PREFACE: Rensselaer Summer Engineering Design Program
A two-week RPI summer program for rising juniors and seniors that introduces the different branches of engineering through hands-on design projects; recent cohorts have focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.
PREFACE is a summer experience hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for rising junior and senior high school students
Since 1978, PREFACE has provided a pre-college introduction to the distinct types of engineering
Students will explore how AI systems are built, trained, and deployed across engineering disciplines
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