Awards

Presedential Awards 2023

Age 16+:

Winners:	Baoren Liu	Irene Gao	Ivy Tang
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Award:	Silver	Bronze	Bronze

Age 11-15:

Winners	Joley Leung	Ethan Shao	Jerry Xu
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Award	Gold	Gold	Gold

Winners	Lillian Yang	Sophia Zhou
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Award	Gold	Gold

Future Leaders for America Award 2021

Nine high school students from the Youth STEM Team, guided by Professor Ding Wei, initiated several public welfare projects during the COVID-19 epidemic to serve the Lexington Town community. Their efforts, which spanned all age groups, earned them accolades from the community, a commendation from the Lexington Chinese Association, coverage by the local newspaper Lexington Minuteman, and a letter of commendation from the school district superintendent Dr. Hackett. Their project was also honored by the Civic Leadership Academy jury, winning the joint first prize among over 50 nationwide projects at the 2021 Civic Leadership Institute. Their selfless dedication and professional skills significantly contributed to making Lexington a better place.

Media Reports

Cary Library Foundation's report on the Youth Steam Team:

One team. One community. A whole lot of support.

Lexington Town Government Celebration Committee’s report on the Youth Steam Team:

Lexington Minuteman: Meet the Lexington team behind 'Patriot Points Walk"

Superintendent Dr. Julie Hackett sent a letter of commendation to the entire school district for the performance of the STEAM Team during the COVID-19 epidemic

Superintendent's report:

Leaders

Team Members

Our Professor

Wei Ding

Wei Ding received her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Houston in 2008. She is a Professor of Computer Science in the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research interests include data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computational semantics, and with applications to health sciences, astronomy, geosciences, and environmental sciences. She has published more than 130 referred research papers, one book, and has three patents. She is an Associate Editor of the ACM Transaction on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD), the ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST), and the Knowledge and Information Systems (KAIS). She served as an editorial board member of the Journal of Information System Education (JISE), the Journal of Big Data, and the Social Network Analysis and Mining Journal. She is the recipient of the Best Paper Award at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), the Best Paper Award at the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics (ICCI), the Best Poster Presentation award at the 2008 ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPAITAL GIS). She received the 2019 WISAY Distinguished Woman in Science Award from the Yale University, 2018 Outstanding Alumni Award and the Best PhD Work Award between 2007 and 2010 from the University of Houston. Her research projects have been sponsored by NSF, NIH, NASA, and DOE. She is an IEEE senior member and an ACM senior member.