CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Ray High School students in the high-level math program are getting hands-on cyber training.
The program is part of a National Science Foundation Grant in partnership between Ray, Purdue and UT-Arlington.
The students are preparing to solve one of the planets biggest issues by gathering online data and analyzing it to predict climate change.
Assistant Professor of Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington Adnan Rajib and his Research Assistant, Desiraee Silvis, showed students at Ray how to use modern technology to help solve flooding, drought and other growing climate patterns.
"We are here today to train the students how to access NASA satellites, NOAA databases using cloud computing and computer programming," Rajib said.
The juniors and seniors are learning the concepts of blending science, math and AI to solve environmental problems.
"One thing I thought was very cool was how it was mentioned that AI could be used to do this," Ray High School Junior Kylie Thorpe said. "Cause we all know AI, like artificial intelligence doesn't really exist yet. What we have out algorithmic data that we draw from it. So really we're just learning how to use that algorithmic data to draw from the data set and make conclusions based off the prompt, so I think it's really good to have everyone trained in this sort of thing."
Ray High School Senior, Aidan Armena, was excited about this training because he plans on putting it to good use in the future.
"For me personally, I want to pursue political science," Armena said. "I want to become a politician. One of the things I truly care about is the climate because it's really an important thing we should always focus on and with this, they are teaching us how important climate change is."
The professor believes that after this training the students will know how to use the available online data to solve real problems right here in the Coastal Bend.
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