Computer Science
How information spreads and changes as it moves through networks
Vikram Ramavarapu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Data Science and AI
Can AI trace how ideas spread through a network?
Test a prototype algorithm against published methods for tracking how information mutates as it travels.
Grades 9 to 12 · 4 to 6 weeks
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Can satellites predict which forests a storm will flatten?
Use free satellite imagery to map windthrow damage and work out which landscape features predict it.
Grades 9 to 12 · 6 to 10 weeks
Life Sciences
Can a computer tell which lung cells remember being injured?
Work with real single-cell data to find cells that never returned to normal after damage.
Grades 9 to 12 · 6 to 10 weeks
Areas open for proposals
A mentor's live research, shaped into a question with your child.
Computer Science
Programming languages and proving software correct
Chaitanya Agarwal
New York University
Management
How artificial intelligence is changing corporate strategy
Arnab Choudhury
Columbia University
Faculty of Science
Mapping storm damage across Australian forests using satellite data
Anuj Singh
University of Melbourne
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Cell signalling and neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis
Aishani Chakraborty
Monash University
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Cancer genomics and single-cell analysis
Agshin Balayev
University of Minnesota
Computational Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering
Finding structure in time-series data using topology
Sunia Tanweer
Michigan State University
Electrical and Computer Engineering
How brain tissue responds to implanted electrodes
Anirban Chakraborty
Michigan State University
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