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<title>Computer Science</title>
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<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
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<li><a href="robotics.html">Robotics</a></li>
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<li><a href="CS.html">Computer Science</a></li>
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<li><a href="humanities.html">Humanities</a></li>
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<li><a href="STEM.html">STEM</a></li>
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<li><a href="STEM2.html">STEM 2</a></li>
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<h1>Computer Science</h1>
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<p>In the computer science class at Mass Academy, we make websites
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(like this one), learn Java, and participate in a mobile app
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development challenge.</p>
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<h2>RattleSnake</h2>
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<p>
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I am part of the Advanced CS track at Mass Academy. Because of my
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prior experience with computer science, I tested out of the standard
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class, and I can work on an interesting project instead. My project is
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called RattleSnake, which is a new compiled language with roots in
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Python and C++. Shown below is the code for the lexical analysis and
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parsing, written in Python 3.6. <br />
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<p>
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I take a RattleSnake file, <a href="docs/test3.rsnake">like this
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one</a>, and convert the raw text into a list of tokens. This is called
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lexical analysis. I then parse this list, to make an abstract syntax
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tree which represents the entire program. Finally, assembly code is
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generated from the tree and linked, and is run as a .exe.<br/ > <br/ >
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</p>
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<h2>Apps for Good</h2>
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<p>My group’s Apps for Good project involved the Seven Hills Switch
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Choir, and is a joint project with STEM 2. The Switch Choir is an
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ensemble where people with physical disabilities preventing them from
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playing traditional instruments have the opportunity to play music by
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activating switches. Typical switches are oversized buttons or levers,
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which is suitable for some musicians but not those who lack gross
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motor skills, such as those who are paralyzed.<img id="me" src="images/ui.png" alt="a picture of our ui"> Our project was to
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create an Android app that tracked the location of the musician’s
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nose, and interpret that location as a musical note. It uses the
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OpenCV API to track the nose, and runs at about 5 frames per second on
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7 Hills’ tablet. Users are effectively able to not only compose but
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record their music as well.Our app supports recording and exporting
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songs natively. The simple, colorful UI maintains the user’s
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attention, but also is easy comprehensible. </p>
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<h2>ACSL</h2>
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<p>Another thing I do in the Computer Science class is the American
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Computer Science League Competition. Every month I compete in the
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Senior League (despite being a junior), where I answer a few test
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questions and one programming question. Below is my solution to the
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most recent programming problem.</p>
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<p>The question was to take a number and a length, then group the
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number into groups of that length and sum those numbers. The
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challenges will get more difficult later in the year.</p>
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<h2>Outside of School</h2>
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<img id="win" src="images/win.jpg"
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alt="a picture of my team with our plaque">
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<p>
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Out of school, I do lots of programming. I am fluent in Python and
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comfortable with Java. My favorite projects have been using machine
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learning to identify handwritten digits, and a web scaper that
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downloads news articles in plaintext. I also compete in <a
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href="https://picoctf.com/about">picoCTF</a>. Another competition I
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participated in was the Fitchburg State University Programming
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Competition. I won it in the spring of my freshman year.
