7 Indian Americans Enter Intel Talent Search Finale

Bangalore: Seven Indian American students make it to the list of 40 finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search. The contest is one of the most prestigious and oldest ‘science and math competition’ in the U.S. These finalists will compete in Washington D.C. from March 8-13 and the winner of the competition will receive an amount of $100,000 from the Intel Foundation.

The finalists of the competition are-

Saurabh Sharann

Saurabh Sharann from Bellarmine College Preparatory School of San Jose did research on ‘Parameter-Free Graph-Based Nuclear Segmentation in Cellular Images Using Morphological Cues’. He was really taken aback after hearing the result as he never expected himself to be one among the finalists. He used new computer algorithms which can count and identify cells in a culture, helping to replace manual counting methods. The benefits include reducing costs as well as time. "The best part of the whole experience was undertaking the project and learning about general approaches and methods used for formal research in academia. This is the first time I've ever done formal research’’, said Saurabh.