Expo and Awards Ceremony

The end-of-year project Expo and Awards Ceremony will take place in Los Alamos April 25-26, 2011.

All participants submitting final reports by the first Wednesday in April are invited to the Expo and Awards Ceremony at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Note: Every team attending the Expo will be required to give a presentation not to exceed a half-hour on their work to a panel of judges on Monday, April 25th. A display board summarizing your work will be mandatory as well, and using a computer during your presentation is optional.

General Information

• 2011 Expo Information.
• A description of the Expo.
• Learn about the Awards and Scholarships presented during the Awards Ceremony.

Directions/Housing/Parking

• Directions and Map to the Hotels, Expo, and Awards Ceremony
• Hotel arrangements
• Best Western Hilltop House Hotel
  (Artesia, CEPi1, Hatch, Mayfield, Melrose, Onate, Picacho, Quemado, Red Mountain, )
• Comfort Inn
  (AIMS@UNM, Albuquerque Academy, Annunciation Catholic School, Bernalillo, Cleveland, Eldorado/La Cueva, Freedom, Jackson Mid, Manzano, Robertson, Sat Sci&Math, Sandia Prep, Volcano Vista)

Schedules of Events

• Tentative Schedule of events for the Expo and Awards Ceremony Activities
• Finalist Team Schedule
• Scholarship Applicant Schedule
• Schedule for the Expo presentations
• Tour schedule

Judging Information

• A description of the judging of the finalist teams.
• Judging Criteria that will be used during the final judging.
• Display Board Requirements
• Judges' rubric for the Expo judging.

Awards Ceremony

• Slide Show of the Expo, shown before the Awards Ceremony began
• Awards Ceremony Pictures
• The Awards Ceremony PowerPoint Presentation

Publicity

Los Alamos National Laboratory Coverage

• Pre Event Press Release
• Los Alamos schools capture top awards in 21st New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge
• NNSA - New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge Kicks off Supercomputing Week
• All the Winners of the 2010-2011 Supercomputing Challenge.

Other sources

• KRSNAM1490.com radio interview with Los Alamos High team 66, 4/15/2011
• KRSNAM1490.com radio interview with Aspen team 13, 4/19/2011
• Albuquerque Journal North, Teen Wins Computer Challenge, 4/27/2011
• Los Alamos Monitor, LA middle schooler wins supercomputer challenge, 4/27/2011,
• Abq Journal, 7th Grader Wins, 4/27/2011
• Abq Journal, Teen Wins Computer Challenge, 4/27/2011 (if you have a subscription)

Information about last year's expo may be viewed in our archive