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Weekly News FlashesMonday Morning Message, April 27, 2015UNM Cybersecurity Summer Boot CampUNM will host a 2015 cybersecurity summer camp for high school students. The two week camp will be held on UNM's main campus July 13-17 and 20-24. Sessions will start each day at 9am and end at 4pm. Camp activities will be held in UNM computer labs with extensive hands-on activities. Activities will be supervised by UNM faculty and students. There are opportunities for both Albuquerque are participants and hopefully students from locations outside of Albuquerque. Lean more at: http://ia.unm.edu/camps/default.asp Last MMMAs this will probably be the last MMM of the year, best wishes to the seniors, and everyone else - we hope to see you in the 26th Annual Supercomputing Challenge. Start thinking about what your project will be for next year, be it a continuation of this year's project or a new one. Facebook AwardIn case you weren't at the Awards Ceremony, team 33 from Jackson Middle School won an all-expenses paid trip to Facebook in California for a middle-school girls' computer camp. Find us on FacebookKeep up with the Supercomputing Challenge's Facebook group to learn more about interesting topics and share what you are up to. Best wishes on the rest of the semester, Thursday Morning Message, April 23, 2015Congratulations to all the teams submitting file reports and presenting their projects at the 25th Annual Supercomputing Challenge Expo. You are an impressive group of students. Thank you teachers, for all the support you provide. Governor's ProclamationAttached is the proclamation that the New Mexico Governor, Susana Martinez, signed proclaiming April 21st as Supercomputing Challenge Day. Post it in your classrooms and share it! Pictures, Expo, AwardsWe're working hard to collect and post pictures from the Expo and Awards Ceremony. Check out: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/pictures_expo and http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/pictures_awards in the next few days. The PowerPoint slide show used during the Awards Ceremony is at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/awards_ceremony.pdf Media Follow-upWe are collecting articles in the media about the Supercomputing Challenge and will continue to update the Publicity section of: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/#publicity If you can get your local newspaper/media to do an article about your team's participation in the Supercomputing Challenge, please share that with Consult. Post-Challenge survey(s)Students, if you didn't fill out a survey at the Expo and turn it in at the Awards Ceremony, we would like to hear from you. Please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2QVWL62 and fill out the year-end survey for the Supercomputing Challenge. Teachers, if you didn't get a survey filled out and turned in, please contact Consult for a Word document to fill out and return to Consult. STEAM-H Career Exploration Extravaganza, June 12-14The University of New Mexico Health Science Center has an opportunity to connect student groups (5th grade - 1st year in college) with UNM and community organizations in a mind-grabbing and age-appropriate program that will empower NM youth to envision themselves as scientists and health professionals. Learn more at: http://hsc.unm.edu/programs/diversity/students/student-pipeline-programs/steam-h.html Good StudentsWhen David was going around to the hotels after Tuesday, checking on the billing and such, it made him proud when the hotel staff would make comments about how well behaved and respectful the Supercomputing Challenge participants were, and that the hotel would welcome everyone back next year. Those are the kind of reports we love to hear! David, Celia, Josephine, Patty, Tuesday Morning Message, April 14, 2015Wow, just a few more days until the 25th Annual Supercomputing Challenge Expo and Awards Ceremony! 64 teams have submitted final reports and six teams submitted web-based versions of their final report. See http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports For those of you travelling more than 50 miles to get to Los Alamos, check out the housing lists under Directions/Housing/Parking at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo and let us know if something is not correct. Check the Expo schedule at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/exposchedule.shtml to see when your team presents. Try to arrive at least a half hour early to find a parking spot and get to your presentation location and get set up. Remember to dress nicely, but bring comfortable walking shoes as the tours will have you walking to different, interesting sites. The Challenge will provide lunch on Monday and Tuesday and the hotels provide breakfast (except for the Hilton Buffalo Thunder). Dinners are on your own and we'll have a flyer of different local eating places. Monday from 5:00-7:00 pm there will be a reception for Challenge participants at the Bradbury Science Museum. Be sure to read over all the details about the Expo at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo David, Celia, Josephine, Patty, Monday Morning Message, April 6, 2015Things to do this week:
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Smile and the Supercomputing Challenge will benefit: Sandia Tour ReportFrancesca from CEPi charter high school (Creative Education Preparatory institute) shared this report
from the tour of Sandia Labs on March 23rd: "I enjoyed this tour very much, first we went to the Robot Vehicle Range & got to drive one of the robots. I thought it was cool how they used Xbox controllers to control the robot. My favorite part of the day was walking through the supercomputers. It was really nice to be able to talk with the people who worked at the Labs to see how they achieved where they're at now. I thought it was interesting how cold water goes into the racks of the computers to cool them down. If all schools had field trips like this, I think it'd interest a lot of students & encourage them to pursue their dreams." Past Challenge Finalist in the News, AgainYou go Sophia! Looking forward to seeing you in TWO weeks! David, Celia, Josephine, Patty, Monday Morning Message, March 30, 2015
TEACHER APPRECIATION AWARDDo you think that your teacher has gone over and beyond to prepare you for the Challenge? Do you think they deserve recognition for all that they do? Then nominate your teacher or sponsor for an Appreciation award please send us their name and explain why they should receive the award to consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org. This award will be given at the Expo Awards Ceremony in Los Alamos. FINAL PREPARATIONSFinal Report Submission Process
For more details see: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports and http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports/specs.shtml Web PresentationsEvery team is required to submit an Electronic Copy of the final report. Teams are further encouraged (but not required) to produce a Web-based presentation of the final report. An award for the "Best Web-based Presentation of a Final Report" will be given during the Awards Ceremony. Deadline for Web Presentation Submission is 8:00 am on APRIL 13th. Guidelines are found on: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports/html.shtml Final Awards CeremonyYou will need to register for the Final Awards Ceremony. Here is the link: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo This is information is valuable for us because we use it to set up hotel reservations, plan lunch, and space for the awards ceremony. Graphic Poster Contest
ToroFishYour Final Report is worth 150 Torofish points. Don't forget to log it. You should have 400 points by now. If you attended the UNM or SANDIA tours, that is worth 50 more points! If you are having problems remembering your password or username, let us know now so we can get that for you. Looking forward to seeing you in THREE weeks! Celia, David, Patty, Josephine Tuesday Morning Message, March 24, 2015UNM and SANDIA TOURS happened yesterday!TEACHER APPRECIATION AWARDDo you think that your teacher or sponsor has gone over and beyond to prepare you for the Challenge? Do you think they deserve recognition for all that they do? Then nominate your teacher or sponsor for an Appreciation award please send us their name and explain why they should receive the award to consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org. This award will be given at the Expo Awards Ceremony in Los Alamos. FINAL REPORT SUBMISSION PROCESSDue date is April 1st, at Noon
For more details see: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports and http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports/specs.shtml TOROFISHYour Torofish points for the Final Report is worth 150 pts. Don't forget to log it. Challenge Finalist Presents at White House Science FairSophia Sanchez-Maes, a finalist in last year's Supercomputing Challenge,
participated in yesterday's White House Science Fair. See details at:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/23/new-details-president-obama-hosts-5th-white-house-science-fair.
