AI + Public Welfare
Public Welfare and AI Research Projects for High School Students
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we improve public services, detect and prevent bias, provide humanitarian aid, and tackle problems in the public welfare and social good space. In the AI Scholars program, high school students can work on a project at the intersection of AI + public welfare.
Sample AI + Public Welfare Projects from Past AI Scholars Students
AI + Algorithmic Justice
Discover hidden racial biases in machine learning systems used today for deciding who to send to jail.
Developed by:
Trenton Chang
Stanford University
AI + Disaster Relief Improvement
Learn how to apply AI to identify communities impacted by natural disasters.
Developed by:
Aansh Shah
Brown University
AI + News Reporting
Does your favorite newspaper have a conservative or liberal lean? Let an AI tell you through building out a sequential neural network.
Developed by:
Rhea Jain
Rhode Island School of Design
Meet Our AI + Public Welfare Curriculum Advisors
Trenton Chang
Master’s in Computer Science | Stanford University
After earning his MS in Computer Science at Stanford where he worked at Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL), Trenton continued on to pursue his PhD at the University of Michigan.
Aansh Shah
Master’s in Computer Science | Brown University
Aansh earned his Bachelor's in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, as well as his Master's in Computer Science at Brown. He is currently an engineer at Amazon, where he works on AI for Alexa. Aansh's interests include explainability in AI and deploying models at scale in the world.
Rhea Jain
BFA in Graphic Design | Rhode Island School of Design
Rhea graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019 with her BFA in Graphic Design, and was cross-registered as a student at Brown University in a course on User Interfaces and User Experience. Rhea is currently a full-time product designer at Meta, and has worked as a UX Designer at Adobe and RealSelf, as well as Studio Rainwater.
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.
