60th Annual STS (2000–2001)
Finalists
Dmitriy Aronov

NEW YORK
Dmitriy Aronov, 17, of New York, submitted a mathematics entry in the Intel Science Talent Search that may increase our understanding of how groups of nerve cells in the brain cooperate when transmitting information. Using data on brain activity in the visual cortex, Dmitriy studied the coding mechanism by which the brain transmits information via sequences of electrical impulses (spikes). He provides a way to measure the similarity of two sequences of spikes. He also extends his analysis to multiple codes, generated simultaneously by several cells, in an effort to understand better how cells collaborate. Dmitriy will present his work as first author at the 2001 conference of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. At Stuyvesant High School, Dmitriy is webmaster of the school web site, a member of the chess team, editor of the math publication and a peer tutor in math, physics and computer science. Born in Russia, he has received many math, science and chess awards. He is the son of Anatoliy Aronov and Dr. Yevgenia Aronova and hopes to study applied mathematics at Columbia University for a career as a researcher in biomathematics.