Way to go Sophia! INDIEAGOGO CROWDFUNDING SCHOLARSHIPSThe Challenge is attempting to get your friends, family, and relatives to
donate to scholarships for this year. Please pass on this link and ask others
to help. This week we have $730.00. THINGS TO NOT MISS
#Challengeisforcoders David, Celia, Patty, Josephine Monday Morning Message, March 16, 2015TOURSSANDIA TOUR and the UNM TOUR are next Monday. We hope those of
you participating enjoy seeing all that both places have to offer. If you
are attending, make sure you know where to meet and when.
For details of each tour look at: THIS MONTHSPRING BREAK is coming! Woo Hoo! Then nominate your teacher or sponsor for an Appreciation award please send us their name and explain why they should receive the award to Consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge.org. This award will be given at the Expo Awards Ceremony in Los Alamos. DEADLINESWe are only are 16 days away from the due date for Final Report
submission. Reports are due April 1st, at Noon.
Here is the link for report guidelines:
http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports/specs.shtml TOROFISHYour Torofish points for the Final Report is worth 150 pts. Don't forget to log it. INDIEAGOGO CROWDFUNDING SCHOLARSHIPSThe Challenge is attempting to get your friends, family, and relatives
to donate to scholarships for this year. Please pass on this link and
ask others to help. This week we have $680.00. FINAL REPORTSMake sure your Final Report...
This is our 25th year which we want you to celebrate with us at the Expo. We are excited to see and celebrate with you next month! Good Luck! David, Celia, Patty, Josephine Monday Morning Message, March 9, 2015Planning for the Expo have begun and the Challenge staff is busy. We are looking forwards to the Sandia/UNM Tours this month. You have done a great job if you have made it this far, take a deep breath and continue forward you are almost there! SANDIA TOURYou need to let us know ASAP if you are attending the Sandia Laboratories Tour for Monday, March 23rd. You must be a US citizen for this Tour. If you have not done so yet, as in NOW, each student needs to send this information: Name, Date of Birth, City and State of Birth, School Name, School Address, Team Number, and Social Security Number (but call that in to 505-667-2864) to: sandiatour1415 at supercomputingchallenge.org Details at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/sandiatour UNM TOURYou do not need to be a US Citizen to attend this tour, but you need to let consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge.org know now if you plan to attend. Send in a list of students by March 16th. Details can be found here: THIS MONTHThe Last leg of this Academic Marathon challenge is in front of you. This month you should be working on final coding of your project and drawing conclusions about your project. Next month you will finish and then prepare that final report and plan/prepare the presentation. When you do submit your report, please include your code as it really helps finalist judges visualize the whole project. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR FINAL REPORT, please WRITE TO CONSULT. Your Final Report is worth 150 Torofish points. Don't forget to log it and your other Challenge (and STEM) activities. SCHOLARSHIP FUND RAISINGThe Challenge is attempting to get your friends, family, and relatives to donate to scholarships for this year. Please pass on this link and ask others to help. This week we have $680.00. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/supercomputing-challenge-scholarships STAFF NEWSThe Challenge Staff is proud to announce a new member, Josephine Kilde. Some teachers had the privilege of working with her last summer at the Teacher Institute. Like most of you reading this, she to is a student, but she's finishing up her Doctorate in Information & Communication Technologies for Development. Basically, she's developing an online professional development program for K-12 math and science teachers. She is passionate about STEM education and increasing the number of girls, minorities, and rural schools in STEM higher education and careers. And just so you know who you've been talking to all year. Here is the Staff:
Monday Morning Message, March 2, 2015Whew! PROJECT EVALUATIONS DONE!
Why? Because we can help you with that final push to the Expo and find you help if needed. Don't miss this opportunity. SANDIA/UNM TOURSPlans are still progressing for tours of Sandia Laboratories and the University of New Mexico for Monday March 23rd. There is a March 6th deadline to sign up for the Sandia tour. Sign-up information at: Space is limited, so sign-up now! FINAL REPORTSThe Academic Marathon you are now running is in the last leg, getting those final reports done is paramount. Finalist Judges read every report and decide who makes it as a finalist. A few more make it from the EXPO presentations. Awards come from Finalist and Expo Judge ratings and caucus. Look at this link to see what the final report should look like: Or just type into google image with the search parameters "technical reports sample". This is what a formal report in the scientific world looks like. Many students have submitted these reports to colleges and have gotten into Ivy League Schools. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THE REPORT, please WRITE TO CONSULT. Here is
the link to a Challenge Resource page. Visual presentation of concepts enhances presentations and gets a clear point across. Look at these ones:
Your Final Report is worth 150 Torofish points. Don't forget to log it. Indiegogo Campaign for Scholarship FundsThe Challenge is attempting to get your friends, family, and relatives
to donate to scholarships for this year. Please pass on this link and
ask others to help. We went live a week and a half ago and already have $680.00. Patty, David, Celia, Josephine Monday Morning Message, February 23, 2015February Evaluations Wrapping Up
Best of luck to these teams! DO pay attention to advice from judges as they become your advocates at the EXPO. CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIPSDATE DUE: FEB. 28TH, FIVE DAYS AWAY CHECK OUT: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/scholarships.shtml SANDIA/UNM TOURSPlans are underway for tours of Sandia Laboratories and the University
of New Mexico for Monday March 23. See: FINAL REPORTSQuite honestly, your written report is the most important part of your year. If you need help with it, please contact Consult. We will have a cover sheet available that will help the judges know what programming language you have used, school, grades, etc. Don't forget your graphs, diagrams, visualization, at least five references and your code in your report. TALKING ABOUT REFERENCES, HAVE YOU TRIED GOOGLE SCHOLAR?"Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research." RADICAL SUPERCOMPUTING
Codingly yours, David, Patty and Celia Tuesday Morning Message, February 17, 2015Hope you enjoyed a day off for President's Day! VisualizationWikipedia says "Visualization is any technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a message. Visualization through visual imagery has been an effective way to communicate both abstract and concrete ideas since the dawn of man. Examples from history include cave paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Greek geometry, and Leonardo da Vinci's revolutionary methods of technical drawing for engineering and scientific purposes. Below are some images from UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing that show some neat visualization. Hint: Your final report and presentation should include some visualization.
