Workshop for AI-Powered Materials Discovery at Great Plains

Session

Mini School: AI Lectures for Educators and Students

Jun 23, 2025, 4:00 PM

Room 211 MUC

Conveners

Mini School: AI Lectures for Educators and Students

• Rodrigue Rizk

Mini School: AI Lectures for Educators and Students

• Hannah Caffee (Center for the Advancement of Math and Science Education)

Mini School: AI Lectures for Educators and Students

• KC Kong

Description

Courses on how AI applied to education.

62. What Is AI and Why Should We Care?

Rodrigue Rizk

6/23/25, 4:00 PM

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live, work, and learn. In this session, students and educators will explore the basics of AI, including how machines learn from data and mimic human thinking. Using fun examples and interactive activities, we will demystify concepts like machine learning and neural networks. Participants will discover how AI is already part of everyday...

63. How AI Is Helping Us Discover New Materials

Rodrigue Rizk

6/23/25, 5:00 PM

The search for new materials is key to innovations like better batteries, faster electronics, and sustainable technologies. This lecture reveals how AI is revolutionizing materials discovery by enabling scientists to predict and create new materials faster and more efficiently than ever before. Through real-world examples and exciting breakthroughs, students and educators will learn how...

66. The Influence of Generative AI on Integrated STEM (I-STEM) Teacher Self-efficacy When Creating I-STEM Lessons (Research Proposal)

Julie Olson

6/24/25, 1:30 PM

Interdisciplinary STEM instruction holds value as a pedagogical approach but presents several challenges leading to reduced confidence and I-STEM teacher self-efficacy. While GenAI is a source of issues regarding academic integrity and learning assessment, it could also be the technology necessary to help educators increase their I-STEM teacher self-efficacy and confidence to developing...

67. Getting Grounded: Understanding and Exploring South Dakota’s Computer Science Education Landscape

Hannah Caffee (Center for the Advancement of Math and Science Education), Nicole Uhre-Balk

6/24/25, 2:00 PM

In this session participants will gain foundational understanding of the newly adopted K-8 Computer Science standards. Specifically highlighting and discussing computational thinking and AI-literacy, participants will have an opportunity to learn how schools are approaching these topics with students and staff.

64. Lecture 1: From Bits to Qubits: A Beginner’s Journey into Quantum Computing

KC Kong

6/24/25, 4:00 PM

65. Lecture 2: Quantum Computing for Machine Learners: A New Frontier

KC Kong

6/24/25, 5:00 PM