2024 Summer Program on Privacy, IoT & AI
Summer 2024: For High School Students
Sunday June 23, 2024 – Friday June 28, 2024, 9:00am-4pm ISEB 1200
Program Dates and Deadlines
Program Dates: June 23 – June 28, 2024
Application Deadline: Sunday, April 7, 2024, by 11:59 PM PST -> Extended to: Sunday, April 21, 2024, by 11:59 PM PST
Please note: We recommend that students complete their applications in one sitting. Your google accounts should save your application selections, however, we cannot guarantee your selections will be saved if there are any technical issues with your browsers. Please consider writing your statement of purpose beforehand and copying and pasting into your application when you are ready. Once you application is submitted, you will be unable to make any edits.
Statement of Purpose (required): Provide a brief summary of your career goals, your interests in engineering and/or computer science, and why you would like to participate in the 2024 Privacy, IoT, and AI Research Exploration program at UCI. How will this program help you in achieving your educational and career goals? Be sure to include descriptions about any related experiences and/or skills, inside and outside of the classroom, that you have participated in related to STEM careers and education.
Statement word limit: 500 words
Optional essay prompt (not required): We acknowledge that every student has had unique life experiences that may not be captured in the Statement of Purpose question above. The selection committee is interested in learning more about extenuating circumstances you have encountered throughout your journey and how you overcame them. If you have nothing to add, you will be allowed to answer ‘N/A’ in your application. This prompt is meant to allow you to share more, if you would like to, but it will not impact your application if you decide not to.
Application Format: The application will ask general demographic questions, for reporting purposes, and will ask for your to answer the above statement of purpose. With a prepared statement of purpose, the application should take no longer than 25 min to submit. If you are under the age of 18, your application will need to be virtually signed by a parent/guardian (within application).
Program Requirements:
- Must be a high school student (rising 10th, 11th, or 12th grader in Fall 2024) with a minimum 3.0 unweighted cumulative GPA.
- Be available for the duration of the entire program.
- June 24- June 28, M-F, 9am-4pm @ UCI campus
- June 23rd will be a half day (TBD) @ UCI campus
- Thirst for knowledge, no prior CS experience needed.
- Submit statement of purpose of 500 words or less in online application.
- Upload unofficial transcript in application form (PDF only).
- Transcripts should clearly show your unweighted GPA and all classes you have taken
- Unofficial transcripts accepted; no need to request or submit official transcripts
- Students from underrepresented populations in CS are encouraged to apply (e.g., women, ethnic or racial minority groups, low socioeconomic status, or persons with disabilities).
Benefits:
- Learn about cutting-edge research in privacy, IoT & artificial intelligence (AI).
- Gain hands-on experience using a Raspberry Pi (RPi) microcomputer and learn how to code in python; develop CS programming skills.
- Learn how to build a voice assistant from scratch utilizing OpenAI.
- Receive mentoring and advice from ProperData Frontier faculty, scientists, and graduate students.
- Attend workshops and learn about postsecondary education opportunities and admission processes.
ONLINE APPLICATION <- Apply Here!
FAQs
Any high school student who will be a rising 10th, 11th, or 12th grader in the Fall of 2024 who holds a minimum 3.0 unweighted cumulative GPA.
Please keep in mind that our curriculum will be accessible, challenging, and rewarding for all applicants and selected participants. No prior knowledge/experience in computer science is required. If you are interested in exploring CS as an education/career option this program will provide you with an opportunity to explore the field and develop basic coding and programming skills. If you are a student with some (or even a moderate amount) of experience in CS, this program will add to your skillet by exposing you to research methods, skills, and networking opportunities within the subfields of privacy and IoT in CS.
The Privacy, IoT & AI summer program is a one week, commuter program* at the UCI campus. Selected participants are expected to attend all workdays (M-F) from the hours of 9am – 4pm. Every day our schedule will consist of 5-6 hours of academic curriculum covering computer science that can take the form of a class or individual/group work. Academic curriculum will include hands on exercises in CS programming and ChatGPT modules while working with a Raspberry PI microcomputer. The rest of the program schedule will include post-secondary education preparation programming: admissions workshops, undergraduate panels, and campus tours.
Please note that we will hold ahalf day session on Sunday, June 23rd. Attendance will be required for program orientation and team building activities. Students and parents will received first day instructions (and location) from properdata@uci.edu closer to program start.
*commuter program: participants will need to arrive to campus each day on their own. It will be required for students to be dropped off and picked up by designated contacts at designated locations and times; see more under dropoff/pickup.
Lunch, snacks, and refreshments will be provided daily.
Our program will be unable to provide housing accommodations this year. If you do not live in the Irvine or OC area, but can arrive to campus each day by 9am, we would be happy to have you be a participant in our program.
No. Selected participants are expected to attend each day. As students will work in teams, missing any day will impact your team’s progress and ability to work on program deliverables: academic posters and presentations. Please do not accept a spot in the program if you cannot attend the full week; we would like to extend this opportunity to as many students who can commit to a full time attendance.
The program is completely free, there is no cost to selected participants. Our program is fully funded by the National Science Foundation through our SaTC Frontier center (ProperData) at UCI.
Our application link and full instructions are available here. For maximum consideration, please fill out and submit your application before or on April 7, 2024 Sunday April 21, 2024 (extended) by 11:59pm PT.
Applications will be reviewed in the month of April. Decisions should be release by the end of the month.
This is an independent UCI summer program and is separate from the official campus admissions process. All UCI admissions are handled by the Office of Admissions, for more information please visit https://www.admissions.uci.edu/apply/index.php.
For additional information or questions, please email ProperData Assistant Director, Marilyne Tamayo at properdata@uci.edu.