TorofishWe purchased Challenge students a subscription to Torofish, rewards for STEM work. Please start or add to your portfolio at http://www.torofish.com and earn some neat gift cards! February EvaluationsWe are hearing good reports from Eastern, Miyamura in Gallup and UNM about your face to face presentations. Report these on Torofish for points. These are the sites yet to come:
Deflate GateThe ideal gas law implies not necessarily foul play in deflate-gate.
Seniors!You have about ten days to get your scholarship application into the committee.
Computingly yours, Patty, David and Celia Monday Morning Message, February 9, 2015Happy Almost Valentine's Day!Torofish, February EvaluationsDon't forget to register your February Challenge participation on the Torofish website for your STEM rewards. The February Project Evaluations are worth 50 Torofish points. This past weekend, over 30 teams presented their projects to panels of judges. This weekend there will be project evaluations at Miyamura High in Gallup, ENMU in Portales and UNM-CARC in Albuquerque. Here are presentation schedules and directions for the rest of the month. It is polite to notify us now if you are unable to attend. Seniors, Scholarship Deadline Looms Near: Feb. 28thThe directions for applying for scholarships are at the bottom of this page. Final Reports Due April 1stDoes your team need help to prepare a five page report about your project? Contact Consult for assistance. LANL Develops Website to Help Fight Measleshttp://www.koat.com/news/lanl-develops-groundbreaking-website-to-help-fight-measles/31102446 Mapping the Bacteria in New York's Subwayshttp://graphics.wsj.com/patho-map/?sel=stn_150 David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, February 2, 2015February EvaluationsPlease check your team's schedule before you head off to a college near you for your face to face evaluation this month. Evaluations begin this Friday and Saturday. Some hints: If you can't attend or need a change of schedule, let us know asap! Tips on Powerpoint Presentations -
The Queen Of CodeThis is a GREAT story. If you watch the video you will be amazed! http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-queen-of-code
You probably don't know the name Grace Hopper, but you should. As a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, Hopper worked on the first computer, the Harvard Mark 1. And she headed the team that created the ... 2015 ScholarshipsAny senior student wishing to be considered for a scholarship award MUST submit the following via email by February 28th, 2015:
Consult ResourcesIf you want a writing, scientific or coding mentor for your final project, (or all three), please let Consult know. We have people standing by to edit your work, suggest resources or help debug programs. Code ON, David, Patty and Celia for Consult Monday Morning Message, January 26, 2015February Project EvaluationsThe February Project Evaluations are a chance for you to practice your public speaking skills and get feedback on your project. You need to prepare a 20 minute or so overview of your project to present to three or four judges at a location near you. Check the schedules at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/evaluations and let Consult know if you have any issues with your presentation time. Keep an eye on the schedule as changes could be made during the week before the presentations. All teams that submitted Interim Reports have been scheduled for an Evaluation. Final ReportsHow are you coming along with your final report? Oh, you haven't started it yet? Well, it is time to learn about what goes into a final report and start mapping it out. Review the websites http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/finalreports/specs.shtml and http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/resources/index.shtml#writing_reports Using Lil Bits?
David, Celia, Patty, Monday Morning Message, January 19, 2015January Peer ReviewsIn preparation for your February Project Evaluations, PRACTICE! Give a presentation about your project to any group, could be the science club, chess club, school board, parents, ... See a description at: http://supercomputingchallenge.org/peer_review.html February Project EvaluationsThe first cut at the February Project Evaluation schedule has been posted at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/evaluations/schedule.shtml We are still working of the judges lists and a few more logistically details. If you find you have a conflict with your scheduled time, let Consult know. For directions to the evaluations, see:
http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/evaluations Presentation Practice OpportunityIf you would like do a Skype session with a Challenge staff member to practice your Project Evaluation presentation, just let Consult know. Connecting K-12 Educators to Computer Science Education through SearchTeachers, check out: http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2014/12/connecting-k-12-educators-to-computer.html for ideas/resources in Computer Science Education. Thanks to Challenge teacher Karen Glennon for sharing this link. Check out these 3D Printed Sculptures that Look Alive When Spun Under A Strobe Lighthttp://art.sfglobe.com/2015/01/14/ix3/?src=fbfan_32233 David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, January 12, 2015Interim Report FeedbackBy now you should have received feedback on your Interim reports. Please let your reviewers know that you received their feedback and thank them for their time. ToroFish PointsRemember to add your Interim report (worth 50 points) to your ToroFish account: http://www.torofish.com Participating in the February Project Evaluations is also worth 50 points. February Project EvaluationsWe have begun working on the detailed schedule of the Project Evaluations in February. Please look at http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/evaluations and let us know if you think you will have conflicts with the dates and we'll try to work with you. Technical WritingYou should be working on the skeleton of your final report at this time.
