Bayesian Artificial Intelligence
Bayesian Artificial Intelligence
Bridging the gap between school computing and the “real world”
ISSEP'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools - Evolution and Perspectives: the Bridge between Using and Understanding Computers
ITiCSE '09 Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
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A special program for high school has been in operation in Israel whose aim is to expose young students to the field of computing. During their studies the students are required to develop a software project, and thus gain experience in software design. In the past students lacked proper guidance in technologically demanding projects. Here we describe how the work of a student who chose to develop an engine for automatic completion of sentences by the computer was enhanced through cooperation with academia in the innovative "Computer Science, Academia and Industry" educational program. Albeit highly talented, the student lacked necessary formal knowledge in advanced computing technologies. A graduate student who specializes in the field has mentored the high school student throughout design and implementation phase, enabling him to grasp an intuitive understanding of state of the art algorithms, and contribute creative ideas of his own, resulting in an award-winning project of scientific significance.