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About

Apaar Bhatnagar is a high schooler at Northview High School in Georgia, and a researcher at Georgia State University. His focus is mainly on statistical algorithm development to be integrated into user interfaces such as applications and websites. Apaar's current interests are artificial intelligence and the future of computer science.

Education

Apaar Bhatnagar is a sophomore at Northview High school and maintains 4.0 GPA. His graduation year is expected to be 2020. Apaar attended River Trail Middle School and Wilson Creek Elementary School in the past. Apaar plans on going to a 4-year college program, where he can get a degree in computer science and artificial intelligence.

Research

In the summer of 2016, Apaar was a researcher at Kennesaw State University, where he created virtual worlds using NAO Robots to complete actions in real life at real-time. He would use Python and Microsoft Robotics Development Kit 2008 to complete this task. At Kennesaw State University, he also helped create an algorithm that would detect a car accident before it happened. This project was a partnership with 411 GA, where he was supplied with the real-time footage from surveillance cameras at major intersections. The team (including Apaar) was able to complete this 2-year project.

Currently, Apaar works for Georgia State University, where he has independently created a risk assessment tool to detect colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer, and there were no other risk assessment tools nearly as accurate as Apaar's. Apaar was able to accomplish tasks that Ph.D. students at Georgia State University were not able to, such as finding a direct implementation of the risk assessment tool in a mobile application. More than creating a detection tool for colorectal cancer, Apaar also created virtual worlds and games for the people who have depression and/or social anxiety.

Awards

Apaar has been awarded at the Georgia Technology Fair for his work in the project programming competition.