The 1999 High School Computing Institute

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This is the tenth year of our prestigious High School Computing Institute program here at the University of Utah.

Scholarship Awards

Sponsored by Evans & Sutherlands and Novell Corporations

Heballa Al Zahawi
Richard Swenson

Recognition for Outstanding Performance

Graphics

John Bianchi
Richard Christiansen

Expert Systems

Heballa Al Zahawi

Academic and Corporate Sponsors

o The University of Utah's College of Engineering
o The University of Utah's Department of Computer Science
o The National Science Foundation
o The NSF/STC Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualation
o The University of Utah's local NSF/STC Center
o The Alpha_1 Project
o Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
o Novell
o The First Security Foundation

HSCI Director

o Dave Hanscom
Dept. of Computer Science Director of Undergraduate Studies

HSCI Teaching Staff

o Mark Bloomenthal
Alpha1 Staff, HSCI Alpha1 Geometric Modeling Instructor
o Sam Drake
Professor of Computer Science, HSCI Alpha1 Geometric Modeling Instructor
o Eric Eide
Flux Project Staff, HSCI Cassini and Lisp Instructor
o David Johnson
Alpha1 Staff, HSCI Alpha1 Geometric Modeling Instructor
o Robert Kessler
Professor of Computer Science, Cassini and Lisp Instructor

HSCI Guest Lecturers

o Herb Clemens
Univ. of Utah Professor of Mathematics - Visualizing the Fourth Dimension
o Henry Fuchs
Univ. of North Carolina Professor of Computer Science - Virtual Reality in Medicine
o Tom Henderson
Univ. of Utah Professor of Computer Science - Intelligent Robots
o John Hollerbach
Univ. of Utah Professor of Computer Science - Virtual Reality
o Chris Johnson
Univ. of Utah Professor of Computer Science - Computational Science, Scientific Visualization
o Dick Normann
Univ. of Utah Professor of BioEngineering - Artificial Sight
o Richard Riesenfeld
Univ. of Utah Professor of Computer Science - Computer Aided Manufacturing
o Ellen Riloff
Univ. of Utah Professor of Computer Science - Natural Languate Processing
o Peter Shirley
Univ. of Utah Professor of Computer Science - Making Graphics Realistic
o Andy van Dam
Brown University Professor of Computer Science - Making Graphics Realistic
o Joe Zachary
Univ. of Utah Professor of Computer Science - Introduction to Unix

HSCI Students

Here are the students in the 1999 High School Computing Institute.

Name High School Model
Heballa Al-Zahawi Olympus marbles and bowl
Dante Bertelli East ...
Jon Bianchi Timpanogos space ship (T-shirt winner!!)
David Bradford Lone Peak dragon
Daniel Chan Olympus ...
Philip Christensen Payson wall
Richard Christiansen Highland electric guitar
Aaron Cohen East ...
Tim Deans Olympus ...
Walker Ford Olympus ...
Carlton Jemmett West Jordan street scene
Ben Mabey East acoustic guitar
Justin Micka SLCA ...
Dan Murphy Bountiful ...
Kyle Schmitt Judge tennis racket
Stephen Shaner Hillcrest bottles
Richard Swenson Alta car dash board
Spencer Uresk Davis wing
Stephen Westbroek Clearfield time

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Last modified: Mon Aug 2 09:42:00 MDT 1999