Neukom CompX Faculty Grant Winners - 2017

2017 Neukom CompX Faculty Grants   

• Michael Whitfield (Geisel School of Medicine): Characterizing the T Cell Receptor Repertoire in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis       
• Zi Chen (Thayer School of Engineering): Computational Systems for Geometric Design of Origami Structures       
•  Xing-Dong Yang (Computer Science): One-Handed Text Entry on a Smartwatch using Wrist Gestures                    
• *Laura McPherson (Linguistics): Developing Computational Tools for Tonal Annotation in Language Documentation
• Julie Hruby (Classics): Associating Fingerprint Patterns with Age and Sex: A Quantifiable Approach                            
• Mary Flanagan (Digital Humanities): The Impact of iPads on Math and Abstraction in Middle School Classrooms          
• *Nick Camerlenghi (Art History): “The Virtual BasiThe Impact of iPads on Math and Abstraction in Middle School Classroomslica Project: San Paolo fuori le Mura in Rome”  
• David Bucci & Emily Cooper (Psychological & Brain Sciences): A Biologically-Plausible Model of (multisensory) Associative Learning                      
• Celia Chen & Vivien Taylor (Biological Sciences): Landscape and Biogeochemical Controls of Methylmercury in Watersheds                                                                                                                                                                                  
• *Damiano Benvegnu (French & Italian): Landscape Ecology in Central Italy from the Sixth Century to the Present Landscape Ecology in Central Italy from the Sixth Century to the Present                                                                       
• Saeed Hassanpour & Arief Suriawinata & Lorenzo Torresani (Geisel School of Medicine, Computer Science): Deep-Learning for Histopathological Characterization of Colorectal Polyps to Improve Colon Cancer Screening
  (* indicates an award that is partnered with assistance from Dartmouth College Research Computing)