UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J., July 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Elizabethtown Gas will host a Mark Cuban Foundation Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bootcamp for high school students in the Fall of 2022. The No Cost AI Bootcamp in Union Township will be targeted at high school students and will introduce underserved students in grades 9 through 12 to basic AI concepts and skills.
Elizabethtown Gas is one of 20+ host companies selected to host 30 camps across the US in Fall 2022.
The Elizabethtown Gas Bootcamp will be held over four consecutive Saturdays starting on October 22nd and ending on November 12th.
The student and parent application are now open at markcubanai.org/application. Students do not need any prior experience with computer science, programming, or robotics to apply and attend.
Throughout the AI Bootcamp, students will learn what artificial intelligence is and is not, where they already interact with AI in their own lives, and the ethical implications of AI systems including but not limited to TikTok recommendations, smart home assistants, facial recognition, and self-driving cars to name a few.
Students will benefit from volunteer mentor instructors who are knowledgeable about data science and able to help students quickly understand material normally taught at a collegiate level. As part of the 5-hour curriculum, students also get to work in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, each day to build their own AI applications related to…
