An interdisciplinary research team at Mississippi State has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote artificial intelligence competency among high school teachers and students in the Magnolia State.
The grant funds a three-year program that will offer hands-on machine learning experiences to Mississippi high school computer science teachers and students, focusing primarily on underrepresented populations in STEM and rural areas in the state.
15 teachers and 60 students will be included project, funded by the NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program. The research team and undergraduate MSU mentors will partner with participants to train image models using machine learning and creating systems that are able to perform “intelligent vision tasks.”
Three yearlong cohorts of students and teachers, who will be able to attend a summer camp at MSU as a part of the project, will create a smart device each semester, culminating in a showcase the following summer.
