Department for Education visit

  • Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024
  • Location: AIML
  • Cameron Gordon AIML PhD student
  • Yiping Ji AIML PhD student
  • Xiangyu Shi AIML Master's student
  • Yanyuan Qiao  AIML Researcher
  • Zerui Li AIML Master's student
  • Lana Tikhomirov PhD student
  • Borna Morassaei University of Adelaide computer science student

AIML hosted over 100 secondary school students during the Education and School Tours at Lot Fourteen event hosted by the South Australian Department of Education. 

The tours are designed to promote careers and pathways to secondary school students. AIML PhD students Cameron Gordon, Yiping Ji, Yanyuan Qiao, and Lana Tikhomirov along with master's students Zerui Li and Xiangyu Shi, and University of Adelaide undergraduate Borna Morassaei discussed innovations in the AI field with students as well as their particular areas of work and what led them to pursue degrees in artificial intelligence. 

 

Yanyuan Qiao operates the AIML robot dog

AIML Researcher Yanyuan Qiao operates the AIML robot dog with her phone while PhD student Cameron Gordon watches. 

Yiping Ji

AIML PhD student Yiping Ji addresses 'what is AI and ML?' with attendees.  

Cameron Gordon

AIML PhD student Cameron Gordon talks about his work with AI and previous professional and academic work. 

Student visitors to the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre

Students also visited the the Australian Space Discovery Centre and the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (above).
 

Tagged in Artificial Intelligence, education, Lot Fourteen