DIMACS 2006 High School Student Research Conference

April 22, 2006
DIMACS Center, CoRE Bldg, Rutgers University

Organizers:

Fred S. Roberts, DIMACS, Rutgers University, froberts@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Workshop Program:

9:30-10:00	Registration
		Outside Lounge, 4th Floor, CoRE Building

		Refreshments
		Lounge, Room 401, 4th Floor, CoRE Building

10:00-10:10	Welcome
		Auditorium, 1st Floor, CoRE Building

		Professor Fred Roberts, DIMACS Director, Rutgers University
                Midge Cozzens, Colorado Institute of Technology

10:10-11:00	Keynote Address: Gary Benson
                                 Boston University
                                 Title: The Human Genome: What's In It and How Do We Know?

11:00-11:10     Break
                Lounge, Room 401, 4th Floor, CoRE Building

11:10-12:30     Session A - CoRE A, 3rd Floor

                11:10-11:25     Won't You Be My Neighbor...Joining Project
                                Chase Chapdelaine, Nate Jones, Billy Kistler, Dylan McKenna,
                                   Jessica Platt
                                Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, MA
                                 
                11:25-11:30     Questions and Answers

                11:30-11:45     Reverso
                                Alanna Astion, Matt Dellea, Keelynn Harris, Drew Mintz
                                Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, MA

                11:45-11:50     Questions and Answers

                11:50-12:05     The Effect of Music on Auditory Acuity
                                Sophia Wagner-Serrano
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                12:05-12:10     Questions and Answers

                12:10-12:25     A Method for Automatically Registering Multiple Rigid Three
                                   Dimensional (3D) Data Sets
                                Daniel F. Huber, Martial Herbert, presented by Andy Eggers
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                12:25-12:30     Questions and Answers


                Session B - Seminar Room, 431

                11:10-11:25     Rodents and Humans and Cows (Oh My!)
                                Zane Martin, Lauren Stephenson, Cindy Schmelkin, Emily Ury
                                Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, MA

                11:25-11:30     Questions and Answers

                11:30-11:45     RNA Reconstruction
                                Alden Barbieri, Anna Lucia Lister, Elyse Yarmosky
                                Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, MA

                11:45-11:50     Questions and Answers

                11:50-12:05     The Interaction of TOG within the Cytoskeletal Complex in Immature
                                   Oligodendrocytes
                                Danqing Li
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                12:05-12:10     Questions and Answers

                12:10-12:25     SLC24A5 and Its Role in Human Pigmentation
                                Kathleen Carter
                                Villa Maria Academy, Malvern, PA

                12:25-12:30     Questions and Answers


12:30-1:10      Luncheon
                Lounge, Room 401, 4th Floor, CoRE Building

1:10-2:10       Session A - CoRE A, 3rd Floor

                1:10-1:25       Waksman Challenge
                                Steve Andenmatten, Tucker Anderson, Nick Carlson, Greg Gniadek,
                                   Ned Grant, Keelynn Harris, Noah Kirsch, Anna-Lucia Lister,
                                   Ethan Seaman, Jess Yarmosky
                                Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, MA

                1:25-1:30       Questions and Answers

                1:30-1:45       Coliform Testing at a Wastewater Treatment Plant After Flooding
                                   in the Town of Ulster, NY
                                Sarah Prehn
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                1:45-1:50       Questions and Answers

                1:50-2:05       The Influence of WNT16 on Cell Division
                                Haley Garrison
                                Villa Maria Academy, Malvern, PA

                2:05-2:10       Questions and Answers


                Session B1 - Seminar Room, 431

                1:10-1:55       Avian Influenza Project (DVD Presentation)
                                Yasemin Gokce, Dilan Mizrakli, Arda Kara, Aycan Nur Sagir
                                Robert College, Turkey

                Session B2 - DIMACS PC Labs 448 and 450

                1:55-2:10	Graph Theory Program Demonstration
                                Dan Petrescu, Dancescu Emilian,  Baiuta Sorin, Frigea Stefanut
                                Alexandru Ian Cuza High School, Romania


2:10-2:55       Piles of Tiles Challenge
                Seminar Room, 431

2:55-3:05       Break
                Lounge, Room 401, 4th Floor, CoRE Building

3:05-4:05       Session A - DIMACS Lobby, 4th Floor

                3:05-4:05       Poster Presentations

                                Alzheimer's Disease-like Neuropathology of Gene-targetednext Term
                                   APP-SLxPS1mut Mice Expressing the Amyloid Precursor Protein
                                   at Endogenous Levels
                                Christoph Kohler, Ulrich Ebert, Karlheinz Baumann, and Hannsjorg
                                   Schroder, presented by Sonia Narvaez
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                                Marketing Advertisement and the Strong Link with the Obesity
                                   of Children in Today's Society
                                April Schindler
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                                Reinforcement Learning and Shaping: Encouraging Intended Behaviors
                                Adam Laud and Gerald DeJong, presented by Leif Tokle
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                                The 30 Second Effect: An Experiment Revealing the Impact of Television
                                   Commercials on Food Preferences of Preschoolers
                                Experiment Conducted by Dina L. G. Borzekowski, presented by April Schindler
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY 

                                The Effects of Reward and Punishment in Violent Video Games on Aggressive
                                   Affect, Cognition, and Behavior
                                Nicholas L. Carnagey, Craig A. Anderson, presented by Deven Connelly
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY

                                Evolution of Hemispheric Specialization: Advantages and Disadvantages
                                Lesley J. Rogers, presented by Kristen Lamastro
                                Rondout valley High School, Accord, NY

                                The Adolescent Sexual World and AIDS Prevention: A Democratic Approach
                                   to Programme Design in Zimbabwe
                                Paulette Schatz and Kuzvinetsa P. Dzvimbo, presented by Colleen Kruppa
                                Rondout Valley High School, Accord, NY 


                Session B1 - Seminar Room, 431

                3:05-3:50       The Genealogical Connection of Turks to Western Asia and Europe
                                   (DVD Presentation)
                                Ceyhun Arslan, Ceren Yalniz, Levent Tuzun
                                Robert College, Turkey

                Session B2 - DIMACS PC Labs 448 and 450

                3:50-4:05	Graph Theory Program Demonstration
                                Dan Petrescu, Dancescu Emilian,  Baiuta Sorin, Frigea Stefanut
                                Alexandru Ian Cuza High School, Romania


4:05-4:20	Awards and Closing Remarks
		Auditorium, 1st Floor, CoRE Building

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