Review the tips at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/finalreports and http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/resources/#writing_reports Scholarships for SeniorsSeniors, please see: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/scholarships.shtml and start preparing your scholarship applications. The Challenge is working on getting more scholarship money to give out this year. The deadline for applying is February 28th. How to win Wheel of FortuneHere is a nicely validated and verified study from the Washington Post: http://wapo.st/1IhBkGH ProjectCSGIRLS Competition for Middle School GirlsThe ProjectCSGIRLS Competition for Middle School Girls challenges participants (grades 6-8) to build something using computer science and technology to solve an imminent social problem under one of three themes - global health, a safer world, and intelligent technology. Registration deadline is February 15, 2015. To request a mentor, register by February 1, 2015. Projects are due April 1, 2015. Expanding Your HorizonsGirls, check out the Expanding Your Horizons events this spring in your areas: http://nmnwse.org/eyh Supercomputing in Plain EnglishTuesdays starting Jan 20 2015, 12:30pm Mountain Time, live via videoconferencing: http://www.oscer.ou.edu/education Amazon Smiles
Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to the Challenge. Sincerely yours, Monday Morning Message, January 5, 2015Happy New Year! InterimsIf you haven't submitted an Interim Report please do so as soon as possible as we create the February Project Evaluation schedule based on the Interims submitted. January Peer Project ReviewsIn preparation for presenting your project in February, plan to have a peer review this month so that you can practice your presentation skills. See http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/peer_review.html for a description. February Project EvaluationsIn the next few weeks, we will be preparing the February Projects Evaluation schedule. If you have any conflicts that you know of now, please let us know and we'll do our best to accommodate you. MentorIf you need a mentor, please write to us at Consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org. Challenge Student Spotlight
My work in the challenge helped me gain the information and background that assisted me in getting an internship this summer. I was named a National Science Foundation Young Scholar for my work with the ReNUWIt project, a combined effort between New Mexico State University, Stanford University, Colorado School of Mines, and the university of California Berkeley, which, as per its acronym, aims to renew the nation's urban water infrastructure. My part of the project had me working with algae, just as I did with Ahmed Muhyi and Ian Rankin on our Supercomputing project! But although that project focused on optimizing algae growth dynamics for use in creating biofuels, my internship focused on a further stage in the production process, the conversion to fuel. You see, traditional conversion methods are very energy expensive, making the algae biofuel production process operate at an energy deficit! To address this problem, I worked with graduate students Harvand Kumar Reddy and Tapaswy Muppanini on bringing the thermochemical conversion down to subcritical temperatures to save energy under the direction of Dr. Shiguang Deng. My part of the project focused on an understudied and especially hardy species of algae, proved for its ability to uptake nutrients from wastewater, and explored its energy content and related factors for the algae and the fuel across a range of subcritical temperatures. Using the process of hydrothermal liquefaction for conversion. I then calculated resulting energy for the conversion process, noting an increase in net energy gain as compared to traditional methods, and presenting my findings at several area symposiums. Way to go Sophia! Sophia was named a national winner in the National Center for Women in Information Technology's Aspirations in Computing award. You may have also seen the video that her team from last year produced. Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fww-SR8RGyY Summer Plans?Again this year, the Supercomputing Challenge would like to help place Junior and Seniors into summer internships. Now is the time to start planning! Several opportunities are available:
See other opportunities on the Resources web page.
Online Office HoursWould you be interested in interacting with a Supercomputing Challenge volunteer online? We are trying to set up a schedule for online "office hours" where you could skype with someone to get help with StarLogo or NetLogo programming. Please let Consult know if you are interested. Sincerely yours, Wednesday Morning Message, December 10, 2014This is our last message for the 2014 year. We are looking forward to seeing you at February evaluations at a college near you and in April at the Expo in Los Alamos. Happy Holidays to you and yours! Dream in 2015!
Amazon Smiles
Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to the Challenge. Thanks to Harry Henderson for offering this suggestion right before your holiday shopping! Alumni Highlight Neale Pickett
He graduated from NM Tech, majoring in computer science. Neale, a licensed cycling instructor, rides his bike to work at LANL, where he works as a cyber security expert from the Advanced Computing Solutions Program Office.
He recommends books similar to this on his Google + account.
Two Special Descriptions of the ChallengeEleanor Walther, Expo Head Judge, wrote this teacher favorite: STEM skills, problem solving, critical thinking On the website: Supercomputing: Pushing the limits of "standard" computing du jour. Do you have a favorite? Computer Science Education WeekThis is Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code! Please tell us how you celebrated it! Open Data Portfolio from the City of AlbuquerqueThere is an extensive ( > 50 datasets) open data portfolio. These datasets are free for anyone to use - whether for research, software development, education or just general information. Maybe you could use some of the data, or maybe you might get an idea for a future project from looking over the data available. Zuo/Echt-Wilson Siemens Winners!
Congratulations to last year's Supercomputing Challenge winners who took their project further! Sincerely yours, Monday Morning Message, December 8, 2014Challenge Participants and Teachers, Congratulations to those who have submitted your Interim already! Let us know who your mentor(s) are. We know from experience that a mentor makes a difference in the quality of your project. It is also a good way to feel supported and increase your knowledge about your subject. We know that for a lot of you finding a mentor is not easy. Sometimes you don't know what to say, how to say it, or what to ask for. We would like to help. Attached you will find a sample copy of an email to send to a prospective mentor. For those of you who have already gotten your mentor, congratulations you will find it very useful! Please go to your interim and add your mentor so we know you have one. To those of you still looking for a mentor, go to the UNM STEM - H mentor database at http://nmstemed.org/search-people?field_subject_area_value=1. You can search for a science or Challenge mentor. You can ask an expert at http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/ask_an_expert_intro.shtml and list them as a science mentor. Check at a nearby college for an appropriate mentor. Ask parents and other teachers at school. If that proves unsuccessful, write to consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org. We think it is so important, we will help you find one after you have taken a stab at it. Don't forget your interim is due Dec 10th. We need to know what you know by now and how much you have done. If your project is different than your proposed one, talk about what ideas you have abandoned and why as well as your new direction details. Please list your mentor as we will be checking in with you if you have not. Please be aware that if you have not spell checked your report we will ask you to resubmit. Teachers, please make sure students are getting and reading project reviews. We have many people that spend hours reading reports and making suggestions and are not sure students are getting the reviews. We will be offering office hours for help in clarifying your project format and ideas, programming. Details soon! If you want to participate in the Hour of Code at the Explora in Albuquerque, they are hosting an Hour of Code on Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014, 3:30-4:30 pm at Explora, Lab C. For more information contact 505-224-8312. Good Luck! Monday Morning Message, December 1, 2014Enjoy National Cookie Day, December 4th! Interim Reports
