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To inspire local kids, Brown computer science students teach coding in Providence, Central Falls schools – Brown University

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

Now the Providence Public School District alum is concentrating in computer science and education studies at Brown. As a first-year student, Arrazola joined IgniteCS to help lead the coding club at Classical and teach computer science classes at Nathanael Greene Middle School, which he also attended. Arrazola hopes he can represent one potential path forward by returning to his former schools.

Part of what Im doing as a mentor is to show kids, Hey, Im someone from this community, and Im a Brown student, and you can study CS here too if thats something that you are interested in, Arrazola said.

The Robot Block Party offers Rhode Islanders a chance to learn about the robotic technologies being developed in the Ocean State.

Arrazola is among many eager computer science students, faculty and researchers committed to bringing creative learning experiences to local public schools. The coding classes and clubs cap a lengthy history of community outreach initiatives led by the Universitys computer science department. Brown faculty and students have taught the Hour of Code program in local schools since 2013, reaching more than 1,000 K-12 Providence and Central Falls students. Other outreach efforts in years prior have included a robot block party, a coding club for middle school girls and school field trips to Browns robotics lab.

Sophia Academy, a tuition-free independent middle school serving girls from low-income families in Providence, is among the newest schools to partner with IgniteCS. Guided by Brown undergraduates, seventh and eighth-grade students meet every Tuesday after school to create and design websites. Each week, the clubs lessons build on previous sessions to allow the middle schoolers to expand their technical skills and customize their sites with new pages, text, links and images.

Without a formal computer science curriculum, middle school director and math teacher Melissa Moniz sees partnerships with local institutions and community organizations as critical connections for introducing and exposing girls to cutting-edge science and technology. Other partners have included Black Girls CODE and Winners Circle XR Academy, an education nonprofit that creates immersive learning experiences using virtual reality. Moniz, a Providence native and Brown graduate, wants her students to understand that the University is accessible to them.

Its important that our students see a world outside of the classroom and connect to different organizations and community resources that are here in their community, Moniz said. Brown is right down the street from us, and often our students drive by. We want them to know that this is a school in your community that you can access and that the coding club is one way you can access it.

In its collaboration with the Brown student group, Nathanael Greene Middle School asked IgniteCS members to lead an in-school program, where teams of University students would guest-teach a full day of computer science classes. Leading two days of classes during the fall and spring, IgniteCS members instructed more than 200 middle school students each day on the uses of computer science in everyday life. And, while the middle school has expanded its STEAM curriculum in recent years to include coding, robotics and 3D printing, the guest teachers from Brown created lesson plans that supplemented the schools curriculum and focused on theoretical computer science topics, including algorithms and cryptography, among other topics.

For Darshell Silva, librarian and maker education teacher at Nathanael Greene, the Brown students are important real-life figures representing potential careers and pathways.

We like our students to see the real-world application of things that were teaching in the classroom as well as to see the people involved in it, Silva said. Theres no better way to show them that than to show them whats going on at Brown.

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The Annual Computer Science Fair – AVC – Musings of a VC in NYC

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

Ten years ago, a small group of folks in the K12 Computer Science Education community in NYC decided to put on a mock job fair for high school students who were taking computer science classes in the NYC public schools. That was the start of an annual day of engagement and learning for high schoolers considering a career in tech.

Yesterday we got the Fair back in person after three years of not doing it or doing it remotely. And it was so great to be there. This is a picture of all of the students making their way around the various booths learning about careers in tech.

Most everyone in the tech sector would like to have more diverse companies but there are no easy ways to accomplish that. Ultimately we need to get young people interested in careers in tech much earlier in their schooling and show them what those pathways look like.

This photo is of a team from Justworks doing exactly that.

I want to thank all of the sponsors who made this event possible:

And most of all I would like to thank Jennifer Klopp, Executive Director of Gotham Gives, who led the effort to get the Fair back in person this year and the team at the NYC Public School System, TEALS, and Tech:NYC who helped get the students and the tech companies there.

Yesterday was one of those days for me where a lot of the work I do across different areas of interest comes together in a single place and time. And those are great days for me.

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Computer science allows ASU grad to bridge creativity and logic – ASU News Now

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

April 28, 2023

Editors note:This story is part of a series of profiles of notablespring2023 graduates.

College can be extremely challenging, even for students in families steeped in higher education. For a family who has never experienced college, even getting their arms around the nomenclature can be a struggle. ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Dean's Medalist Marcus Stafford. Download Full Image

My folks didnt know what undergrad meant, said Marcus Stafford,let alone bachelors or associate degrees. It was a learning process for all of us.

The California native initially went to community college for one year before applying at ASU. Upon acceptance, he continued to knock out his general education requirements before selecting his first of four majors (geographic information science, geography, history and anthropology).

This May, he graduates as the Deans Medalist for Arizona State UniversitysSchool of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning.

Question: What was your aha moment when you realized you wanted to study the field you majored in?

Answer: I grew up in a family that, for many of us, had little means of transportation. Public infrastructure, such as government services, public buses or community centers were lacking. Both with members of my family, and where I grew up.

I grew up in a rural area when I moved to Arizona, and with no car, this severelylimited my opportunities for education, work or a social life. My family had difficulties in affording cars and reliable transportation.

