Details

 

• Two courses aim to teach girls the fundamentals and modern applications in AI

  • Basic Course: Geared towards middle schoolers and beyond

  • Advanced Course: Geared towards high schoolers and beyond
  • Basic Course is a prerequisite for Advanced Course
• Free and online
• Course material has been reviewed by a Graduate-level Professor teaching Data Science at Rutgers University and a Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA
• Combination of slides and interactive code samples every lecture

• Optional coding homework will be provided

• At the end of the course, a certificate of completion will be given to every student

 

Future Opportunities

 

• Students will have the opportunity to become a teaching assistant (TA) or instructors for local chapters in their area

 

Next Offering

 

• US (Online)

  • Basic Course: October 19, 2024, 10:00AM-1:00PM EDT (7:00AM-10:00AM PDT, 7:30pm IST - 10:30pm IST)

  • Advanced Course: November 2, 2024, 10:00AM-1:00PM EDT (7:00AM-10:00AM PDT, 7:30pm IST - 10:30pm IST)

• Kenya

  • Basic Course: November 23, 2024, 5:00PM-8:00PM EAT

  • Advanced Course: November 24, 2024, 5:00PM-8:00PM EAT

 

Requirements

 

• Minimum age to enroll is 13
• Basic familiarity with any programming language
  • Do not have to be an expert! All you need is some familiarity with basic data types (int, string, etc.), control structures, loops, etc.
  • Python review will be conducted in the course and you will be shown how to run code
  • Any laptop with internet access will be sufficient to run code

 

Topics

 

• Basic Course
  • Overview and Applications of AI
  • Python, Packages for AI
  • Linear & Logistic Regression
  • Neural Networks
• Advanced Course
  • NLP
  • Transformers, ChatGPT
  • Bias in AI

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