accurate than transect line sampling from a larger population sample. Methods/Materials I constructed a scale…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to simulate the SARS epidemic in a stochastic model. Methods/Materials The modeling uses a Monte Carlo approach. Monte Carlo simulation is a gen…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Wireless networking is fast becoming ubiquitous. With the crowding of airwaves, the interference from unwanted sources is increasingly impacting how fast and far one can com…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to develop a system to distinguish the optimal and fastest route between two points, with respect to time, considering traffic congestion. Metho…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective was the find an effective method to solve the Satisfiability problem. Methods/Materials Methods 1. Write the Clause Check subprogram 2. Write a program to gene…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Several different market indicators are often used to predict trends or patterns in stocks. Two of the most common tools used by stock analysts are money flow and momentum.…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This experiment attempts to determine which method of bioassay, radial sampling or transect-line sampling, will prove to be a more accurate representation of the whole popul…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To test the validity of Benford's Law and how it can be applied in real life situations. Methods/Materials Materials List 1. Microsoft Excel 2. Various statistics from The W…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the optimal arrangement of cell phone transmission towers for the best service coverage in Kern County using a mathematical mode…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which is the most accurate method of bioassay sampling statistically in a 2-dimensional format; radial sampling of hectares or transect line sa…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if odds-makers# predictions about sporting events were accurate and if they improved throughout the season. Methods/Materials Th…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Lorentz# Force Law states that a charged particle moving through a magnetic field is subject to a force. I propose this force can be used to concentrate ions in an acid by m…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find, with a method of scoring, which encryption algorithm was the "best." Methods/Materials Using REALbasic and C++, I wrote an impleme…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective is to understand the statistical forces that drive population diversity in the fossil record. Diversity falls during the KT extinction, but rabidly speeds up a…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goal is to reduce the total number of stopped/idling vehicles at intersections, which should significantly reduce emissions. I propose that factoring in the ratio of the…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My first objective was to determine whether the correlation coefficient can be used to recognize and distinguish human faces from each other. The second was to learn image p…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goals for this project were to find mathematical relationships in nature. I decided to conduct four experiments to find mathematical relationships: (1) in the number of f…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To find out if there is a number that will disprove Goldbachs Conjecture, which states that every even number greater than 2 is the sum of two primes, by writing a computer…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I had a hypothesis that older books were more complex than more modern ones. My goal was to learn whether the length of a book's sentences, words, and paragraphs had decreas…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Objective of my work was to develop a program to process experimental data of sphericity achieved using Spheremapping at General Atomics as well as to develop and realize in…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out if making an insurance bet in blackjack was worth your money and if different deck sizes effected insurance bets. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find to what extent it is possible to increase an airplane#s performance by using the energy in atmospheric turbulence. I hypothesized that…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to see if the mathematical formula of triangulation can be accurately used in conjunction with the laser rangefinder, and if they stay accurate at…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether adding more hidden units to a neural network increases its accuracy. It was hypothesized that if more hidden units are ad…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find the most efficient number of frames to capture key elements of a motion, and if the theoretical sampling rate works for the motion…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals I designed and programmed a video game using the language Scheme. The object of the game is to move the AUP (Anti-UFO Platform, a blue rectangle at the bottom of the screen)…
CSEF · 2004
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this report is to explain and present a pattern of numbers that I found, involving radicals and Pascal's triangle. My goal is also to validate and interpret…