The CS Fair is a UVM event which provides Computer Science students the opportunity to display web, app, and other computer related projects for the chance to win up to $300 in cash*. This year the CS Fair will be held December 8th in the Davis Center's Grand Maple Ballroom.
Total Projects: 187 Total Students: 354
Research Projects (independent research projects e.g. part of thesis or dissertation) (5 projects, 6 students)
1st Place $300
Open source usb-midi controller by Jordan Guzak
2rd Place $200
Catastrophic Forgetting with MarI/O by Alex Ram, Brendan Whitney
3rd Place $100
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Humanitarian Crises by Alexander Swanson
Advanced Projects (CS 2xx/3xx level) (31 projects, 83 students)
1st Place $300
Using Machine Learning to Identify Nocturnal Flight Calls of Migrating Birds by Laurence Clarfeld
2rd Place $200
UVM Athlete Academic Standing by Liam O'Toole, Tim Guyon
3rd Place $100
Learning About a Video Game Through Greyscale Image Processing by Adam Barson, Daniel Berenberg
Intermediate Projects (CS 1xx level, other than web) (42 projects, 91 students)
1st Place $300
Eyes on the Pies by Kevin Masse, Noah Mintz, Aaron Wise
2rd Place $200
Raspberry Pi Powered CNC Router by Phillip Nguyen
3rd Place $100
439 Guest Access by Ben Hazzard
Intermediate Web Design (CS 142 or 148 level) (23 projects, 36 students)
1st Place $300
My Daily Planner by Meghan King, Lindsey Stuntz
2rd Place $200
What's On The Docket? (WOTD) by Phil Lavoie
3rd Place $100
UVM Hit Paws A Cappella Website by Lindsay Ross
Beginner Programming (CS 21 level) (44 projects, 55 students)
1st Place $300
Hex Clicker Game by Christian Deluca
2rd Place $200
Politician Accountability by Ethan Nerney
3rd Place $100
Backcountry Snow Report by Zachary Bochanski
Beginner Web Design (CS 8 level) (42 projects, 83 students)
1st Place $300
The Great Burlington Pie Heist by Michael Good
2rd Place $200
Discover Mars by Emily Connolly
3rd Place $100
Amend the Second by Mary Woolley, Echo Norcott
People's Choice Award
1st Place $300
UPB Manager by Oliver Tannheiser, Samuel Frederick
2nd Place $200
CS110/Numerical Analysis Final Project by Sophie Hodson, Max Green
3rd Place $100
Rhume - the student driven productivity network William Lippolis William Wertz Jay Brideau
Random Hour Prizes
1:10 PM $50
Cook, Bake, Eat: Your Recipe Jennifer Nigro, Ed Taylor, James Cazayoux
2:20 PM PM $50
CS 20 Project Nicholas Vartanian
3:40 PM $50
Facial Expression Classification Alexander Looi Alexander Kloumann Jack Houk
*Prizes will be announced at the conclusion of the fair. Prize amounts are subject to change based on funding. Prizes may be awarded as cash or UVM gift card.
Rules
- All Participants must have been enrolled in a Computer Science course at UVM or be an active CS or Data Science, Major or Minor during the 2017 calendar year (Jan to Dec).
- Projects
- Group or individual projects are allowed.
- Course projects are allowed (the more unique they are from your classmates' the higher your chances of getting in and winning).
- Non course projects are highly encouraged (i.e., something you did on your own).
- You may enter more than one project but you cannot present more than one project in a time slot. It is your responsibility to confirm you have not been assigned to present more than one project at a time.
- Registration does not guarantee project will be accepted.
- All entries must be present at their booth. We will provide space on a table, but you need to provide a laptop (with a good battery -- no power is available) and/or other display (e.g., poster).
- You are eligible to win only one competitive prize, you may forfeit a lower prize.
- Prize amounts may be reduced when there are less than 15 projects in a category.
- Unclaimed prizes will be forfeited after one week after the fair.
- All entries allow us to use photos for promotional material.
- All entries must be received by November 10, 2017 in order to receive a t-shirt. T-Shirts not picked up by December 4, 2017 are forfeited to a first come first serve.
- Monetary prizes will be in the form of UVM gift card.
- UVM monetary prize policy and scholarship policy.