Congratulations to the 2024-2025 finalists!
Dawson Fleck and Riham Jameel took first place for their research proposal investigating their hypothesis “prion protein accumulation in astrocytes during Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) triggers increased expression of Aquaporin-4 (AQP-4) as a reactive response, but this upregulation may be accompanied by mislocalization, thus impairing glymphatic function and exacerbating disease progression.”
Iqra Hassan, Naima Sharif, and Zamzam Mohamed took second place for their research proposal investigating their hypothesis “individuals who receive AI-detection training focused on recognizing facial symmetry, quality of image, and lighting anomalies, will achieve a 10% higher accuracy in detecting AI-generated faces than those without training.”
Lexi Strus, Dilan Sypnieski, Mya Follingstad, and Charlie Pikula took third place for their research proposal investigating their hypothesis “Human accuracy in detecting AI-generated content will be significantly lower for mixed AI-human media compared to entirely AI-generated or entirely human-created content and will vary depending on the type of media (e.g., text, images, or audio).”