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Intel Student Research Contest winners announced
Undergrads recognized for their tech research
Eugene Lee won, but he still can?t believe it.
Intel earlier this month presented Lee with its top prize in the Intel Student Research Contest (ISRC) during a ceremony at Intel?s Ronler Acres plant in Hillsboro, Ore, where the top three contest winners were announced.
?It?s still somewhat of a shock?I just wasn?t prepared,? says Lee. ?Of course, I had hopes when I entered the contest and as I worked on my project, but I didn?t really think I?d win.?
Lee won the ISRC for his extensive research in the area of computer graphics. His project is entitled ?Hardware Acceleration of the Edge-and-Point System for interactive Rendering.? A senior in Computer Science at Cornell University, Lee is expected to graduate in May. (See sidebar for more information on the contest winners.)
Sponsoring creativity
Now in its third year, the ISRC is an annual research contest for undergraduate students across the U.S., with similar programs being conducted in India and China this year for the first time. Its objective is to stimulate student inventiveness by challenging undergraduates in the sciences and engineering disciplines to explore the frontiers of computing.
Intel provides funding to support the student projects. This year?s ISRC attracted 18 undergraduate students from the top universities in the U.S. The finalists, whose proposals passed the first round of competition, had nine months to complete their projects. To help keep them on course, each student was matched up with an Intel technical advisor. A panel of Intel technical leaders including Intel Senior Fellows Kevin Kahn and Gene Meieran, Intel Fellows Jose Maiz, Robert Chau, and Steve Pawlowski, and Technology Director Wilf Pinfold from Intel Systems Technology Labs judged the projects and chose the top three winners, who were awarded $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively.
ISRC top three
Eugene Lee, Cornell University: first prize, $5,000. Dr. Bala, Cornell University, advisor; Radek Grzeszczuk, Intel Technical Advisor.
Sara Parker, Cornell University: second prize, $3,000. Dr. Malliaras, Cornell University, advisor; Fabrice Paillet, Intel Technical Advisor.
Ankur Kaira, Georgia Institute of Technology: third prize, $2,000. Dr. Rehg, Georgia Institute of Technology, advisor; Joe McCarthy, Intel Technical Advisor.
Intel sponsors this program to encourage more undergraduates to conduct research and pursue advanced degrees, which is exactly what contest winner Eugene Lee plans to do.
?I?ll be going to work for Microsoft after I graduate in May this year,? says Lee. ?I realize it?s somewhat ironic that I?ve won the Intel contest and will be going to work for Microsoft. But the main goal of the ISRC is to encourage more people to do research and go to grad school, and I am applying to grad schools now and will go after I?ve gotten a year or two of industry experience under my belt.?
The ISRC supports existing undergraduate research at universities, and can also be used as senior capstone projects.
Intel Student Research Contest winners announced
Undergrads recognized for their tech research
Eugene Lee won, but he still can?t believe it.
Intel earlier this month presented Lee with its top prize in the Intel Student Research Contest (ISRC) during a ceremony at Intel?s Ronler Acres plant in Hillsboro, Ore, where the top three contest winners were announced.
?It?s still somewhat of a shock?I just wasn?t prepared,? says Lee. ?Of course, I had hopes when I entered the contest and as I worked on my project, but I didn?t really think I?d win.?
Lee won the ISRC for his extensive research in the area of computer graphics. His project is entitled ?Hardware Acceleration of the Edge-and-Point System for interactive Rendering.? A senior in Computer Science at Cornell University, Lee is expected to graduate in May. (See sidebar for more information on the contest winners.)
Sponsoring creativity
Now in its third year, the ISRC is an annual research contest for undergraduate students across the U.S., with similar programs being conducted in India and China this year for the first time. Its objective is to stimulate student inventiveness by challenging undergraduates in the sciences and engineering disciplines to explore the frontiers of computing.
Intel provides funding to support the student projects. This year?s ISRC attracted 18 undergraduate students from the top universities in the U.S. The finalists, whose proposals passed the first round of competition, had nine months to complete their projects. To help keep them on course, each student was matched up with an Intel technical advisor. A panel of Intel technical leaders including Intel Senior Fellows Kevin Kahn and Gene Meieran, Intel Fellows Jose Maiz, Robert Chau, and Steve Pawlowski, and Technology Director Wilf Pinfold from Intel Systems Technology Labs judged the projects and chose the top three winners, who were awarded $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively.
ISRC top three
Eugene Lee, Cornell University: first prize, $5,000. Dr. Bala, Cornell University, advisor; Radek Grzeszczuk, Intel Technical Advisor.
Sara Parker, Cornell University: second prize, $3,000. Dr. Malliaras, Cornell University, advisor; Fabrice Paillet, Intel Technical Advisor.
Ankur Kaira, Georgia Institute of Technology: third prize, $2,000. Dr. Rehg, Georgia Institute of Technology, advisor; Joe McCarthy, Intel Technical Advisor.
Intel sponsors this program to encourage more undergraduates to conduct research and pursue advanced degrees, which is exactly what contest winner Eugene Lee plans to do.
?I?ll be going to work for Microsoft after I graduate in May this year,? says Lee. ?I realize it?s somewhat ironic that I?ve won the Intel contest and will be going to work for Microsoft. But the main goal of the ISRC is to encourage more people to do research and go to grad school, and I am applying to grad schools now and will go after I?ve gotten a year or two of industry experience under my belt.?
The ISRC supports existing undergraduate research at universities, and can also be used as senior capstone projects.