Events

AI & Education Summit 2024

July 24 – 26, 2024

Cambridge, MA USA

Overview

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO JOINED US! Videos and photos from the Summit are available.

About

As computers continue to automate more routine tasks, AI education is a key enabler to future opportunities where success depends increasingly on intellect, creativity, empathy, and having the right skills and knowledge. Being digitally literate is no longer sufficient in the era of AI.

Join us at the Boston Marriott Cambridge as we explore creative ways to include AI education in the classroom in the hopes of making learning more effective. Our summit will feature expert speakers, an AI ‘Open House’, and presentations by our Global AI Hackathon challenge champions.

Published Papers

  • Mathieu Beau, “Enhancing Teaching with the Implementation of AI Technology” (PDF)
  • Davinia Hernandez-Leo, “Reflective Perspectives on Generative AI in Education:  High School Teachers’ Insights on Tasks, Benefits, and Harms” (PDF)
  • Tianyi Huang, “Extracurricular Success of Early AI Education: A Case Study of the App-In Club” (PDF)
  • Adolfo Kvitca, “Enhancing K-12 Education with AI: Initial Insights and Outcomes” (PDF)
  • Clifford Lee, Cherise McBride and Elisabeth Soep, “Using Humanizing Data Expression to Make Meaning of AI with BIPOC Youth” (PDF)
  • Xin Miao and Pawan Mishra, “Evidence-based R&D Results in Using AI Math Pathway to Close Accumulated Math Skill Gaps in UAE K12 Education” (PDF)
  • Barnas Monteith, “Engaging Students through Creativity: The Impact of Arts-Based AI Education Programs on Middle and High School Student Conceptual Understanding and Interest” (PDF)
  • Anjali Nambiar, “Securing Student Data in the Age of Generative AI” (PDF)
  • Calvin Zhou, “AIBEE: AI-Driven Block-coding Educational Environment for Teaching, Learning, and Prototyping AI” (PDF)

Full Schedule

Subject to change.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration Opens and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Welcome Remarks – Cynthia Breazeal, Eric Klopfer, and Hal Abelson
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Katrina Laguarda – Sr Principal Education Researcher at SRI
9:45 AM – 9:55 AM
Dr Rosanna Wong – AISL Harrow Schools
9:55 AM – 10:05 AM
Ethan Berman

Day of AI (2023 DofAI Impact Report)

10:05 AM – 10:20 AM
Yvonne Hao – Secretary of the Executive Office of the Economic Development for MA
10:20 AM – 10:30 AM
Bo Stjerne Thomsen – LEGO Education
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Coffee break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
AI & Education panel
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch break
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM
AI Open House Presenter Lightning Talks
  • Selim Tezel – Intro to App Inventor workshop – 3rd floor Discovery Room (25)
  • Lydia Guterman – RAICA PD – 3rd floor Enterprise Room (25)
  • David Kim – App Inventor Demo -2nd floor Salon 6
  • Sharifa Alghowinem – PRG Playground (Doodlebot Jibo, AI Storybook) – 2nd floor Salon 5
  • Jere Boudell – Hack the Climate! – Main Ballroom
  • Andrew Whitacre – CoolThink Panel – 3rd Floor Endeavor Room
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM
Transition break
1:20 PM – 3:30 PM
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
PM break
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
AI Open House Workshops and Demos Cont.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
CoolThink Celebration Cocktail Reception

DJ – Phil Tan – provides background World Music

Thursday, July 25, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration Opens and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Main Ballroom

Opening Remarks & Presentations/Talks
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM
Brief Welcome
9:05 AM – 9:20 AM
Keynote

Francesca Lazzeri (Microsoft)

9:20 AM – 9:30 AM
Tom Berry – Amazon
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Heather Herring + Matt White IDOE AI Ed talk
9:45 AM – 9:55 AM
Joseph Wehbe – DAIMLAS
9:55 AM – 10:10 AM
Raechel Walker – Data Activism talk
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM
Parker Malachowsky – RAISE Playground talk
10:20 AM – 10:25 AM
NeoTalk
10:20 AM – 10:30 AM
DocTongue
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
AM break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
MIT App Inventor talks and panel – Mark Friedman + Evan Patton
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break

Opportunity to meet Tim the MIT Mascot

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
AI Open House Presenter Lightning Talks
  • Parker Malachowsky – RAISE Playground demo – Salon 5
  • Brandon Hanks – Education Arcade – Salon 7
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM
  • Evan Patton – App Inventor Demo – Salon 6
  • Selim Tezel – App Inventor workshop – 3rd floor Discovery Room
  • Play at Heart Workshop – 3rd floor Enterprise Room
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM
Transition break
1:20 PM – 3:30 PM
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
PM break
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
AI Open House Workshops and Demos Cont.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Main Ballroom

Competition Track Presentation and Panel Dinner

Moderated by Natalie Lao

Friday, July 26, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration Opens and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM
Brief Remarks
9:05 AM – 9:15 AM
Jeff Freilich

FutureMakers Talk (2023 FutureMakers Impact Report)

