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Since 2019, SFASA continued K-12 student summer project program in summer under the leadership of Li Zhang (Director of Education). Every year we have students from middle school and high school joined us under the mentorship of SFASA officers and other volunteers. The students worked on the projects which were initiated and designed by the students themselves.
2026 Summer Project Program
2026 Summer Project Program
Statistical Analysis of AI Stock Returns against The Broader Market Dynamics
Presenters: Gabriel Laman, 11th Grade, Lycée Français de San Francisco, Alexei Khodakovsky, 11th Grade, Lycée Français de San Francisco, Nikita Hlupnov, 10th Grade, Carlmont High School
Mentor: Xuefeng Hou, Senior Statistician, Genentech
Using Time-Series Statistics to Predict Ecosystem Collapse
Using Time-Series Statistics to Predict Ecosystem Collapse
Presenters: Allinah Zhan, 12th Grade, Aragon High School
Steve Zhang, 11th Grade, Aragon High School
Mentors: Dr. Alexandra Piryatinska, Professor, San Francisco State University; Dr. Tao He, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
A Statistical Analysis of the Gender Voting Gap of the 2024 Presidential Election
A Statistical Analysis of the Gender Voting Gap of the 2024 Presidential Election
Presenter: Avery Chen, 12th Grade, Sacred Heart Preparatory
Mentor: Dr. Anandamayee Majumdar, Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University
Predicting Immunotherapy Response: Do Pretreatment Features ADD Value Beyond TMB?
Predicting Immunotherapy Response: Do Pretreatment Features ADD Value Beyond TMB?
Presenter: Mason Chang, 10th Grade, The Harker School
Mentors: Dr. Xuelian Wei, VP of Biostatistics, Vera Therapeutics Inc.
Synthetic Control Analysis on The Effect of Cannabis Legislation on Teen Usage?
Synthetic Control Analysis on The Effect of Cannabis Legislation on Teen Usage?
Presenter: Daniel Kudzellka, 11th Grade, Carlmont High School
Julia Avzan, 10th Grade, Sequoia High School
Mentor: Dr. Anandamayee Majumdar, Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University
Identifying Potential Biomarkers for Leukemia Using Biosensor Metrics and Proteomics
Identifying Potential Biomarkers for Leukemia Using Biosensor Metrics and Proteomics
Presenter: Kathy Zhang, 12th Grade, Crystal Springs Uplands School; Rachel Li, 11th Grade, Stanford Online High School
Mentor: Dr. Shagun Gupta, Data Scientist, Calico Life Sciences
Modelling Longitudinal Cognition and Brain Volume Using a Mixed-Effects Model for Repeated Measure
Modelling Longitudinal Cognition and Brain Volume Using a Mixed-Effects Model for Repeated Measure
Presenter: Jasper Verma, 12th Grade, Carlmont High School
Mentor: Dr. Tuan Nguyen, Senior Director, Clinical Development & Data Science, Alector
What Really Impacts Sleep? A Data-Driven Analysis of Sleep Disorders
What Really Impacts Sleep? A Data-Driven Analysis of Sleep Disorders
Presenter: Alexander Li, 10th Grade, Internatsgymnasium Schloss Neubeuern
Mentor: Dr. Tuan Nguyen, Senior Director, Clinical Development & Data Science, Alector
Evaluation the Effectiveness of Ivermectin and Doxycycline in Covid-19 Patients
Evaluation the Effectiveness of Ivermectin and Doxycycline in Covid-19 Patients
Presenter: Elvis Yang, 10th Grade, CAVA (California Virtual Academy) San Mateo
Darran Shin, 10th Grade, Hillsdale High School
Mentor: Dr. Yinqi Zhao, Manager of Statistician, Kite Pharma
Presenters: Allinah Zhan, 12th Grade, Aragon High School
Steve Zhang, 11th Grade, Aragon High School
Mentors: Dr. Alexandra Piryatinska, Professor, San Francisco State University; Dr. Tao He, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
2025 Summer Project Program
2025 Summer Project Program
Identifying the Factors Significant in US Ski Resort Pricing
Presenters: Sachin Bulfer, Daniil Gurenkov and Brant Chung, 12th Grade, Carlmont High School
Mentors: Alexandra Piryatinska, Professor, San Francisco State University
Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks to Predict Tau Protein Spread in the Hippocampus of Alzheimer's Disease Patients
Presenter: Ayush Rane, 12th Grade, Monte Vista High School
Mentor: Tao He, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University; Co-Director of Education and Students Affair, SFASA
Predicting and Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease Using Demographic, Cognitive and Biomarker Data with Logistic Regression
Presenter: Laila Wang, 12th Grade, Archbishop Mitty High School, Anna Khodakovskaia. 12th Grade, Lycee Francaise San Francisco
Mentor: Yuanyuan Xiao, VP Data Sciences, Sonoma Biotherapeutics Yannan Tang, Genentech
Determining How Certain Lifestyle Factors Affect Anxiety and Stress Levels Using a Survey Data
Presenter: Avery Chen, 11th Grade, Sacred Heart Preparatory m, Mason Chang, 9th Grade, The Harker School
Mentors: Jeni Zhou, BeOne Medicines Anwen Huang, Senior, UC Berkeley
AI Prompting – What Type of Prompting Yields the Best Results?
