Grad Level:
First Place ($150):
(tied) Ryanne Dolan (ECE/CS) and Yuanqiang Evan Dong
(ECE). Titles: GPU-based Simulation and Visualization of
Cellular Neural Networks for Image Processing; and A New
Hierarchical Particle Filter for Human Motion Detection
(respectively)
Third Place ($50): Weijun Huang. Title: Surveying Satellite Orbit Design using
Differential Evolution
Undergrad Level:
First Place ($150): Marianne Catanho (ECE).
Title: Modeling the rapid
transmission of information within a social group of insects:
Emergent patterns in the anti-predator signals
Second Place ($100): Matt Wood (ECE).
Title: Evolutionary Algorithm
Experiments with the Generalized Rastrigin's Function
Grad Level:
First Place ($150): Ryanne
Dolan. Title: Localized Learning with the Adaptive
Bias Perceptron
Second Place ($100):
Isaac Sledge. Title: Evolutionary Abstract Art (EVAART)
using
Genetic Programming Principles and Colony Models
Third Place ($50): Ibrahim Almosallam.
Title: Z-Score based Clustered
Collaborative
Filtering
Undergrad Level:
First Place ($150): Stanley Ikpe.
Title: Evaluating Deterioration in High-
Strength Strands using PCA and FFT Analysis with
Computational
Intelligence
Grad Level:
First Place ($150): Raj Bondugula.
Title: MUPRED: Protein Secondary Structure
Prediction System
Second Place ($100): Tim Havens.
Title: On the Use of Particle Swarms and
GPUs in Video-Based 3D Human Pose Estimation
Third Place ($50): Derek Anderson. Title: Real-Time Recognition of Falls from
Silhouettes