9:15 AM – 9:20 AM
1st Paper presentation by Clifford Lee “Using Humanizing Data Expression to Make Meaning of AI with BIPOC Youth”
9:20 AM – 9:25 AM
2nd Paper presentation by Mathieu Beau “Enhancing Teaching with the Implementation of AI Technology”
9:25 AM – 9:30 AM
3rd Paper presentation by Tianyi Huang “Extracurricular Success of Early AI Education: A Case Study of the App-In Club”
9:30 AM – 9:35 AM
4th Paper presentation by Davinia Hernandez-Leo “Reflective Perspectives on Generative AI in Education: High School Teachers’ Insights on Tasks, Benefits, and Harms”
9:35 AM – 9:40 AM
5th Paper presentation by Anjali Nambiar “Securing Student Data in the Age of Generative AI”
9:40 AM – 9:45 AM
6th Paper presentation by Adolfo Kvitca “Enhancing K-12 Education with AI: Initial Insights and Outcomes”
9:45 AM – 9:50 AM
7th Paper presentation by Barnas Monteith “Engaging Students through Creativity: The Impact of Arts-Based AI Education Programs on Middle and High School Student Conceptual Understanding and Interest”
9:50 AM – 9:55 AM
8th Paper presentation by Calvin Zhou “AIBEE: AI-Driven Block-coding Educational Environment for Teaching, Learning, and Prototyping AI”
9:55 AM – 10:00 AM
9th Paper presentation by Ali Nadaf “Evidence-based R&D Results in Using AI Math Pathway to Close Accumulated Math Skill Gaps in UAE K12 Education”
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM
10th Paper presentation by Sreedath Panat, Raj Dandekar and Rajat Dandekar “On-ground challenges for large-scale AI teacher training: A case study in India from 320 schools”
10:05 AM – 10:15 AM
MIT Jameel World Education Lab: AI in the classroom, AI as curriculum: What we are learning from educational innovators in the Global South and across the world
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
App Inventor Foundation featuring Natalie Lao, Foundation Executive Director
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
AM break
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
AI Funder Panel featuring: Microsoft, Robin Hood, Overdeck, Gates, LEGO Education
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch break
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM
AI Open House Presenter Lightning Talks
  • App Inventor Demo – Salon 6
  • Poster judging announcement – voting closes at 2:30 PM outside the Main Ballroom down the hall and in Salon 5.
  • Robert Parks – Data Science with App Inventor Workshop – 3rd floor Discovery Room
  • Quest Alliance Workshop – 3rd floor Enterprise Room (27 classroom)
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM
Transition Break
1:20 PM – 3:30 PM
  • Final chance to submit vote for best poster – 2nd floor Main Ballroom (close by 2:30PM)
  • AI Open House Workshops and Demos
    • Quest Alliance, India
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
PM break
3:45 PM – 5:30 PM
  • Announcing Poster Contest and Hackathon Winners
  • Closing Keynote – Dan Huttenlocker
  • Closing Remarks

Speakers

Hal Abelson, Director
MIT App Inventor
Sharifa Alghowinem
MIT Research Scientist
Ethan Berman
Founder, i2Learning
Tom Berry
Amazon
Jere Boudell
Professor, Clayton State University
Cynthia Breazeal
Director, MIT RAISE
Marisol Diaz
MIT Program Manager
Jeff Freilich
MIT Program Lead – AI Literacy
Mark Friedman
MIT STEP Software Developer
Brandon Hanks
MIT STEP Software Developer
Heather Herring
Indiana Department of Education
Dan Huttenlocher
Dean, Schwarzman College of Computing
Lydia Guterman
Teacher Development Specialist
David Kim
MIT App Inventor
Eric Klopfer
Director, MIT STEP
Siu-Cheung Kong
The Education University of Hong Kong
Susan Lane
MIT App Inventor
Natalie Lao
MIT App Inventor Foundation
Parker Malachowsky
AI Curriculum Designer
Amber Oliver
Robin Hood Learning + Technology Fund
Robert Parks
MIT Curriculum Developer
Evan Patton
MIT Lead Software Engineer
Prerna Ravi
MIT App Inventor
Jeff Schiller
MIT Software Developer
George Tang
Co-Founder, Mixx Reality
Selim Tezel
MIT Curriculum Developer
Raechel Walker
MIT Research Assistant
Daniel Wendel
MIT STEP Software Developer
Matt White
Indiana Department of Education

Sponsors

We want to thank our sponsor for their support in hosting this summit. Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Please contact us: mit-aieducationsummit@mit.edu.

Calls

All papers/posters must be presented in-person at the Summit. For co-authored papers/posters, at least one co-author must present in-person. There will be no virtual presentations.

SUBMISSIONS FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS ARE NOW CLOSED

Call for Posters

The organizers of the MIT AI & Education 2024 Summit presented by MIT RAISE called for poster abstract submissions. Poster abstract submissions were limited to 250 words and up to three images. Accepted posters were presented at a poster session reception at the Summit.

Poster presentation topics included but were not limited to:

  • Case Studies on AI in Education
  • Data Science in Action
    • Climate and Sustainability
    • Health and Wellness
    • Biotechnology
    • and more
  • App Inventor demonstrations
    • IOT-Related apps
    • AI-Related apps
    • Data Science-Related apps
    • Robotics-Related apps
    • and more

General Guidelines:

  • Highlight the main point so that it can be read and understood from a distance.
  • Limit the amount of text for viewers
  • Include meaningful images, graphics, or charts

Call for Papers

The organizers of the MIT AI & Education 2024 Summit presented by MIT RAISE called for abstracts for presentations. Accepted presentations were organized into different tracks, grouped around common themes.

Tracks included but were not limited to:

  • Early Results for AI in Education Research
    • How to teach AI in K-12+
    • Using AI to improve or enhance teaching, including AI tutors
    • Generative AI in Education
  • Computational Thinking / Computational Action
  • Data Science in Action
    • Climate and sustainability
    • Health and Wellness
    • Biotechnology
    • and more
  • App Inventor in Action
    • Projects and their impacts on local communities
    • Pedagogical experiences and results
    • Pushing the boundaries with extensions

Submissions were a two-page extended abstract on US letter-sized paper. Accepted papers are published below under the Creative Commons 4.0 International Share-Alike license.