A fundamental part of MIT RAISE’s work is to measure the impact of its programs. We recently published impact reports for MIT FutureMakers and the Day of AI and here share some results of the former:
The 2024 iteration of MIT FutureMakers ran virtually from July 1 to August 9. It brought together middle school (14% of 2024 participants), high school (50%), and college students (36%) from across the United States and Puerto Rico as a group of over one hundred highly motivated learners who wanted to develop new skills creating AI-enabled solutions that use artificial intelligence.
Participants learned foundational concepts in AI and product development of software solutions. This included mobile and web apps, using AI-powered extensions with generative AI, and training custom machine learning models, and data science.
No prior coding experience is necessary. We offer three different program tracks to accommodate participants with a wide range of coding experience. In 2024 we offered four tracks: 1: Mobile app development with AI, for middle school students. 2: Mobile app development with conversational AI, for high school and early college students. 3: Applied deep learning. 4: Data activism. Students present their projects on the last day of the program to a panel of judges who are experts from industry. Winning teams received cash prizes and a trip to the ASU-GSV Summit in San Diego, California, where they presented their winning pitches in a special session and networked with other conference attendees.
