Computer Society Honors Oklahoma Teen at Intel Science Fair

Computer Society Honors Oklahoma Teen at Intel Science Fair D aniel Jonathan Parrott, 18, of Oklahoma’s Bartlesville High School, recently received a $700 IEEE Computer Society prize at the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Indianapolis, Indiana for his project, “Creating an Online Study Session Network.” Founded by nonprofit educational organization Science Service in 1950, Intel ISEF is the world’s largest precollege science fair. Held each May, ISEF brings together more than 1,400 students from around the globe to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips, and the grand prize—a $50,000 college scholarship. Students compete in 15 categories that represent all branches of the sciences, with projects that represent their own original works. Professional associations and companies active in the ISEF categories send judges to select winners in their specialty areas. In addition, the Intel Foundation bestows three grand-prize Young Scientist Awards upon the individuals whose projects the judges deem best overall. The Young Scientist Award winners each receive a $50,000 scholarship paid in eight installments. Nine competitors at Intel ISEF received cash awards from the IEEE Computer Society. Five were firstthrough third-place individual winners, and the remaining four shared firstand second-place team awards.