The Symposium is sponsored by the Academy of Applied Science and the United States Department of the Army, Navy and Air Force with the assistance of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The JSHS recognizes students with outstanding talent and genuine interest in the area of science.
Young scientists showcase their talents in collegial competition.
Travel, food and lodging is paid for by the National JSHS Program. They were Courtney Allegra Joan Roberts and Kristen Tranetzki. Allegra Roberts was the first place winner at the symposium and won the right to represent Wisconsin at the Nationals. She presented her third year's work on developing a computer program she wrote called H.A.R.R.I.S. Heart Attack Risk Reduction Intelligent System . The program is a Bayesian network that helps to determine the weight of various factors in the development of a heart attack.