AI + Business and Finance
Business and AI Research Projects for High School Students
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we predict stock market prices, understand cybersecurity and financial data, and understand overall business and finance. In the AI Scholars program, high school students can work on a project at the intersection of AI + business and finance.
Sample AI + Business and Finance Projects from Past AI Scholars Students
AI + Algorithmic Trading
Predicting stock market prices using sentiment analysis on Twitter.
Developed by:
David McCowin
Yale University
AI + Cybersecurity and Business
Creating models that are mathematically guaranteed to protect privacy using new algorithmic ideas.
Developed by:
Karan Singhal
Stanford University
AI + Labor Markets and the Economy
Using AI to analyze recent large-scale layoffs and their impact on the economy.
Developed by:
Aansh Shah
Brown University
Meet Our AI + Business and Finance Curriculum Advisors
Catherine Lu
Master’s and Bachelor’s in Computer Science | Stanford University
Investor at Spike Ventures, a VC firm that fundraises from and invests in Stanford alumni. Previously, Director of Product at NEA-backed Datavisor, an enterprise company offering an unsupervised ML fraud solution. Co-founded retail AI company Fancy That, which was acquired by Palantir in 2015.
Neal Jean
PhD in Electrical Engineering | Stanford University
Working on an AI focused startup aimed at enhancing workplace productivity. Using machine learning to tackle challenging problems in sustainability and healthcare with Stefano Ermon in the Stanford AI Lab.
Artem Trotsyuk
PhD in Bioengineering | Master’s in Computer Science | Stanford University
Using bioengineering tools coupled with artificial intelligence to improve wound healing outcomes in diabetic patients. Developing AI-powered smart bandages with a closed-loop system for personalized medicine.
AI Scholars Program Overview
AI Scholars Live Online is a 10 session (25-hour) artificial intelligence bootcamp that exposes high school students to fundamental AI concepts and guides them to build a socially impactful project. Taught by our team of graduate students from Stanford, MIT, and more, students receive a personalized learning experience in small groups with a student-teacher ratio of 5:1.
