After a record-breaking number of students taking part in this year’s High School Big Data Challenge, experts have selected 21 finalist teams to compete at our finale event: High School Big Data Day. Below you will find the project reports as well as 10-minute video presentations for each finalist team. We encourage you to view these to see the work of the brightest high school students in Canada as they compete for monetary and scholarly prizes, which include the opportunity to attain publication opportunities and cash awards.
A Message From Our Keynote Speaker - Ontario Lieutenant Governor, Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Event Schedule
Our Panelists
Dr. Bonnie Schmidt, CM, FRSC
Let’s Talk Science
President & Founder
Dr. Bonnie Schmidt is the founder and President of Let’s Talk Science, an award-winning, national charitable organization that she started while completing her PhD in Physiology at Western University. Let’s Talk Science helps children and youth fulfill their potential and prepare for their future careers and citizenship roles by supporting their learning and engagement through science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Well over 9 million children, youth and educators have been impacted by Let’s Talk Science since its inception.
Dr. Sacha Noukhovitch
STEM Fellowship
President & Founder
Sacha Noukhovitch is the Founder and President of the STEM Fellowship – a charity organization that equips the next generation of change-makers in STEM with indispensable skills in data science and scholarly writing through peer mentorship and experiential learning. He is also an Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Science Publishing STEM Fellowship Journal – the national scholarly publication of original student research as well as a practicing educator implementing data science education at Earl Haig Secondary School, Toronto.
Wayne Groszko, Ph.D.
Nova Scotia Community College, Canada
Applied Energy Research Scientist
Dr. Groszko works on practical applied research projects in the sustainable energy space with industry partners and a team of researchers, focusing on solar energy, energy storage, energy management and energy data analytics.
Judges
Sarah Schoonover
Dr. Mark Ebden
Research Analyst, The Hospital for Sick Children
Justin Wang
Product Manager, Senior at Infor
Javad YaAli
ML Scientist at 1QBit
Dr. Clara Santato
Professor at Polytechnique Montreal
Saarthak Sangamnerkar
Machine Learning Engineer at SAP Canada
Hana Gabrielle Bidon
Faraz Zaidi, Ph.D.
Advisor Health Analytics and Adjunct Professor
Rayshoun Chambers
Executive Vice President, Learning and Development at Blockchain Chamber of Commerce
Philippa Ngaju
Specialist, Health Innovation at the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, University of Calgary
Tugce Vural, Ph.D.
Decision Scientist in Applied Innovation, Infor
Dr. Orion Penner
Ph. D., Luis V. Montiel
Principal Scientist, Infor
Dr. Ehsan SadrFaridpour
Gerrard Marra, P.Eng
Senior Specialist – Engineering at 3M Canada Company
Finalists
Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize Energy Harvesting Relative to Budgets and Geolocation
Andrei Dumitrache and Alex Rodriguez-Perez
Salmon Arm Secondary, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
A Novel Method for Predicting Photovoltaic Potential in Canada
Abel Diress, Bilal Shaikh, and Ria Patel Merivale Secondary School, Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Investigating Existing Wind Turbine Fleet and Modeling Optimal geographic Locations for Future Wind Farms in Southern Ontario
Andrew kang, Liam Morrison, Henry Sun, and Andy Tang
Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Exploring the Efficiency of Clean Energy Allocation and Generation in Indian Regions
Amy Li and Eva Wu
Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pumped Hydro Stations – An analysis into increasing the reliability and
large-scale dependence on renewable energy sources
Aveer Singh and Ana Dolghiu
Mentor College, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Investigating the Impact of Location and Remoteness on Access to Clean Energy in Indigenous Communities Across Canada
Ayesha Siddique, Saima Siddique, Brinly Yuen, and Fakaiha Zaheed
Glenview Park Secondary School, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Renewable Energy Generation in Remote Communities
Cheryl Chen, Anubha Joshi, and Selina Ou
Earl of March Secondary School, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
Investigating Correlation between Investment in Renewable Energy and CO2 Emissions
CHEUNG Tsz Hong, CHUNG Chun Wang, LEUNG Chun Long, and YIP Yan Yu Julian
Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School, Hong Kong
The Hurdles of EV Adoption: Simulating Charging Times using Big Data
Evan Skrukwa and Rahul Ravikumar
Westmount Charter School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Variation of Renewable Energy in the Contextof Global Economic and Social Well-Being
Ziheng [Henry] Wei, Zirui [Raymond] Wei, and Jason Huang
Crescent Schools, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A Proposal For Clean Energy in Red Deer, Alberta Based Off an Examination into the Viability of Specific Renewable Energy Solutions
Isaac Bahler and Samantha Chong
Lindsay Thurber Composite High School, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Investigating the Correlations Between International Wealth Inequalities and Renewable Energy
Jadelyn Tran, Favour Atewologun, Shawn Wang, and Raymond Lin
Webber Academy, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Utilizing Solar Energy to Design a Sustainable House In Cape Town, South Africa
Keira Duggan, Isabella Golda, Gabrielle Murray, and Isabella Stringer
Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
The Impact of Manufacturing Emissions in the Automobile Industry on Global Sustainability
Mohammed Talha Tahseen, Rafat Hossain, Zuhair Qureshi, and Dennis Lu
Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A Treatise on the Impacts of The Transportation Sector on the Environment
Rory Kellway, Luca Pizzuti, Patrick Ross, and Patrick
Neil McNeil High School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Better understand the steps toward sustainability by contrasting Texas and California
Richard Li, Tianyi Xu, Charlie Meng, and Ricky Shao
Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Nuclear Power’s Effect on Alberta’s Electricity Rates
Rong Liu
Sir John A Macdonald Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Analyze Decline of Solar Energy Adoption in North Carolina and Recommended Growth Path
Rohith Madhuker
Enloe High School, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
How does climate change have an impact on the effectiveness of hydropower in Brazil?
Jessica Li, Rachna Venkatesh, Shahd Alsafadi, and Somana Debnath
Glenforest Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
The Ability of a Country to Produce Solar Power
Shirley Yu
Colligwood School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Analyzing the Socioeconomic Distribution of Solar Rooftop Adoption in California
Tenzin Migmar, Minkila Bara, and Bhavini Patel
Runnymede Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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