An introductory course to artificial intelligence that will be taught using a block-programming approach to learn AI modules. Machine learning concepts like identifying an object, recognizing text, numbers and images have been gamified and made fun to learn.
Who should take this course?
Anyone interested in learning & understanding about the systems & tools that you interact with on a daily basis & interested in creating cutting edge AI applications.
Highlights & Learning
Some of the activities in this course include programming a chat-bot, a rock-paper-scissors game, and a machine to guess the demographics of a person by looking at their picture. You will learn the fundamentals of block-based programming to make interactive machines and games.
During these sessions, you will be encouraged to create socially relevant applications from your program such as a currency detector for the visually impaired or a waste segregation helper.
Key Learning
Distance Learning Session 1 – April 12 to May 21, 2021
Distance Learning Session 2 – June 22 to August 3, 2021
Curiosity Gym is a leading Edtech company with the focus on igniting curiosity and innovation in young minds. Curiosity Gym has been instrumental in setting up Tinkering Labs and Innovation Hubs in leading schools across India, and has provided the infrastructure including equipment, consumables, curriculum and staff. 21st Century learning skills like Curiosity, Creativity, Innovation, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) making, Design Thinking and Project making skills inculcate scientific thinking and entrepreneurship among children and youth. The programmes run by Curiosity Gym provides a hands-on learning environment and mentors with technical and scientific know-how, to guide and encourage students to develop confidence in thinking through challenges, designing solutions and their articulation to others.Curiosity Gym has mentored students on projects that have helped them gain admissions to top Ivy league and other colleges in the US and UK. Curiosity Gym also runs workshops and online courses on various topics ranging from STEM, coding, data visualization, AI, bioinformatics, robotics and making smart gadgets. The team at Curiosity Gym is a mix of qualified engineers, physicists, fabricators, Fab Lab graduates and artists who have a mission to catalyse curiosity and innovativeness. The mentors are experienced robotics & science educators with a demonstrated history of working in the K-12 education industry and helping students implement their own projects right from the ideation phase to the prototyping phase.