Nikhil Buduma
| Nikhil Buduma | |
|---|---|
| Born | California |
| 🏡 Residence | San Jose, California |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United States of America |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Nikhil Buduma is a two-time gold medalist at the International Biology Olympiad,.[1] He is currently a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is studying electrical engineering and computer science. A graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, Nikhil was a finalist in the 2012 International BioGENEius Challenge for his research on the pertussis vaccine formulation.[2] Recently, Nikhil's startup, Pulsar, was featured in the finale of the MIT 100K Pitch Contest.[3] Nikhil also won the Young Innovator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for his work on using augmented reality to build next-generation chemistry sets.[4]
In 2013, Nikhil was highlighted by NBC News for his accomplishments in the sciences[5]
International Olympiad Success[edit]
Nikhil qualified to the USA Biology Olympiad Finals three times while in high school, qualifying as one of the top 20 out of a pool of 10,000 students nationally.[6] He fell short of qualifying for the 4-person team USA in 2011, but in 2012 he was selected to represent the United States at the International Biology Olympiad in Singapore, becoming the first Indian American to do so in the history of the national competition. He placed 17th at the International level, earning a gold medal for the U.S.[7] He returned to the International Olympiad again in 2013 when it was held in Bern, Switzerland, where he earned another gold medal by placing 8th at the competition. He is the first person of Indian descent to earn two gold medals at the International level.[8][9]
In 2014, Nikhil was invited to speak at a Congressional luncheon about the importance of the USA Biology Olympiad program in inspiring more high school students to explore the life sciences beyond the classroom.[10]
Intellectual Property Theft[edit]
During the 2014 HackMIT event, Nikhil Buduma's team, Seamless, claimed to loop together images to create a seamless video product. They were awarded second place, as well as a corporate-sponsored special award. However, it was later found that many of their concepts and ideas for the Seamless algorithm were taken from a research paper published by Microsoft[11]. His team said that the misattribution was unintentional and voluntarily stepped down[12] from the second place award.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "San Jose student wins gold at International Biology Olympiad". Edward Ngai. San Jose Mercury News. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ "Monta Vista High School Student Winner of Biotechnology Research Competition". BayBIO Northern California's Life Science Association. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 26 Mar 2015.
- ↑ "MIT 100k Pitch Competition Finale 2014". MIT Tech TV. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Young Innovator Award" (PDF). Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bellarmine's Science Standout". Gavin Thomas. NBC News. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "CEE Announces USA Biology Olympiad National Finalists". Center for Excellence in Education. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "United States Wins 4 Gold Medals in Singpaore". Center for Excellence in Education. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Team USA #1 Team in the World". Center for Excellence in Education. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Congratulating the 2012 International Biology Olympiad Gold Medal Winner". The Library of Congress. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "CEE Congressional Luncheon 2014 Remarks" (PDF). Center for Excellence and Education. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Two HackMIT teams disqualified for misrepresenting their hacks". The Tech, MIT's oldest newspaper. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "Two Seamless members say hackathon misattribution was unintentional". The Tech, MIT's oldest newspaper. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "HackMIT: A Weekend Recap". VentureFizz, official community site for Boston tech scene. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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