I’m finally going to start blogging again. My entire first year in high school has passed, so I’ll write a brief summary of what’s happened:
Science fair: Since the last summer, I had been researching music analysis using computers. I did a science fair project on using computers to find songs that sound similar to each other based on timbre (musical texture). I won a grand prize at the local Synopsys Championship, and went on to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). There, I received 3 special awards totalling $1200. At the state science fair, I also got an honorable mention.
Lynbrook Robotics: I joined the Lynbrook Robotics Team this year. We participate in an annual competition called the FIRST Robotics Competition, in which we get 6 weeks to build a robot that plays a particular game. The game this year was to to hang inflatable pool tubes (“ringers”) on a 3-layer rack, in rows and columns. We competed at San Jose State for the Silicon Valley Regional, where we got 4th seed in qualification matches, and we got to the semifinalist rounds. We later competed at the Lone Star Regional at Houston, Texas. We did amazingly there–we were the 1st seed in qualifying matches, and we got to semifinalist rounds again!
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