
What is the AYSI Idea Fair/ Competition Program?
After the two-week long training and development program, SCI students will compete in their own division's Idea Fair, using their programming and AI skills to create and present impactful apps that translate into real-world research topics. Judged by the AYSI team, participating students have the opportunity to win prizes and further mentorship into the 2022-23 school year. Our AYSI mentors have won national and international awards for visualizing real-world problems and creating AI-based solutions. We want to take our experience and help students propel their ideas into physical applications and future research.
After the two-week long training and development program, SCI students will compete in their own division's Idea Fair, using their programming and AI skills to create and present impactful apps that translate into real-world research topics. Judged by the AYSI team, participating students have the opportunity to win prizes and further mentorship into the 2022-23 school year. Our AYSI mentors have won national and international awards for visualizing real-world problems and creating AI-based solutions. We want to take our experience and help students propel their ideas into physical applications and future research.

Presentations
Once teams have completed work on their projects, they will be asked to give a short presentation to a panel of judges from July 30th - July 31st.
Presentation time is intentionally set to be 5 minutes or less to guide students to be concise yet specific about their research. Judges will ask questions that force students to think critically and explain the decisions they made along the development process. 6 projects from each division (Senior and Junior) will advance to the final round of judging.
Groups selected to compete in the final round will give a 5-minute presentation followed by a 3-minute Q&A session. Prizes will be announced after all groups have given their presentation.
Within their presentations, students are encouraged to mention the motivation for their research, their process for developing a solution, as well as their results and any demonstrations, if applicable. Students should also mention any software, APIs, or any other technologies used when developing their solutions.
Group performance and grading will be conducted based on a rubric that considers the overall presentation. In addition to being assessed on content, students should include any videos or graphics that will help judges better understand their research. Presentations should be thoroughly rehearsed and all group members must participate when explaining their project.
Once teams have completed work on their projects, they will be asked to give a short presentation to a panel of judges from July 30th - July 31st.
Presentation time is intentionally set to be 5 minutes or less to guide students to be concise yet specific about their research. Judges will ask questions that force students to think critically and explain the decisions they made along the development process. 6 projects from each division (Senior and Junior) will advance to the final round of judging.
Groups selected to compete in the final round will give a 5-minute presentation followed by a 3-minute Q&A session. Prizes will be announced after all groups have given their presentation.
Within their presentations, students are encouraged to mention the motivation for their research, their process for developing a solution, as well as their results and any demonstrations, if applicable. Students should also mention any software, APIs, or any other technologies used when developing their solutions.
Group performance and grading will be conducted based on a rubric that considers the overall presentation. In addition to being assessed on content, students should include any videos or graphics that will help judges better understand their research. Presentations should be thoroughly rehearsed and all group members must participate when explaining their project.
Judging
Group presentations will be judged based on the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Rubric. It is important to note that in addition to being graded on the effectiveness and ability of the solutions they create, roughly ⅓ of the points will be earned from the presentation portion. This includes the Q&A session as well as any visuals, videos, or other aspects of a presentation.
Judges will consist of software and IT professionals as well as professors from universities in the North Texas area. Judges are experts in their field and have a great deal of knowledge about developing solutions. Students are encouraged to listen to the judges’ feedback and recommendations. After the competition program, students can continue to work on their research and improve their applications based on judges’ suggestions.
Group presentations will be judged based on the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Rubric. It is important to note that in addition to being graded on the effectiveness and ability of the solutions they create, roughly ⅓ of the points will be earned from the presentation portion. This includes the Q&A session as well as any visuals, videos, or other aspects of a presentation.
Judges will consist of software and IT professionals as well as professors from universities in the North Texas area. Judges are experts in their field and have a great deal of knowledge about developing solutions. Students are encouraged to listen to the judges’ feedback and recommendations. After the competition program, students can continue to work on their research and improve their applications based on judges’ suggestions.
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