Alumni Highlight
In 2007, I graduated from Rio Rancho High School in Rio Rancho, NM. I am now a graduate student pursuing my PhD in nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. My first year focused I on the Columbia Space Shuttle heat tile measuring. We used Star Logo to do the model. My 2nd - 4th years focused on Forest Fire modeling. I started with an C++ program which I refined in my third year with more sophisticated math and physics. For my fourth year I switched to a Java and developed the capability to scan in satellite photographs to have realistic fires. I received a Challenge scholarship and was a finalist in both 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. I did my undergraduate work at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott Arizona, I double majored in computer science and aerospace engineering. I also minored in electrical engineering and space physics. I am currently doing research on developing space fission reactors for missions traveling throughout the Solar System. I'll graduate in the Fall of 2016. To this year's teams I would say- It may seem difficult at first but keep it up. The skill you learn in the challenge will follow you the rest of your life and open many doors. The Supercomputing Challenge marked the start of my study of math and science. Because of the Challenge, I have not only had doors open, but I feel that a red carpet was rolled out for me, My work in the Challenge was noticed by Sandia Labs. My junior year of high school I was offered an internship at Sandia. That internship propelled me forward with scholarships, more internships, skills and most importantly ideas. I am still riding the wave even today. Defying drizzle: UK to Build World's Fastest Weather Forecasting Supercomputer
Levitated Design and Code at Abq Railyard Market Dec 14
If you happen to be in Albuquerque for the Railyard's Holiday Market, be
sure to check out the Levitated Lifestar: Computer Science Education WeekDon't forget that next week is Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code! Sincerely yours, Monday Morning Message, November 24, 2014Happy Thanksgiving! Interim ReportsIf you need assistance with your interim report, do not hesitate to ask. We are quoting Patty Meyer here, our star proposal reviewer:
When you submit your Interim, please add to your report who your mentor is. If you need a mentor, please write to us at Consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org ToroFish UpdateAfter you have submitted your Interim Report, remember to log that with ToroFish and log all your other STEM activities as well. Alumni Spotlight
He would like to say this to this year's Challenge teams. (He performed this "Supercomputing Challenge theme song" at the April 2013 Awards Ceremony.) His biggest challenge is not waiting until the last minute to do things, but instead, anticipating and spreading out work over time. He lives by these quotes: Van Morrison - "The only requirement, is to know what is needed and be sure to deliver what's needed on time." or Feynman's last blackboard quote "What I cannot create, I do not understand." Teaming IdeasHow are your teamwork skills? Check out the many Supercomputing Challenge
teaming/teamwork ideas at: Supercomputing in Plain English, online courseInterested in taking a free online course in Supercomputing in the Spring? It will be held on Tuesdays at 12:30 starting January 20, 2015. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supercomputing-in-plain-english-spring-2015-registration-14309649547 Computer Science Education Week, Dec 8-14Be sure to get your school to participate in Computer Science Education Week and be part of the Largest Learning Event in History! High Performance Computing MattersSee this short video on High Performance Computing's influence on climate modeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSQg_URCHKI Space Shuttle Thermal Protective Tiles Available for Educational UseNASA invites eligible U.S. educational institutions and museums to request space shuttle thermal protective tiles and other special items offered on a first-come, first-served basis while quantities last. Organizations previously allocated thermal protective tiles may request an additional three tiles. There will be a nominal shipping fee that must be paid online with a credit card. To make a request for special items online, visit http://gsaxcess.gov/htm/nasa/userguide/Special_Item_Request_Procedure.pdf. Questions about this opportunity should be directed to GSAXcessHelp at gsa.gov. David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, November 17, 201424 More Days Left for Interim ReportsTeams have until December 10th to refine their projects for Interim Report. Each team must submit a report online that describes the project, tells about the progress to date, and states the expected results of the work. Your interim report should be written proof of what you know about your project topic, a clear question and a summary of research into the work that is already done, and a plan (if not already started) of what are the elements of your model. Read the Interim Guidelines. When you submit your Interim, please add to your report who your mentor is. If you need a mentor, please write to us at Consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org SC14 this Week-HPC MattersThis week several Supercomputing Challenge folks will be part of the 10,000+ people are attending the international Supercomputing'14 conference in New Orleans, LA. (http://sc14.supercomputing.org) High Performance Computing affects us all and has provided many benefits. We want you to be part of the positive change in our world by learning about High Performance Computing. See their videos at: https://www.youtube.com/user/SCconferenceseries to learn more about how High Performance Computing affects/benefits us all. Challenge Volunteer Spotlight
Dana's vision is and has been to encourage and support young women to pursue an education/career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. And she has done just that - Supercomputer Challenge, Expanding Your Horizons, Girl Scouts, etc. Read more at: http://www.abwa.org/pages/top-ten-2014-2015 Last Year's Supercomputing Challenge Winners Take Project Further
Los Alamos National Laboratory's 100 SupercomputersLearn about LANL's influence in High Performance Computing History: http://www.lanl.gov/discover/news-release-archive/2014/November/11.12-100-computers-later.php Cyber-physical systemsCyber-physical systems integrate sensing, computation, control and networking into physical objects and infrastructure, connecting them to the Internet and to each other. NSF is a leader in supporting advances in the fundamental knowledge and tools to make cyber-physical systems a reality. Learn more at: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/cyber-physical/?WT.mc_id=USNSF_53 David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, November 10, 2014Interim Reports due a month from todayRemember that your Interim Reports (http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/interims/interim_guidelines.shtml) are due on December 10th. Computer Science Education WeekCS Ed Week is also a month away. Check out all the activities planned for December 8-14, 2014 at: http://csedweek.org Pictures From the Kickoff PostedTeam pictures, and general class pictures, have been post at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/kickoff/pictures. Use them to advertise your Supercomputing Challenge participation. ToroFish UpdateMany student registered for ToroFish (http://www.torofish.com) at the Kickoff and some others since then. We have provided names to ToroFish of other Challenge participants and they will be registering you this week. Remember that you get 300 points for participating in the Challenge. You'll get 50 points for submitting your Interim Report in December. (Some students that registered in Socorro only received 20 points instead of the 300 but that is being corrected.) Alumni SpotlightGoogle launches Computer Science Custom SearchToday Google announces the launch of Computer Science Custom Search, a customized search engine for finding K-12 computer science education (CS) resources. Developed using a collection of over 550 CS education websites, such as Khan Academy, Google CS First, Girl Develop It, Bootstrap, ScratchEd, Code.org and Made with Code to name a few, CS Custom Search connects you to computer science education materials and programs. By focusing on a list of websites that provide primarily free and open K-12 CS education resources, the customized search engine ensures that you will find materials that can be readily adopted for your class, after school program, or enrichment for your child. Start searching by visiting www.cs4hs.com/resources/cscs.html. Big Data In Ebola and the ElectionsEbola and last week's elections are in the news. See these articles