Presenter: Vivaan Warrier, 12th Grade, Dublin High School, Daniel Kudzelka, 10th Grade, Carlmont High School
Mentor: Anwesha Mukherjee, Associate Director, Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Predicting Political Leaning Using Language Analytics
Presenter: Vidushee Bala, 11th grade, Amador Valley High School
Mentor: Anandamayee Majumdar, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
Smart Models for Smart Business – Comparing Regression, Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Presenter: Elaina Li, 12th Grade, San Mateo High School, Jason Ma, 12th Grade, Tilden Preparatory School
Mentor: Ram Bala, Professor, Santa Clara University
2023 Summer Project Program
2023 Summer Project Program
The Effect of Demographics on Homelessness Rates in California Before and After the Pandemic
Presenters: Vanessa Chang, 12th Grade, Dublin High School, Elaina Li, 10th Grade, San Mateo High school
Mentor: Chenglin Ye, Senior Principal Statistical Scientist, Genentech/Roche; Vice President of SFASA; Anwen Huang, Student of University of California Berkeley
Classification and Prediction of Inhibition Efficacy for Breast Cancer Treatment Using Machine Learning
Presenter: Anurag Jakkula & Julia Ganju 12th Grade, The Bay School
Mentor: Leah Ung, MS, Junior Specialist, University of California San Francisco, Jiying Zou, MS, Data Scientist, Genentech/Roche
Logistic Regression Analysis of the Team-based Video Game Valorant
Presenter: Jason Ma, 10th Grade, Campolindo High School
Mentor: Jeetu Ganju, Ph.D., Principal, Ganju Clinical Trials, LLC
2024 Summer Project Program
2024 Summer Project Program
Exploring the effect of seasons and movie ratings on box office performance
Presenters: Jason Ma, 11th Grade, Campolindo High School, Rishi Adi, 12th Grade, San Mateo High school
Mentors: Cristina Tortora, Associate Professor, San Jose State University; Past President of SFASA, Anwen Huang, Student of University of California Berkeley
Analyzing Key Determinants of Stroke Occurrence
Presenter: Jennifer Luo, 12th Grade, Carlmont High School
Mentor: Leah Ung, MS, Junior Specialist, University of California San Francisco
Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Pollutants and Lung Cancer Rates Across US Counties
Presenter: Adrian Shin, 12th Grade, Hillsdale High School, Prajwal Dacharla. 11th Grade, Dublin High School
Mentor: Tao He, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University; Co-Director of Education and Students Affair, SFASA, Anurag Jakkula, Student of Columbia
Lung Cancer Forecasts with Statistical Models
Presenter: Pingyao Liu, 11th Grade, Dublin High School
Mentors: Lijia Wang, Genentech/Roche
Analysis of EEG data recorded during arithmetic tasks
Presenter: Anna Khodakovskaia, 11th Grade, Lycee Francais de San
Francisco
Mentor: Anandamayee Majumdar, Associate Professor, San Francisco State
University
1993 World Cup Statistics Presentation
Presenter: Anondo Deepro Chowdhury
Mentor: Alexandra Piryatinska, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
2024 ASA Visualization Project Winner
2024 ASA Visualization Project Winner
Elaina Li, 10th Grade, San Mateo High school
Jason Ma, 10th Grade, Campolindo High School
2022 Summer Project Program
2022 Summer Project Program
Relationships of Sleep Patterns and Demographics: A Case Study of Undergraduates from Taiwan
