AI for Middle School

Preparing kids for the 21st Century Skills
From June 22nd to September 21st 2024 (12 Weeks), Every Saturday from 1.00 - 2.00 PM Central

Register for the Course here

Did you know Top Schools in the world have already introduced AI in their Curriculum for Students in Grades 6th to 12th? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a key driver of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, more popularly defined as cognitive science with the right mix of interdisciplinary fields such as science, mathematics, computing and others. The applications of artificial intelligence are growing every day as more and more people are devising new techniques.

Now, more than ever, we need to take charge of preparing our children for the future. Hence, iStart Valley has decided to introduce Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for school-age kids using graphical programming with PictoBlox.

We bring to you an online course on "Artificial Intelligence for Middle School" with more focus on real-world application-based projects for school-age kids using graphical programming PictoBlox, a Scratch-based programming software.

During the program children will learn hands on the basics of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning through various interactive activities. Here are some key highlights of the course:

- Intended age: 10 - 16 years
- 10 activity-based assignments
- 8 quizzes
- 12 Live Sessions by Industry STEM Experts

At the end of the course, students will make a capstone project which will be based on the learning and understanding from the course.

iStart Valley will be awarding certificates to all participants. iStart Valley will conduct the live session and below are the topics covered:

• Introduction to AI
• Introduction to PictoBlox - Making an animation
• Computer Vision - Identify brands & celebrities from Images
• Face Recognition - What AI thinks?
• Optical Character Recognition - Hands on Project
• Speech Recognition - Making your own Alexa
• Machine Learning - Cat vs. Dog
• Pose Classifier - Greeting Tobi
• Rock Paper Scissor - Rock Paper and Scissors Game
• AI Ethics - Understanding ethics
• Capstone Project - Understanding demo projects

Register today @ ai4kids.eventbrite.com and pick the convenience time when you register. This program is available at 2 different time slots – Saturday's from 22nd June to 21st September 2024 at 1.00 - 2.00 PM Central (CST). Total of 12 week sessions.

Computer Vision and Text Recognition Simulation using Graphical Programming Tools:

             

Meet the Instructors:

Felix Joseph is a Senior Manager at Verizon with over 25+ years in Software Development working on cutting edge technologies and cloud computing. He is certified in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Felix holds an MBA and Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering. He is actively engaged in the annual training of Robotics to a local ISD for 5th and 6th graders to create an appetite for higher learning in STEM. He believes that camps and programs involving STEM helps school students advance their technical skills and build a confident younger generation.

Mithun Tiruvedula Mithun Tiruvedula is the Lead Engineer at Leanovate Info-Solutions with deep experience in building an end-to-end AI driven data analytics pipelines. He has a strong background and has worked on various projects in the field of Big Data, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Data Engineering. His work in Data Engineering involves Ensemble models including CNNs, decision trees, GANs, Analytics, SARIMA models, Video streaming and analytics, Satellite imagery analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Hyperparameter optimization, and has published 2 journal papers and 2 conference papers on the same. Mithun with his 2 pending patents in IoT also has a solid background in full-stack Web development, cloud technologies, and core software development with contributions to the open-source platform OpenStack. His 3rd place in the All India Big Data competition held by IIT Roorkee compliments his lifelong love for teaching and working with children. Check out more at https://www.tmithun.com

Nav Murthy is a recent graduate from the highly ranked Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He has a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Business and has completed advanced courses in engineering and science as well as business courses from the McCombs School of Business. He has previous experience in designing innovative technologies and has contributed to a patent on medical devices currently in development. He also has conducted research in the emerging fields of genetic engineering and harnessing biofuels. He has several years of teaching experience as a tutor at multiple levels in science and mathematics. His primary goal at iStartValley is in exploring the potential of machine learning for solving today's engineering challenges and is focused on sparking the interest of the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Program Advisor: Dr. Anwesha Banerjee, Executive Director, Human Capital Accelerator, iStart Valley

 

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Success Story: Our Students win 2nd Place at the Global AI Contest

"This Is the best course ever, I would do it any time if I could again, I recommend this to every single person who loves AI!" - Sathya J Ganesan, San Jose, CA, Winner of 2nd place Global AI Contest

"The AI program was very well designed. It was a great learning experience with interactive lessons and fun exercises. The teacher was very knowledgeable and taught me the fundamentals of coding. I had the most fun working on my capstone project and then presenting it." - Renisha Loonker, Sugarland, TX, Winner of Program Level AI Contest

"I really enjoyed taking this course. The instruction and hands on experience will be extremely beneficial to my future. This high level understanding will allow me to focus on certain topics with the information I have." - Spandan Datta, Eden Prairie, MN

"This AI Program is one of the best courses I have ever done. With the weekly support of the teachers and the rigorous course, anyone can learn the beginnings of AI. Anyone who is interested in technology should do this course" - Pradnesh Ganesh Thoppay, Bernardsvile, NJ

"AI project is great program to help students learn more about AI. I def recommend the program for those who wanted to learn About AI." - Ananya Kasetty, Avenel, NJ

"This AI program goes slowly and explains each category of Artificial intelligence with easy examples for everyone to learn. The way the programming is taught also is very easy and understandable" - Nishmitha Thambi, Monroe, NJ

"This program is very helpful. You will learn many types of machine learning, and will learn about using technology such as facial recognition and more. Essentially, this program will teach you the basics of artificial intelligence." - Ela Adhikari, Oro Valley, AZ