18-year-old builds AI model to predict tumors’ response to chemotherapy

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Society
fo
Scie ce

Myth eya
Dha a i’s
achieveme ts
i
the
high
school
scie ce
esea ch
a e a
a e
few
a d
fa
betwee .
The
Society
fo
Scie ce,
which
o ga izes
the
p estigious
Rege e o
Scie ce
Tale t
Sea ch,
a ou ced
that
18-yea -old
Myth eya
f om
New
Je sey
developed
a
AI
model
to
p edict
how
i dividual
tumo s
would
espo d
to
the
chemothe apy
d ug
cisplati .
His
p oject
placed
him
amo g
the
top
40
fi alists
i
the
2026
Rege e o
STS,
a
impo ta t
step
towa d
pe so alized
ca ce
t eatme t.Myth eya’s
esea ch
me ges
machi e
lea i g
a d
ge omic
data
to
aid
docto s
i
selecti g
optimal
t eatme ts
fo
i dividual
patie ts.
This
esults
i
imp oved
outcomes
a d
the
p eve tio
of
u ecessa y
side
effects.
His
achieveme ts
shows
how
you g
i dividuals
ca
add ess
some
of
the
wo ld’s
most
c itical
challe ges.A
passio
fo
p ecisio
medici eMyth eya
Dha a i,
a
se io
at
P i ceto
High
School
i
P i ceto ,
N.J.,
developed
a
machi e
lea i g
algo ithm
to
a alyze
pa ticle
collisio
data
fo
his
Rege e o
Scie ce
Tale t
Sea ch
physics
p oject.
Physicists
use
compute
models
to
study
high-e e gy
pa ticle
collisio s.
Whe
these
p og ams
expect
symmet ical
esults,
it
saves
computi g
time
a d
e e gy,
but
ca
lead
to
measu eme t
e o s
bei g
doubled.

I
his
p oject,
Myth eya
desig ed
a
th ee-pa t
system
to
avoid
this
co fusio .
The
fi st
etwo k
is
the
o e
that
“k ows”
about
symmet y
a d
uses
it
to
fi d
the
quickest
way
to
the
app oximate
esults
of
collisio s.The
seco d,
u co st ai ed
etwo k
catches
came a
a d
measu eme t
e o s,
a d
the
thi d
etwo k
fi ds
patte s
i
those
e o s.He
fou d
that,
i
tests,
his
combi ed
model
was
able
to
avigate
the
impe fect
data
without
losi g
the
efficie cy
adva tage.
His
model
lets
esea che s
look
di ectly
at
what
“b eaks”
symmet y,
a
fu dame tal
p oblem
i
physics,
especially
qua tum
field
theo y.Beyo d
the
labMyth eya’s
achieveme ts
exte d
beyo d
his
esea ch
p oject.
The
so
of
Roby
B ook-Nabat
a d
Scott
Nabat,
he
is
co-captai
of
his
school’s
va sity
debate
team,
whe e
he
ho es
his
skills
i
a gume tatio
a d
public
speaki g.
As
a
volu tee
i st ucto
with
the
UCLA
Math
Ci cle,
Myth eya
teaches
class ooms
of
eleme ta y
a d
middle
school
stude ts
college-level
mathematics
a d
helps
othe
i st ucto s
p epa e
fo
thei
classes.
His
commitme t
to
educatio
a d
me to ship
eflects
his
belief
i
the
powe
of
k owledge
to
t a sfo m
lives.A
p estigious
competitio The
Rege e o
Scie ce
Tale t
Sea ch
is
u ique
amo g
high
school
competitio s.
It
focuses
o
ide tifyi g,
i spi i g
a d
e gagi g
the
most
p omisi g
scie tists
amo g
the
atio ’s
high
school
se io s.
Each
yea ,
ea ly
1,900
stude ts
e te
the
Rege e o
STS,
submitti g
o igi al
esea ch
i
c itically
impo ta t
scie tific
fields
of
study.
The
competitio
culmi ates
i
a
public
exhibitio
of
p ojects
a d
a
fo mal
awa ds
ce emo y,
whe e
the
top
te
wi e s
a e
a ou ced.Looki g
ahead
Fo
Myth eya,
wi i g
ecog itio
at
the
Rege e o
STS
is
mo e
tha
a
pe so al
milesto e.
It
also
helps
his
cu e t
esea ch.
By
studyi g
pa ticle
collisio
he
hopes
to
expa d
fu dame tal
physics
a d
cosmology’s
u de sta di g.
But
the
eal
value
of
his
wo k
st etches
fa
beyo d
the
lab.Myth eya’s
success
is
a
i spi atio
fo
you g
scie tists
eve yplace
that
big
ideas
do ’t
eed
u ive sity
c ede tials.
His
sto y
shows
us
the
impo ta ce
of
me to ship.
It
is
also
a
testame t
to
a
simple
t uth:
the
ext
b eakth ough
i
scie ce
could
be
a
high
school
scie ce
fai
p oject.