Touch-EE-To-Grasp-AI
Bringing AI Fascination to High School Students
RALF SALOMON and BIRGIT KRUMPHOLZ
University of Rostock
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
University of Rostock
Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
16.04.2004
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Where are we
London
Paris
Rostock
fabulos countryside
maritime industry
new city parts
Germany / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
University of Rostock
Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
port town with the oldest
university in the baltic room
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Economical Problems in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
90 und älter
85
80
75
gross domestic
product
in 2003
70
65
60
55
saldo-
50
saldo+
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
unemploymentrate in 2003
10
5
0
600
400
Männer
200
0
200
400
600
Frauen
800
migration in 2002
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Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
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Educational Problems
Severely decreasing student number in EE
• Low awareness of the University of Rostock
• Teachers recommend math and physics
• Fuzzy ideas about the profession “engineer”
• Studies in Electrical Engineering are hard and theoretical
• High schools do not have enough resources for student work
► However, high school students express their interests in electrical
engineering at various occasions
University of Rostock
Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
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Idea:
A One-Week Summer School
Goals:
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Attract high school students to the
studies of EE
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A fair overview of typical studies
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A broad overview and some detailed
material
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No “long-winded'” theories
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Practical exercises
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Fun for the participants
► Main question: what topic?
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Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
16.04.2004
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Pre-Knowledge /
Targeted Audiance
• Limited number of attendees: 16 (20)
• Age between 15 and 22
• Students in their last three years
• Little electrical engineering knowledge
• No or very limited practical experiences
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Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
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Schedule
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Fundamentals
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SPURT-robots
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MindStorms
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Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
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Mobile robots
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Bluetooth
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Excursion
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Format
• Five days, eight hours
• Team work in couples
• Learning by doing
• Intensive tutoring (one or two supervising gradstudents)
• Hand outs
• Carry-home results
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Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
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Results of an Informal ”Evaluation”
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Student ratings: A-B
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Teacher ratings: A-B
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Good cooperative atmosphere
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Age diversity was not a problem
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Most favorites:
LEGO MindStorms and SPURT-Robots
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Broad understanding:
from pure hardware to high-level
programming
University of Rostock
Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
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Other Activities
Girls‘ Day
SPURT contest
Robotic projects in schools
Day of „Open Door“:
program controller
Trips to fairs with
high school students
EE courses at University
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Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
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Summary
Success
University of Rostock
Department of CS and EE
Institute of Applied Microelectronics and CE
Repetition!
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