about how Big Data plays a role in these topics. David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, November 3, 2014Project Proposals and ReviewsThere are currently 103 Proposals submitted! We have been working hard to find reviewers for your proposals. When you get a review, make sure to acknowledge the effort the reviewer put into the review. Thank them and start a dialogue with them. MentorsGet Mentors to help you with your projects. They could be parents, local community members or contacts at companies. The Challenge staff will try to help you find mentors if you are having trouble. Interim Reports Due in DecemberRemember that your interim report is due on December 10th. You'll need to include five sources of your research in interims. See the Interim Report Guidelines at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/interims/interim_guidelines.shtml Alumni Spotlight
Supercomputing in the News"We could've stopped Ebola if we.d listened to the data" ToroFishSign up for ToroFish (http://www.torofish.com/social/home/toroRegMenu) if you haven't already. The Supercomputing Challenge is paying for this year's membership, so take advantage of that! Get rewarded for your STEM activities. David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, October 27, 2014Good day! Definition of Computational ScienceIt was brought to our attention that the last MMM (Monday Morning Message) had an error in the academic marathon section. We are not just looking for a computer program. We are looking for a computational science project. This is the first definition that came up in a search: We add agent based models to that definition. Expo RubricWe celebrate your work in April at an Expo, similar to a science fair, but with team presentations. Attached is the rubric for the Expo, also found at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/expo/expo_rubric.pdf. Do backwards planning and note that the computational, mathematical or agent based model is worth 40% of your assessment. Alumni Highlight
Marisol is from Hatch, NM! Supercomputing in the NewsFrom the crash test to the open road, supercomputers are utilized wider than people think. See more at: http://www.information-age.com/industry/hardware/123458374/5-real-life-applications-supercomputers-you-never-knew-about The power of computing has the potential to change everything we do. The NFL, HPC, and Big Data: http://www.adaptivecomputing.com/blog-hpc/nfl-hpc-big-data Computationally yours, Monday Morning Message, October 20, 2014Happy Autumn! Academic MarathonThe Supercomputing Challenge is an academic marathon. There are beginner, intermediate and advanced competitors. You run the course with supporters along the way. There are dates and milestones in the course to mark your progress. Your supporters are a teacher sponsor, the Consult team, the Challenge website, Monday Morning Messages, a project consultant or mentor, and your teammates. Your goal at the end is to have a computational science project or a computer program for the April Expo. It takes a large amount of effort, hard work and focus. You need core strength, a solid base and the right running shoes for a marathon. For the Challenge you need to finish a computational project or a computer program, complete research, find a mentor and write reports, and meet the deadlines throughout the year. Read more . . . Proposals91 proposals have been submitted. We have the potential for 150 proposals if everyone that registered submits one. This would be the largest amount ever submitted. A wonderful tribute to our 25th year. Please remember to thank the person who reviews your proposal and comment to their suggestions. They are all volunteers and their time is so appreciate. MentorsDo you have a mentor yet? Use this resource, Science Buddies, to ask any scientific questions. Research TipUse Firefox browser? Here is a great research tool to use: Zotero Citation Mini Manual created by Richard Foust, teacher sponsor from Freedom High, ABQ. Alumni of the WeekVisit this YouTube selfie by Martha Hughes, alum from Shiprock High. The message that science is fun resonates with us, Thanks, Martha for sharing. Love the sunflowers! Your Consult team, the curriculum, advisory and management team of
the Supercomputing Challenge Tuesday Morning Message, October 14, 2014Happy Tuesday! KickoffWhat an awesome weekend! Thanks to all of you who attended. We do love to hear your kudos, challenges and suggestions! Matt from Microsoft has offered much follow-up. Here is his email:
Matt Wallaert ProposalsWe anticipate you will receive an email review of your proposal by November 1st. Take the suggestions seriously and PLEASE send your reviewer a thank you note for her time and suggestions. These people can become your advocates for the Expo in April because they have followed your progress. MentorsWinning and finishing teams all have mentors. You can have one mentor who is your calendar keeper, one your cheerleader, one for science, one for coding. Click here to find one here at UNM STEM-H. Let us know if you have difficulty. Alumni of the WeekThis being our 25th year, one way we will celebrate is to recognize different alum in our weekly messages. This is a quote from Thomas Christie, past teacher from Desert Academy, Santa Fe. My experience with the Supercomputing Challenge taught me two things: first, that computation is a hugely empowering tool for experimentation, exploration and fun, I have no doubt that discovering this led me to my current field of cognitive science and machine learning. Second, watching students blossom into strong investigators and observing their powerful creativity and aptitude has made me question the value of traditional age-based curriculum and favor getting learning-friendly tech into the hands of as many people as possible of all ages. Your Consult team, the curriculum, advisory and management team of
the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, October 7, 2014
Here are several important instructions here for you. Before the kickoffProposals We have 26 proposals submitted. We would like to have EVERY team's proposal up on the webpage before Sunday, the 12th. Click here for the guidelines. We have people waiting in the wings to help you write your proposal. Write to Consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org for assistance. Bring a hard copy of your proposal with you as you need it to talk to a scientist about your project. You can work on your proposal on the bus, car or railrunner on the way to Socorro. We may check you at the door to see if you have your proposal. You can work on it Saturday morning in Socorro instead of a tour of the campus. Look in the Challenge archives for ideas. Can you tell that we really want you to realize that you need a proposal to participate in the Meet the Scientist/Project Review on Sunday? Click here for a General Schedule. Electives, check out the possible Saturday night electives at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/kickoff/classes/electives.html and open your Poll Everywhere app. Choose participant. When prompted, insert text in second block for your choice. You can only vote once. If you don't have a smart phone text the bold KEYWORD to 22333. Project Management Trello might be the key to your project management. Looking a little like Pinterest, Trello allows users to create project boards and easily manage the people and resources associated with each task. It makes organization easy and may be a way to work with the mentor for your project. Trello is free, but does require registration. At the KickoffRegistration Come into the Fidel Student Center from the west door
