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UAB-Birmingham Consortium for Advanced Education in Computer Science

Submitted by jmwyss on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 08:09
Last updated by Dorothea Wheeler on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 11:13
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One hundred and twenty grade 9 and 12 students and 12 teachers from minority and underserved schools will engage in IT education and computer programming, leading to the development of a working knowledge of linear algebra and culminating in working groups designing 3D visualization tools with which to test hypotheses. The program begins with education in ALICE and continues into Robotics and the linear algebra course and finally into 3D imaging.
Project Information
Cohort: 
5 (2007/2008-2010/2011)
Category: 
Comprehensive
Principal Investigator: 
J. Michael Wyss
Co-Principal Investigator(s): 
John Mayer
David Radford
Alan Shih
Jeffrey Gray
Sponsor: 
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Primary Focus: 
Computer Science - Programming and Other
Organization Location City: 
Birmingham
Organization Location Region/State: 
East South Central
Alabama (AL)
Where project work happens: 
East South Central
Alabama (AL)
Participant type: 
High School Teachers
High School Students
Target Area: 
Urban
Award Number: 
07-37703
Overview Section

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ITEST Youth Based Project will provide an in depth computer experience for 120 10th and 11th grade students and 12 teachers from minority and underserved schools in the Birmingham area. The program will initiate the students into visualization programming through a summer experience with Alice, and then during the school year allow them to explore the linear algebra basis behind this program. The next summer will introduce them to robotics programming and the second school year experience will group them into teams that will develop visualization tools with which to test research hypotheses. This later program will use the School of Engineering’s newly built 3D Visualization Lab. The proposed program links together the UAB Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Education and Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and partners with Dell, Inc., Southern Research Institute, the McWane Science Center and the Black Data Processing Associates.

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Project Video(s): 
2010 Summit Poster: 
http://itestlrc.edc.org/sites/itestlrc.edc.org/files/aladdin_2010_summit_poster....
Project Photos: 
http://itestlrc.edc.org/image_gallery?field_project_name_nid=92