This is Ben from Inspirit AI, the interdisciplinary tech program for middle and high school students taught by MIT and Stanford grad students.
As artificial intelligence continues to transform our daily lives, space exploration in particular has become more innovative than ever before! The Inspirit team is excited to launch our new track, AI +Astronomy: Planet Hunters - Searching for Exoplanets with AI. In this project, students will use data collected from NASA’s Kepler space telescope to train AI models and detect exoplanets, which could help discover alien life!
Our instructors come from a multitude of relevant backgrounds, with experience in disciplines like Astrophysics and Electrical Engineering. You can check out some of their work and passion projects here.
As applications for our summer program close on May 20th, I invite your students of all disciplines to apply at this link. Whether they’re interested in AI+Astronomy or our other project domains, students will gain an invaluable learning experience that combines technology education with social impact (no programming experience required).
I’ve included a program blurb below that I would appreciate if you could share with your students from grades 5-12.
If you or your students have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at ben@inspiritai.com, or set up a call to chat. Thank you so much!
Best,
Ben
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Ben Frigon
Program Manager, Inspirit AI
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Artificial Intelligence for Social Good Summer Program by MIT Graduates AI Scholars Live Online is a 10-session (25 hours) pre-college enrichment program that exposes high school students (grades 9-12) to the fundamentals of artificial intelligence and guides them to build a socially impactful project in areas including medicine, astronomy, journalism, finance, and more. Taught by our team of graduate students from Stanford and MIT, students receive a personalized, interdisciplinary learning experience with a student-teacher ratio of 4:1. We offer multiple dates and times for our Spring Semester and Summer Break programs. Students of all backgrounds may apply here (inspiritai.com/apply) by May 20th for Summer and learn more in our brochure or on our website (see here for middle school offerings). Please contact Aidan Goltra at arg2198@columbia.edu with any questions. Thank you!