Swarmathon 2019

During an awards ceremony on June 12, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, mentors and volunteers from Kennedy received certificates of recognition for the NASA Swarmathon 2019 University Challenge. Second from right is Melanie Moses, a professor of computer science at the Swarmathon host location, University of New Mexico. At far right is Theresa Martinez, engagement manager of the Minority University Research and Education Program, managed at Kennedy. University students and their mentors were at Kennedy to participate in a student/mentor panel, hear from speakers, get a behind-the-scenes tour of Kennedy Space Center, dine with an astronaut and receive awards. During Swarmathon University Challenge IV, students developed algorithms for robotic swarms that are robust and adaptable like the foraging strategies of ant colonies. The fourth and final Swarmathon was a combined virtual and physical competition.

During an awards ceremony on June 12, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, mentors and volunteers from Kennedy received certificates of recognition for the NASA Swarmathon 2019 University Challenge. Second from right is Melanie Moses, a professor of computer science at the Swarmathon host location, University of New Mexico. At far right is Theresa Martinez, engagement manager of the Minority University Research and Education Program, managed at Kennedy. University students and their mentors were at Kennedy to participate in a student/mentor panel, hear from speakers, get a behind-the-scenes tour of Kennedy Space Center, dine with an astronaut and receive awards. During Swarmathon University Challenge IV, students developed algorithms for robotic swarms that are robust and adaptable like the foraging strategies of ant colonies. The fourth and final Swarmathon was a combined virtual and physical competition.