Richardson Selected to Host Site for Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp – Applications Now Open!
RICHARDSON, Texas, April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The University of Texas at Dallas is hosting a free Mark Cuban Foundation Artificial Intelligence (AI) bootcamp for high school students in Fall 2023. Addison targets underserved high school students (ages 9-12).
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Introduce these high school students to basic AI concepts and skills.
The University of Texas at Dallas is one of more than 28 host companies selected to host camps across the nation in Fall 2023.
The University of Texas Dallas Bootcamp will be held on four consecutive Saturdays from October 14th to November 4th.
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Bootcamps are held every Saturday from 1:00pm to 5:00pm (CT) and high school students must commit to attend all four sessions if accepted.
Application forms for students and parents are available at markcubanai.org/utdpr.student
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To apply and participate, you must have experience in computer science, programming, or robotics.
Since AI is a relevant topic in many news sources, students will be asked what artificial intelligence is, where they are already interacting with AI in their lives, and TikTok recommendations, including smart homes. Learn about the ethical implications of AI systems, including but not limited to: There are assistants, facial recognition, self-driving cars, and more. Participants learned how large-scale language models like ChatGPT changed lives as we know them by answering questions, telling original stories, and writing computer code. You will also learn about whether
Students will benefit from volunteer corporate mentor instructors who are well versed in AI, ML, and data science and can help students quickly understand what is typically taught at the college level. As part of a four-hour curriculum, students will use open source tools each day to build their own AI applications related to computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, and generative AI.
The Mark Cuban Foundation provides the bootcamp curriculum materials, trains corporate volunteer mentors, and recruits and scores local students selected to attend the camp. Additionally, the Mark Cuban Foundation and the University of Texas at Dallas are working together to provide students with access to food, transportation and laptops.
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during boot camp.
“It was a lot of fun. I learned that AI can do things I didn’t know. Application of AI to the real world taught me how much AI can change our world.” Brandon B., Grade 10, 2022 AI Bootcamp Participant
Founded by Mark Cuban in 2019, the AI Bootcamp initiative has hosted free AI bootcamps for students in several US cities, including Dallas, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Atlantic City. To date, the Mark Cuban Foundation has inspired more than 900 students, with the goal of increasing that number each year.
Students interested in applying to the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp should do so.
Until Friday, September 8, 2023
at markcubanai.org/utdpr. To see camp locations for 2023 and learn more about the Mark Cuban Foundation AI Bootcamp, visit markcubanai.org/faq.
contact:
Karli Lydiak, Marc Cuban Foundation
phone:
309-840-0348
Email:
carli.lidiak@markcubanai.org
