Summer 2024 Education & Outreach Initiatives
Planet Word Museum Partnership
TRAILS researchers were at the Planet Word museum in Washington, D.C. in partnership with the Language Science Station. In an interactive research study—led by UMD’s Marine Carpuat and Ge Gao—researchers engaged Planet Word visitors with Al literacy, and measured how people sometimes rely on imperfect language translation systems. UMD's Charlotte Vaughn, an assistant research professor at the Maryland Language Science Center, led the partnership with Planet Word.
Middle School
CodeBears at Morgan State University
Morgan State University hosted a two-week summer coding boot camp where middle schoolers had the opportunity to learn about robotics, AI, and computer science. Led by Assistant Professor of Computer Science Naja Mack, the program was designed to be engaging, culturally relevant, and hands-on, with the guidance of graduate and undergraduate student instructors.
This program ran from July 8—August 2, 2024.
High School
TRAILS AI Summer Academy at the University of Maryland
The TRAILS AI Summer Academy was a two-week, nonresidential computer programming and AI summer camp offered to rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. Students came away from the camp knowing how AI can be used to help people and an idea of what kinds of careers there are in AI.
This program ran from July 8—19, 2024.
Summer Intensive Modeling Workshop at George Washington University
This 4-week intensive modeling workshop was for students grades 10-12 who have impressive competence in mathematics and data analysis and were interested in expanding their skillset. The program was led by Ekundayo Shittu, an associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering at GW. Selected participants were paid up to $800 to cover transportation and lunch expenses.
This program ran from June 24—July 19, 2024.
Undergraduate
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) at the University of Maryland
This 10-week program engaged an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate students in research on trustworthy artificial intelligence. Students were paid an $8,000 stipend and had the opportunity to work with internationally-recognized UMD faculty and graduate students.
The program ran from June 3—August 9, 2024.
Graduate
Trustworthy AI Summer Research Bootcamp at George Washington University
This 10-week intensive program provided scaffolding to support interdisciplinary problem formulation, definition and prototyping interspersed with workshops exploring policy impact and science communication.