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<h1>STEM</h1>
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<p>Every student at Mass Academy is required to have a science
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project. We spend a month deciding on a project, and then we present
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our projects at the fair in February.</p>
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<h2>Science Project</h2>
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<p>
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My science project is titled <b>Accurate Centroid-Determining
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Human Body Detection</b>. I am using three neural networks to more
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accurately determine the location of people within depth images. At
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the time of writing, I have two of my three neural networks done. I
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chose this project because I am interested in the fields of computer
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vision and machine learning, and I wanted to have some experience
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before I committed myself to this path in college. Below is the code
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for one of my neural networks, called a sparse auto-encoder.<br />
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<h3>Problem Statement</h3>
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<p>Current centroid-determining human body detection algorithms
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using RGB-D images are only up to 95% accurate. Applications for this
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technology, ranging from security systems to video gaming, require
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higher accuracy.</p>
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<h3>Engineering Goal</h3>
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<p>The algorithm developed for this project will be more accurate
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than existing algorithms, as evidenced by decreased percent error in
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bounding box sizes and locations and low distance between calculated
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and actual centroids.</p>
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<h3>Abstract</h3>
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<p>Video calling platforms, security systems, and video games all
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use human body detection, but inaccurate methods of locating the human
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lower the overall accuracy of this technology. To improve this
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technology from the current 95% maximum accuracy, a Sparse
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Auto-Encoder (SAE) and convolutional neural network (CNN) were used
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with Sliding Window Localization (SWL) to locate the centroids of
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human bodies. Depth images were taken with an Xbox Kinect. The SAE
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learns the human body features of a depth image dataset, which are
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then used by the CNN to determine the human-body features of the
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Kinect’s image. A histogram was then generated, and the centroids of
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similar valued regions were found. SWL was used to then determine
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which region’s centroid represented a human. This method has an
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accuracy of 54.856%. This algorithm can be used in all systems where
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locating a human body within an image is crucial.</p>
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<h3>Summary of Work</h3>
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<p>I used 3 neural networks for this project: a Sparse
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Auto-Encoder, a Convolutional Neural Network, and a binary human
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classifier. I used an additional Python file to test the accuracy of
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the centroid determination using a False Positives Per View algorithm.
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This algorithm compares the union and intersection of the actual and
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experimental bounding boxes of the human. Unfortunately, my project
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ended up being only 55% accurate, as determined by FPPV. This
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algorithm is not more accurate than current algorithms, but I learned
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a lot about machine learning, which was valuable to me. My summer job
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will be in the field of machine learning, partially because of this
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project.</p>
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<h2>Statistics</h2>
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<p>In the actual STEM class, we learn about different parts of the
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research process as we go through our projects. One unit, we focused
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on statistics. As a group project, I worked with some of my friends on
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a presentation where we discussed when one should use a paired or
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unpaired T-test. Below is that presentation.</p>
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<h1>STEM 2</h1>
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<p>Juniors at MAMS, during C and D term, work in partnership with a
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charitable organization to create a product to help people with
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disabilities. These products typically are hardware-focused.</p>
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<h2>Music Motions</h2>
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My STEM 2 project was in combination with my Apps for Good project. TO
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learn more about our app go <a href="CS.html">here.</a> The hardware
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side of our project was to create a portable battery holder to mount
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our battery to the tablet stand. This allows the user to use our
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product for an additional hour at least. Below is a picture of our app
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and prototypes.
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<img id="stem2" src="images/ui.png" alt="a picture of our ui"> <img
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id="stem2" src="images/proto.png" alt="a picture of our prototypes">We
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3D printed our battery holders, and CAD'd them ourselves in
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SolidWorks. The current version holds our battery perfectly. At some
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point, we may add a lid to the top of the case, in case it goes
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<h1>French</h1>
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<p>French at Mass Academy requires full immersion. We are not
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French at Mass Academy. French is a fun class, and the activities we
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do are very diverse. One of my favorites was a project where everyone
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had to cook a French dish and bring it in. While some were more
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successful than others, I made a Quiche Lorraine which I must same
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came out beautifully. Below is my presentation for this project, which
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includes pictures of my quiche. Sorry, but the entire presentation is
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in French of course.<br />
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<h2>Maison</h2>
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<p>In the first term I was assigned to write a one-page essay about
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five different rooms in my house. I had to describe furniture, colors,
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scenery, and anything else unique or important to each room. My
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favorite part was describing my dog who was sleeping in her bed in my
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living room. Below is the essay I discussed.</p>
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<h1>Humanities</h1>
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<p>At Mass Academy, history and English classes are merged into one
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humanities class. This allows for us to explore a variety of different
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<h2>Bradbury</h2>
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One of my favorite essays that I had to write was comparing two of
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renowned science fiction writer Ray Bradbury’s pieces, “The
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Pedestrian” and “August 2026: There Come Soft Rain”. Science fiction
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Euripides’ <i>Women of Troy</i>. I used to be heavily invested in
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