Reid Biondo presents research at eminent science fair
Junior Reid Biondo recently attended the Long Island Science and
Engineering Fair, a competition for the most advanced high school
projects.
His research, “Convolutional Neural Network Classifier for Antarctic
Seals,” was based upon a long-standing association with Dr. Heather
Lynch, an associate professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook
University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Reid conducted
research in the Lynch Lab for Quantitative Ecology during his freshman
and sophomore years of high school. He wrote code to take geotagged
images from the internet and analyze them to gain a better understanding
of specific Antarctic seal distribution.
Reid had the unique opportunity to be the only student from the school
to attend the eminent event and present and explain his work to experts
in their subject areas from local universities, scientific institutions,
professionals and peers from other high schools. He was accompanied by
science teacher Michel Krivosta.
“The LISEF competition was a great opportunity to be around other
students with similar interests in research,” Reid said. “I look forward
to continuing my research efforts at Stony Brook University this
summer.”