NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Annual Meeting

Julia Li will be attending the 2019 NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Annual Meeting at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL on September 25th through 27th. Julia will be discussing the evaluation of the University of Virginia Cyberphysical Systems project. In addition, she will be meeting other grantees implementing bold and innovative graduate training programs.

MIT App Inventor Summit

Alex Gurn will be conducting participant observations at the 2019 MIT App Inventor Summit from August 1st-3rd. This annual gathering of the App Inventor community, hosted by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), brings together research scientists, formal and informal educators, computer scientists, tech leaders, and others. A highlight of the summit will be the recognition of the winners of the Youth Mobile Power App Inventor Challenge, run by MIT and YR Media (formerly Youth Radio).