Presenters: Avelyn Liang, 11th Grade, San Mateo High school; Elaina Li, 9th Grade, San Mateo High school
Mentor: Ray Lin, Ph.D., Principal Statistical Scientist, Department of Biostatistics, Genentech/Roche; Past President of SFASA
Comparison of Private and Public Colleges in the United States
Presenters: Anna Khodakovskaia, 9th Grade, Lycee Francais de San Francisco; Amelia Surdulesku, 9th Grade, Lycée Français de San Francisco
Mentor: Tao He, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, San Francisco State University; Director of Education and Students Affairs of SFASA
Detecting Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Patients
Presenter: Anurag Jakkula, 11th Grade, Dublin High School
Mentor: Ron Yu, Ph.D., Senior Director of Biostatistics, Gilead Sciences; Director of Public Relations of SFASA
The Relationship Between GDP and Mental
Disorders Globally
Presenter: Weiran Wang, 12th Grade, Aragon High
School
Mentor: Jerry Ping, Ph.D., Director of Biostatistics at Pharmacyclics, An Abbvie Company
2021 Summer Project Program
2021 Summer Project Program
Demographic and Social Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination Rate in California
Presenters: Avelyn Liang, 10th Grade, San Mateo High school; Elaina Li, 8th Grade, Bowditch Middle School
Mentors: Ray Lin, Ph.D., President of SFASA; Priscilla Yen, Ph.D., Biostatistics Manager at Amgen
Statistical analysis of data on beach pollution in the United States
Presenters: Anna Khodakovskaia, 8th Grade, Lycee Francais de San Francisco; Katherine Tsvirkunova, 12th Grade, Carlmont High School
Mentor: Tao He, Ph.D., Past President of SFASA
Breast Cancer Prediction Using Statistical Models
Presenter: Anwen Huang, 12th Grade, Lynbrook High School
Mentor: Ron Yu, Ph.D., Director of Public Relations of SFASA
The Impact of COVID-19 on Recology Waste Disposal Trends
Presenter: Weiran Wang, 11th Grade, Aragon High School
Mentor: Jerry Ping, Ph.D., Director of Biostatistics An Abbvie Company
2020 Summer Project Program
2020 Summer Project Program
Teenagers’ Experiences in Distance Learning
Presenters: Avelyn Liang, 9th Grade, San Mateo High school; Elaina Li, 7th Grade, Bowditch Middle School
Mentors: Ray Lin, Ph.D., President Elect of SFASA; Tao He, Ph.D., President of SFASA
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Product Purchases
Presenter: Anwen Huang, 11th Grade, Lynbrook High School
Mentor: Li Zhang, Ph.D., Director of Public Relations of SFASA
The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Minorities
Presenter: Aayushi Agrawal, 11th Grade, Lynbrook High School
Mentor: Cristina Tortora, Ph.D., Vice President, SFASA
Teenagers’ Daily Lives Before and During Distance Learning
Presenter: Angela Zhang, 11th Grade, San Mateo High school
Mentor:Ron Yu, Ph.D., Past President of SFASA
A Pandemic's Impact on Social Relationships
Presenter: Weiran Wang, 10th Grade, Aragon High School
Mentor: Jerry Ping, Ph.D., Director of Biostatistics, An Abbvie Company
2019 Summer Project Program
2019 Summer Project Program
From left to right: Xiaoli Qi, Ronald Liu (student), Elaina Li (student), Li Zhang (mentor), Taylor Chow (student), Weiran Wang (student), Tao He (mentor), Jerry Ping (mentor) and Ron Yu (mentor).
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