AI & Neuro-Robotics Camp

            Experience a hands-on introduction to the basics of AI,

             machine learning, and the functioning of your own brain

• Details and Registration

• Camp outline

Before the Camp (Homework)

1.  TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE CAMP:  You need to purchase the following items (total cost approx. $50): 

(i) Microbit - https://microbit.org/ (approx. $15-20) - SingleKit-BuyHere   and

(ii) basic Cutebot – Link (approx. $30)

(iii)  If you are using a computer with USB Port Type A, you will need a type A to type C adapter to plug into the Micro:bit (or buy a USB to Micro:USB wire). You will also need AAA batteries - micro:bit uses 2 and cutebot needs 3.

2. Read and work through the notebook Introduction to Python, Google Colab and Jupyter Notebook

3. Read and work through the notebook Recap: Functions, Lines, Parabolas

4. Study and complete projects in the micro:bit Resources for Learners section of the Coding using micro:bit - I page.
   Note: you can also complete the projects using the micro:bit simulator. That is, you don’t need the hardware device to do the micro:bit projects. 

5. Ask ChatGPT to teach you about using dictionaries in Python. Would you use a list or a dictionary to count the number of occurrences of each word in a text? And what if you want to just split the text into sentences?

6. Use ChatGPT to determine the best Python data type to solve the problem of finding the number of unique words in a text. Why is this datatype “the best”?

7. Complete Quiz 0.

At the Camp (Day 1)

1. Basic math related to lines to introduce its linkage to 'algorithms' and to AI: To illustrate this, let's start with the question 'How to determine if a point if above or below a line' using this set of self-learning slides  (this is the ONLY math we will cover in the Camp)

2. Review of Homework

3. Learning Coding/Python with micro:bit

You have begun the process with the Homework items 3, 4, and 5. Now use ChatGPT to generate quizzes for you to check your own learning of python. ChatGPT can also provide you with material to learn specific parts of python, including good sites. Use this set of self-learning slides to get you started.

We want you to use ChatGPT as a learning assistant not just for this camp, but also for your school work. Cognitive neuroscience findings indicate that quizzing yourself is the most important way of long-term learning.

4. Learning elements of AI with micro:bit

1. Linear regression

   • micro:bit data logger

   • Linear regression with micro:bit

2. Logistic regression

   • Logistic regression with micro:bit

3. Classifying XOR. MLP

   • A Neural Network Playground

5. Homework after day 1 

1. Complete all Homework components if not done already.

2. Then Complete Quiz 1.

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At the Camp (Day 2)

Learning elements of AI with Cutebot

1. Classifying real datasets: Iris and MNIST

2. Convolutional Neural Networks

   • micro:bit – projecting digits (TBD)

Learning elements of control theory with Cutebot

Cutebot experiment: Run along a black line

After the Camp

1. Quiz 2

2. The coordinators will be available to work with you for two weeks to wrap up any work, based on your interest

3. We are interested in starting a state-wide group of high school students interested in AI & Neuro-Robotics. If you are interested, please get in touch with MU undergraduate student Jack Kidnie (jlkhg8@missouri.edu).