by the post office. The teacher stations include: payment, TEAF's, name tags, flash drives, some handouts, a wonderful Challenge bag. The student stations include: schedules and electives. Then the line merges for t-shirts, team and individual pictures and registration for a Challenge gift, a Torofish recognition and reward system for your STEM activities. Schedules At registration, students pick their individual schedule by math and prior programming languages. Team members may be in different classes. Hotel Checkin Teachers may check into the hotel Saturday afternoon between 2:00-4:00 or from 5 - 6:45 on Saturday evening. Ebola on Your Mind?Note the great visualization about how contagious some infectious diseases are. Visualization and mathematical terms are vital for your projects. Celia, David, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Morning Message, September 29, 201425th Annual Kickoff in just two weeks!We look forward to seeing most of you on Saturday morning, October 11th, at New Mexico Tech in Socorro. Registration will open up at 9:30. Once registered, some NM Tech students will show you around the campus and lunch will start at 11:30 in the Cafeteria and then we'll gather in the Macey Auditorium at 12:45 for our opening Keynote session. See http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/kickoff for descriptions of our keynotes, the generic schedule, and look at the housing link later this week once we get them posted. The Challenge provides room and board while teams are in Socorro. There will be two lines for registration in the Fidel lobby this year, one for teachers and one for students, so we hope to reduce congestion. Team Entry Authorization FormsCollect the $40/student registration fees, fill out the Team Entry Authorization Form and mail them to the Supercomputing Challenge. See steps 5 and 6 on the Registration web page. http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/registration.shtml ProposalsReview the Proposals web page, http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/proposals, and submit your proposal before the Kickoff on October 11th and BRING a HARDCOPY of it with you to the Kickoff. Download Phone Apps NowWe will be using some smartphone apps at the Kickoff this year: YAPP-download our Kickoff app at: http://my.yapp.us/G446DM We'll be updating it this week and next. Poll Everywhere-We want you to sign up for the Saturday night electives with http://www.polleverywhere.com We'll send out the link to that poll soon. We also hope to have our Keynote speakers ask some questions during their talks and we'll be able to see everyone's results immediately. That works on tablets, smart phones and basic cell phones. QR Code Reader-If you have a smart phone, make sure you have a QR Reader App (they are free). Just search for QR Code Reader in your App store. Team Registration NumbersWhen teams register, a number starting at 1000 is assigned. This week we'll order all the teams by school name and assign team numbers that range from 1 to 150. So far 83 teams have registered and 133 students haven't registered on teams. We'll make some team assignment for you which can be changed on the Register or Manage Teams web page. Have Questions?Email consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org and ask! David, Celia, Patty, Wednesday Afternoon Message, September 24, 2014Welcome to the 25th Annual Supercomputing Challenge! Registration300 students and 48 teachers from 49 schools have registered for this year's Challenge. So far 75 teams have registered but there are still 133 students not registered on teams. Please click on the Register or Manage Teams link on the Registration page to organize teams. http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/registration.shtml Teams will be renumbered to numbers between 1 and 150 based on the alphabetical ordering of school names next week. Team Entry Authorization FormsCollect the $40/student registration fees, fill out the Team Entry Authorization Form and mail them to the Supercomputing Challenge. See steps 5 and 6 on the Registration web page. ProposalsBe thinking about your projects and review the Proposals web page, http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/proposals, and submit your proposal before the Kickoff on October 11th. Smart Phones at the KickoffBe sure to bring your smart phone with you to the Kickoff as we hope to make use of them this year. Housing at the KickoffWe'll be making housing lists for the hotels in Socorro early next week and will let you know when they are posted. Supercomputing Challenge sponsors cover the cost of the hotels and meals are provided will you are at the Kickoff. David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Afternoon Message, September 16, 2014RegistrationWith a week to go for registering, we have 129 students and 29 teachers from 34 schools signed up. We'll be working on the hotel housing lists next week so please do get those registrations in soon. The Supercomputing Challenge will make hotel reservations for everyone coming from out of town. Form TeamsTen teams have formed so far, so the other 108 currently registered participants need to form teams. Click on the Register or Manage Teams link on the Registration web page. Submit ProposalsTwo teams have submitted their proposals, good job! While working on your proposal, see the Proposals web page at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/proposals Keynote SpeakersWe have some great Keynote Speakers lined up, Matt Wallaert from Microsoft will be our Saturday night Keynote Speaker, learn about him at: http://www.mattwallaert.com Stephen Guerin, of http://www.simtable.com, will be our Sunday lunch Keynote Speaker. Speaking of keynote speakers, Christa Brelsford, our keynote speaker two years ago, won the
International Federation of Sport Climbing Paraclimbing World Championship in Spain last week: 9/11 Memorialhttp://betabeat.com/2011/05/how-a-computer-algorithm-cracked-the-code-on-the-911-memorial David, Celia, Patty, Program Managers for the Supercomputing Challenge Monday Afternoon Message, September 8, 2014Registrations are rolling in!So far, we have 56 students and 18 teachers registered for the 25th Annual Supercomputing Challenge. Five schools are new this year: Aldo Leopold, East Mountain, NM Military Institute, St. Michaels, and South Valley Prep. Welcome! Teachers, if you haven't registered yourselves and your teams, go to: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/registration.shtml TeamsOnce students have registered, start forming teams by clicking on the Register or Manage Teams button on the Registration page. ProposalsWe even have one proposal submitted so far. While working on your proposal, see the Proposals web page at: http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/proposals David, Celia, Patty, Tuesday Afternoon Message, September 2, 2014Registrations are starting to roll inSix teachers and four students have registered so far. Please register for this year by the 20th of September. Kickoff Theme: AA to VVWe are looking at themes for this year and they will include Modeling and Big Data and Cyber Security and we hope to cover "abstractions and algorithms to validation and verification" Supercomputing Challenge MilestonesDuring the July Summer Teacher Institute we talked about the monthly Challenge activities that teams/teachers should be doing and here are the activities for August and September: CHALLENGE ACADEMIC YEAR DECATHALON MILESTONES
See the full list. UNM CS/ECE Day, Wed 10th 1:30pm-5pmSee our research Please mark your calendars: The Depts of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering are happy to invite you to a showcase of our cutting edge research, and the projects that our students are doing. See http://www.cs.unm.edu for details. Los Alamos ScienceFestLos Alamos is having a ScienceFest from September 5th through September 13th. Check out the schedule at: http://www.ladailypost.com/content/los-alamos-sciencefest-events-calendar and http://www.losalamossciencefest.com. NASA Educational Express MessageWe sent out a recent email from NASA Education. Some deadlines have passed, but it is interesting to see what kind of opportunities are available from NASA. Subscribe at http://www.nasa.gov/education/express. David, Celia, Patty, Monday Morning Message, August 25, 2014Are you ready for the 25th Annual Supercomputing Challenge? RegistrationStart forming teams to participate in the 25th annual New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge.
