The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction recently awarded a $20,000 grant to support the expansion of NDSU’s Bison Cyber summer camp. The camp, offered for high school students including those entering grade nine in the fall and those who graduated high school this spring, is scheduled June 20-24 at NDSU.
The grant allows a larger number of students to participate and helps NDSU offer housing to facilitate the participation of students from across the state. Students from Fargo can participate on a day camp basis or use the housing.
The camp provides instruction in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, programming and robotics.
“NDSU’s cybersecurity and computing-focused summer camps provide students the opportunity to learn key computing skills while having a lot of fun,” said Jeremy Straub, the NDSU Cybersecurity Institute director and an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science. Straub also serves as principal investigator of the NDDPI award and camp director.
“Campers build and program robots, learn how to secure and defend computers, develop programming skills and learn about artificial intelligence. These are all key skills for today’s students,” Straub said.
Primary camp instruction will be provided by Pratap Kotala, Simone Ludwig, Zahid Anwar and Zubair Malik, Joe Latimer and Straub. All faculty in the NDSU computer science department.
Campers are placed in groups based on their current skills in programming, cybersecurity and robotics, allowing both beginning and more advanced students to join the camp. Campers also can select elective sessions in areas of their interest.
This summer will be NDSU’s fourth year offering cyber summer camps. More details and registration can be found on the Bison Cyber camp website.
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