39 projects whose affiliated fair was here, most recently in 2026.
ISEF records a state or province for some finalists and not others, so these counts do not add up to the country total.
39 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Stochastic matrices model finite Markov chains and arise in applications such as search engine algorithms and population dynamics. Their eigenvalues determine long-term behavior, making it a…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
The conservation of biodiversity in forests is a major challenge globally. Efficient methods for identifying high biodiversity forests are needed to preserve threatened species. This study e…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Abstract Parkinson's disease often affects voice and speech years before motor symptoms become clinically evident, and clinical diagnosis can take years to confirm. Machine learning applied…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Hair health is an important factor in maintaining a healthy body. Although hair appears strong, it is constantly exposed to mechanical wear, environmental factors, heat, chemical treatments,…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
In recent years, research has demonstrated that the gut microbiome has an important role in normal brain function. This opens up possibilities for novel treatments of Alzheimer's, which affe…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Accurate classification of galaxy morphologies from astronomical survey images is fundamental to understanding galaxy formation and evolution. Traditional manual classification methods, such…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
This project aims to understand the nature of SN 2022rze. The event was first classified as a Supernova (SN) based on similarities of its spectral characteristics relating to known and ident…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
Generating all possible Feynman diagrams is crucial in quantum field theory for computing interaction amplitudes. In scalar phi-4 theory, characterized by four-point interaction vertices, th…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
Earth is subject to continuous irradiation by particles from space, known as cosmic rays. When cosmic rays interact with atmospheric molecules, some decay into muons that approach Earth’s su…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer diagnosis presents significant challenges, especially in the early stages when tumor biomarkers are difficult to detect. Manual diagnosis relies heavily on the experience of radi…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
Quasi-stationary distributions underlie a great number of fundamental phenomena and are valuable tools in molecular biology and neuroscience, where they are used to model interactions betwee…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Breast Cancer (BC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and is a significant cause of death worldwide, affecting around 2.3 million women annually. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Most of the Milky Way’s stellar mass has been observed to be located in the inner parts of the galaxy which, for larger radii, should give a rotational velocity inversely proportional to the…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
The use of artificial light at night has increased rapidly in the last century, elevating artificial skyglow levels due to unwanted light scattering. The consequences are many and range from…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rainwater collected in the same pipes as wastewater increases inflow to the wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), reaching the capacity of WWTPs. When the WWTPs are overstrained, polluted wate…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Fourth Award
Determining what you see in the distance as you look out over a landscape can be challenging. In this research project, we have created a program to calculate the view from any vantage point…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
There is no general closed-form solution for the long-term dynamics of stars in systems where three or more stars are orbiting each other. When considering only the effects of Newtonian grav…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
In 2016, over 1.9 billion adults were overweight or obese and the obesity epidemic, often associated with high-income societies, is now on the rise in low- and middle-income countries. In re…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
The purpose of this paper is to express Robinson-Schensted correspondence in two different ways, Schensted’s algorithm and a geometric interpretation by Viennot, and compare and prove differ…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The study was a comparative study between cotton and lyocell from an environmental, economic, and quality perspective. The results are based on a literature study, on an interview, on a mark…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software Third Award
Is it possible to measure the sentiments and emotions linked to words by analyzing their usage in different contexts? This experiment compares how feminine and masculine words are used in te…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Over the last few decades, ocean acoustics has become an important research area for understanding human impact on underwater sea conditions. Recent studies show that anthropogenic sounds ca…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Cherenkov radiation has multiple application in the most prominent areas of modern research. It is the main contributor in the search for cosmic particles, as can be seen in the detector "Su…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Supernovae are among the most energetic phenomena in the cosmos, occurring at the end of the life of a massive star. The stellar explosions not only supply the universe with kinetic energy,…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Chaos is ubiquitous in nature but hard to study in full generality, making case studies crucial. It is also important in holography, a presumed component of quantum gravity, where it can ide…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroids are generally distant and faint, making exact estimation of their shape and size by direct observation difficult. One way of measuring them indirectly is to time the asteroid as it…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Convolutional neural networks (CNN) are traditionally used in computer vision, but have recently gained traction as sequential models. In this paper two improvements to temporal convolutiona…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Third Award
The increase in the global population, an increase of elderly, combined with new surgical interventions and possibilities lead to an overall increase of surgeries. Every year there over 50 m…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
A study of the azo compound Mordant Yellow 10 (5-(4-sulfophenylazo)salicylic acid) was conducted, aiming to investigate factors contributing to its observed color. The compound was synthesiz…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
A digital simulation tool has been developed for the purpose of investigating the possibility of approximating bicycle traffic systems with a Monte Carlo simulation. Alternative types of tra…