Student Challenge

The purpose of the Student Challenge is to allow middle and high school students to think creatively, conduct background research, and develop a proposal for a unique solution that can help address important problems that face the medical field. Through this process, students will be able to think like scientists and learn how to make existing technologies even better.

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Theme:

The theme for the Student Challenge is Computer Science in Biological Advances. We want students to have room to explore their own interests and see how computational and engineering methods can be applied to the topic.

Examples of Biological Advances due to Computer Science include:

• Genome sequencing and annotation
• Personalized medicine
• Machine learning models for population ecology

Students should think about how computer science and engineering solutions can help improve healthcare. The competition is not limited to areas mentioned above.

We have several mentors available to assist you. If you want someone to review your project, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and provide your need and your topic specifics and we will match you up with a mentor.

Before the Symposium:

Students should brainstorm and think of ideas within the scope of the topic Computer Science in Biological Advances. All attendees interested in participating in the Student Challenge will add the title and abstract for their project during the registration process.  Attendees will have the opportunity to edit their registration to add their project information if they decide to participate after they have registered to attend.  All projects need to be in the registration system by November 10th.  All participants in the Student Challenge will receive an additional email with information on where and how to submit their project.  All projects must be uploaded by November 16th.

During the Symposium:

At the symposium, there will be scheduled time within the program when each participant in the Student Challenge will answer questions about their work with the various attendees at the symposium (family and friends) and will also present their work to the judges. The judges will score and determine the top projects, who will receive an award during the closing ceremonies.

Project Details:

Before the symposium all participants in the Student Challenge MUST upload their project.  Your submission should be between 3-5 minutes and consist of voice over slides or a video. All Student Challenge submissions will be available for on-demand viewing 48 hours before the symposium.

• Save your presentation as an MP4 file with the first name, last name, and project title.
• Slides should be widescreen16x9 ratio which export best to 1080p videos.

Some helpful tips on planning your recorded talk are available at these links:

• Recorded Presentation Guidelines for Virtual Events
• How to record a PowerPoint Presentation

Presenting your poster in a lighting style format using the PechaKucha or Ignite talks presentation style or a single slide or PDF is an option for presenters.

Here is a example of a presentation: https://youtu.be/rbLbb7eOao8

All projects must be uploaded by Wednesday, November 16, 2022.

At the Student Challenge, individuals will be assigned a virtual table and be available to answer questions about their project. 

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