Registration will open on September 1st Registration deadline is September 20th. ProposalsTeams need to form and start thinking about their projects and preparing a proposal. See http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/proposals for guidelines. Our theme for this year will be modeling. Kickoff ConferenceThe Kickoff Conference will be held October 11-12 in Socorro, New Mexico. TeachersPlease print a flyer to place in your school for advertisement. http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/archive/14-15/invitation_flyer.pdf Here is the invite link: Future topicsIn future Monday Morning Messages (MMMs), we will be sharing Science Links and Cool topics so if you have found something to share, let Consult know. Looking forward to a wonderful 25th year, help us celebrate! Celia, David and Patty representing Consult, the Challenge Management Team These News Flashes are archived at http://www.supercomputingchallenge.org/news_flash.shtml so that you can review them at a later date. There is also a link at the top of each Challenge web page pointing to Newsflash. |
Due date is THIS WEDNESDAY April 1st, at Noon
Start work on your graphics poster as the winner of this contest becomes
the next years t-shirt and website Logo.
The Queen Of Code
Want some free surplus components? email Consult. In return you will need to thank the Lil Bits people and show what you used them for..
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Sophia Sanchez-Maes was a finalist in the 2013-2014 Supercomputing Challenge.
Here is what she has to say about her internship last summer.
We hope all 107 teams submitted their interim reports today. One of the
most important things you can do in the work world is follow through on
work commitments. Do what you say are going to do in a quality manner and
on time. You are showing your reliability when you turned in your interim
report on time. Please add your mentors to your report. If you need a mentor,
please write to us at Consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org.
Some of you may have been fortunate to be in a Saturday night kickoff elective
with Neale. It was entitled Ethical Hacking and Code Breaking. Neale's team
won first place in the very first Challenge in 1991, with an astrophysics topic.
Neale is the one in the center in the dark blue t-shirt.
This is Neale and his family at the NM Museum of Natural History and Science
where he gave a talk about cyber security to the NM Science and Math Teachers
Convention in November.
Albert Zuo and Eli Echt-Wilson are the team category winners of the
We hope to have all 107 teams submit their interim reports in nine days.
When you registered for the Challenge, you made an unspoken commitment to
complete the deadlines. Show your persistence in following through! When
you submit your Interim, please add to your report who your mentor is.
If you need a mentor, please write to us at
Consult1415 at supercomputingchallenge dot org.
Christopher Morrison
You have to admit it makes sense: The country that spends the most time per capita
whining about the weather - the United Kingdom - is investing in the world's
fastest weather forecasting supercomputer. When it's complete, the Met Office's
(short for meteorological office) new supercomputer will clock in at 16 petaflops
- one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, and more than twice as powerful
as the next-fastest weather forecasting computer.
Mohit Dubey graduated in 2014 from the New Mexico School for the Arts in
Santa Fe, NM. He participated in the Challenge from 5th & 6th grade (Project
GUTS) and then again in 2012 - 2014. His Challenge projects ranged from
Global Warming to Blind Navigation Tools (using Sound) and Modeling Dengue
Fever in Cuba. He now attends Oberlin College and Conservatory in Oberlin,
Ohio. He is studying classical guitar, physics, and neuroscience because
the brain, the universe, and the soul are wonderful and boundless things
to study. He is very interested in cosmology and modern physics as well
as the neurological basis of music and sound and how it influences
consciousness. He is most proud of inspiring freshman and sophomore students
at his high school to take the Challenge with him during his senior year
and continue participating while he is at college.
Challenge volunteer judge and Kickoff instructor, Dana Roberson, was awarded
a Top Ten Women of American Business Women's Association (out of roughly
10,000 members) in Overland Park, KS. She had to give a three minute speech
on "If I had a personal vision, what would it be and why"
Last year's winners Eli Echt-Wilson and Albert Zuo of La Cueva High took
their project on to the Siemens Competition this past weekend and took
first in the team competition. Read more at:
Daniel Washington,
Graduated from Southwest Secondary Learning Center - 2012
Participated in the Challenge years of 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.
Project topics were traffic simulation and ant colony simulation and foraging behaviors.
I did receive a Challenge scholarship and I was a two time finalist.
I currently attend Stanford University studying Aerospace Engineering.
I'm most proud of my work with the National Society of Black Engineers as outreach coordinator for the Stanford Chapter. We have helped many kids get more involved with STEM in a very meaningful way.
To this year's participants, I would say to think big, and don't limit yourself to what is easy or well-known. Aim for something difficult to reach and the reward will be just that much greater.
My greatest challenge is balancing the many facets of life, from school to extra-curriculars to personal life and free time.
My favorite inspirational quote: "The task ahead of you is never as great as the power behind you."
WOMEN
FROM LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY,
AS FEATURED ON THE WOMEN@ENERGY WEBSITE 2014. Women @ Energy: Marisol
Gamboa is a computer scientist working for the Global Security Directorate
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. "Create more opportunities for
everyone to experience the possibilities STEM offers. Demonstrate by example
how it impacts the world we live in and how it opens up new possibilities.
The experience of personally solving a problem with software I created had
a profound impact on me, much more so than simply hearing or reading about
computer scientists."
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