IT SHOWCASE COMPETITION PROCEEDINGS AUGUST 8 - 11, 2018 Proudly Sponsored by CONTENTS A LETTER FROM DR. JESSE L. BEMLEY AND MS. JANICE A. LEE........................................... 3 IN MEMORIAM OF WAYNE HICKS AND MALCOM MATHIS ..................................................... 4 THE IT SHOWCASE STORY .................................................................................................................. 6 2017 IT SHOWCASE HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS ............................................................................... 7 2017 IT SHOWCASE COLLEGE WINNERS ........................................................................................ 8 MEET THE IT SHOWCASE JUDGES ................................................................................................... 9 IT SHOWCASE SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE .................................................................................... 11 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 .......................................................................................................... 11 THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 .............................................................................................................. 11 FRIDAY, AUGUST 10................................................................................................................... 11 SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 ............................................................................................................ 11 MEET THE HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH TOPICS .................................. 12 Elisée K. Djapa ............................................................................................................................... 12 Data Science: Big Data Analytics ............................................................................................... 12 Liliana Gordon ................................................................................................................................ 12 Fuzzy Logic: A Bridge to Autonomy ........................................................................................... 12 Milton J. Turner .............................................................................................................................. 13 The Risk Within a Smart City ...................................................................................................... 13 MEET COLLEGE PARTICIPATION AND RESEARCH TOPICS .................................................. 14 Yaw Asante ..................................................................................................................................... 14 The Application of Computational Network Analysis in Advancing Drug Discovery ................ 14 Christopher Choice ......................................................................................................................... 14 Artificial Intelligence: Part of Our Past, Prominent in the Present, Shaping our Future .......... 14 Kourtney Coleman .......................................................................................................................... 15 Digital Business .......................................................................................................................... 15 Oladokun Ekundayo ........................................................................................................................ 15 BDPA – ENABLING DIGITAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Cybersecurity: The Domestic Solution to International Conflict................................................ 15 Brian Lenori .................................................................................................................................... 16 Raspberry PI as a Desktop Computer ......................................................................................... 16 Asmamaw Mersha .......................................................................................................................... 16 Up Squared Board (UP²) Configuration ..................................................................................... 16 Lauren Ravenell .............................................................................................................................. 17 Technology in Athletics ............................................................................................................... 17 Alison Tuiyott ................................................................................................................................. 17 Natural Language Processing .................................................................................................... 17 Anushri Walimbe ............................................................................................................................ 18 Virtual Reality Technology for the Disabled .............................................................................. 18 BDPA – ENABLING DIGITAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP A LETTER FROM DR. JESSE L. BEMLEY AND MS. JANICE A. LEE Welcome and thank you for participating in the 16th Annual National BDPA IT Showcase. The theme for the 2018 Annual BDPA Technology Conference is Experience The Future Now. The judges for the IT Showcase are Janice Lee, Chief Judge, and Chontay Turner of The Climate Corporation, and Regan Scruggs and Timothy Brown of Johnson and Johnson. These proceedings contain papers, bios and photos of 18 students (9 college and 9 high school), IT Showcase history, and the photos of the 2017 winners. The Presentations/Projects were judged earlier this morning in two categories, college and high school. Three awards are made in each category for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Certificates to all participants are to be presented at the end of the IT Showcase session on Thursday evening. Awards for first place winners are presented at the Awards Banquet on Saturday. During the first fifteen years, 2003-2017, of the IT Showcase, there were 81undergraduate papers and 99 high school papers presented. The students represented 2 countries 17 states, 41 high schools, 6 universities and 5 community colleges. Their papers covered database technology, web design technology, wired and wireless communication technology, cyber security, data mining, soft computing, high performance computing, cloud computing, virtual technologies, nanotechnology, robotics, operating systems, IT certification, social media, Big Data, health information systems, systems on a chip (SoC), and the Internet of Things (IoT). Again, thanks for joining us at the BDPA IT Showcase! Jesse L. Bemley, Ph.D. and Janice A. Lee, MBA, PMP Jesse L. Bemley, Ph.D. Janice A. Lee, MBA, PMP BDPA – ENABLING DIGITAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN MEMORIAM OF WAYNE HICKS AND MALCOM MATHIS “Brotha” Wayne It was no secret Mr. Wayne Hicks was a huge supporter of the IT Showcase. In fact, according to Dr. Jesse L. Bemley, it was “Mr. Hicks in 2003 as BDPA President Elect who asked Dr. Bemley to accept the challenge” to get IT Showcase up and running after a 2002 attempt. “Wayne wanted an event that would keep the HSCC alumni moving academically toward the Ph.D.” says Dr. Bemley. Over the years Wayne worked diligently behind the scenes securing primary corporate sponsors, Lilly and Johnson & Johnson to support IT Showcase Competition year after year. Under Wayne’s leadership at BETF, he has promoted the Dr. Jesse Bemley Scholarship, which was established in 1992 to honor the winners of the high school computer competition and with the support of Johnson & Johnson in support of IT Showcase students pursuing higher education. Malcom Representing Monsanto and BDPA St. Louis Chapter, in 2014, Malcom just jumped right in and volunteered as a judge for the IT Showcase. Come to find out, this was typical of Malcom as he was very active supporting causes within the African American community and especially for youth programs. Malcom last served as President of the St. Louis Chapter and no doubt was on a mission and gearing up to send students to participate in the 2018 IT Showcase. BDPA – ENABLING DIGITAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP It’s Doable! Who can ever forget Wayne’s student chapter rollcall at the conference opening ceremonies to get the students all pumped-up, ready to compete and enjoy all the youth and college activities…awe yes! Or perhaps the sponsor dollar challange…just bring your business card up and pledge big time to support BETF! Honestly, these few words do not even begin to reflect the impactful moments each of us experienced with Wayne and Malcom. For the IT Showcase team and students, we’ll best remember Wayne and Malcom for their unwavering support and enthusiasm for the future Ph.Ds.’ in training. Wayne Hicks and Malcom Mathis are both sorely missed but would expect us to continue to grow and exceed expectations with more students and scholarships. “Brotha” Wayne…we got this and yes…DOABLE! Jesse L. Bemley, Ph.D. and Janice A. Lee, MBA, PMP Jesse L. Bemley, Ph.D. Janice A. Lee, MBA, PMP BDPA – ENABLING DIGITAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP THE IT SHOWCASE STORY The idea that led to the creation of the IT Showcase has taken several twists and turns over the years. As far back as the late 1980s, a UNISYS communications engineer in Philadelphia talked about a BDPA computer science fair. The computer science fair would be patterned after the traditional high school science fair. The idea was put on the back burner because of the all-consuming activities of the pilot HSCC which was held in Atlanta in 1986. During the New Orleans Convention in 1987, the Artificial Intelligence Model