In entering SGSUP, I realized that I could turn my attention towards urban planning and GIS-related work that could impact people. I realize the lack of access to public infrastructure can do, and how much it matters in people's lives, as I lived it on my own.

Q: Whats something you learned while at ASU in the classroom or otherwise that surprised you or changed your perspective?

A: How many different aspects of thought can be brought into problem-solving. There can be perspectives from people who study business, engineering, statistics, law and history, who all can contribute to a project or idea in unique ways.

Q: Why did you choose ASU?

A: I chose ASU because of the opportunity that they gave me. My grades in high school were never great, so I was always going to be limited in the colleges who would accept me and give me that opportunity. However, ASU did.

They welcomed me and gave me every opportunity to succeed. All that I had to do was put in the effort, get help when I needed it, and believe in myself. Every bit of help that I gained from ASU went into my success, because there's no way that I could have done it on my own.

Q: Which professor taught you the most important lesson while at ASU?

A: Dr. (Wen-Ching) Chuang fromSGSUP made me understand that the process of problem-solving is going to be complicated, messy and difficult. However, the key is persevering through the issues. In my major in GIS, I tackled many projects that were, plainly, frustrating.Data that was difficult to work with or results that were not what I expected. She gave me encouragement, and the advice, and the context of what I was doing, to give me the fortitude to keep moving through any issue that I had.

Q: Whats the best piece of advice youd give to those still in school?

A: Take time for yourself. Eat something, hydrate, go to the gym, have a hobby that is completelyoutside of school. You need to take care of yourself first before you can take care of and complete your coursework.

Q: What was your favorite spot on campus, whether for studying, meeting friends or just thinking about life?

A: While I was an online student, I was on ASU's campus here and there. My favorite spot is the Nobel Library. It had good vibes. Outside, I would choose the ASU Herb Garden, between the Moeur Building and the InterdisciplinaryA building. It's usually quiet over there, and there's lots of tree cover.

Q: What are your plans aftergraduation?

A: I will be attending graduate school at UCLA in the fall of this year.

Q: If someone gave you$40millionto solve one problem on our planet, what would you tackle?

A: While $40 million couldn't solve a single problem, I do believe that it could be used to help a portion of the planet. I think public infrastructure would be a wise investment, as that is an investment into a community which has long-term impacts long after the project would be completed. One could do a project on water or sewage systems in developing countries.

Stafford and all the Deans Medal winners will be formally recognized during The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences convocation.

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USC Computer Scientists Are Tackling Dental Health and Birth … – USC Viterbi School of Engineering

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

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Roughly half of all birth defects involve the face and skull, yet scientists remain unclear about why most occur.

The way to address tough medical challenges like this one is through data lots of it. But how to best manage the data, integrate it into meaningful information, and create a comprehensive picture that is useful and accessible to researchers is another question. FaceBase offers an answer.

FaceBase is a research resource that provides open access to genetic, molecular and imaging data to the dental, oral and craniofacial (DOC) research community.

Through FaceBase, USC is playing a role in the next generation of dental and craniofacial research, saidCarl Kesselman, FaceBases co-Principal Investigator, who is the William H. Keck Professor of Engineering and a Professor in the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Director of the Informatics Systems Research Division at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

He continued, We are assembling all of the data, organizing the research community, and providing this service to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research [NIDCR] and the research community at large.

FaceBase is a collaborative NIDCR-funded project that houses comprehensive data in support of advancing research into craniofacial development and malformation.

Kesselman, who is an ISI Fellow, leads the team of researchers and staff at ISI who run FaceBases coordinating center (i.e., the Hub).

The Hub is where large datasets are curated and shared. Researchers in the DOC community can submit their projects to FaceBase, and datasets from approved projects are added.

How does a large database help research?

Rob Schuler, the technical lead for FaceBase and Senior Computer Scientist at ISI, gave examples of how some researchers are using FaceBase data: to have a larger patient cohort; to compare their own clinical results with research being done on animal models; some of them do analysis and use the large datasets to train neural networks and produce models that can, for example, predict a phenotype based on a patients face.

But FaceBase is more than just an ever-growing database.

We dont think of FaceBase as a data repository, although we do operate a repository as part of FaceBase. But really, we are an overall data resource, said Schuler.

One of the missions of the project is to facilitate cooperation and collaboration between the Hub and the craniofacial research community.

Theres a desire to be able to use a data resource like FaceBase to assist researchers in making connections to other people who are possibly working on a similar disease, said Schuler.

Kesselman said, We connect the dots. In the absence of something like FaceBase, you have a little piece of data over here and a little piece of data over there, and you cant figure out how they connect. But we do that. We take all these different aspects and research projects, we integrate them so that theyre more cohesive, and it represents more of the total knowledge of the community rather than isolated silos.

Kesselman and Schuler, along with Computer Scientist Alejandro Bugacov, Research Engineer Cris Williams, and USC Ostrow School of Dentistry Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai (Co-PI of FaceBase), recently made a big impact at the American Association of Dental and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) conference in Portland, Oregon.

From March 15 to 18, 2023, the team showcased their innovative work in the FaceBase platforms data sharing and management. Bugacov presented a poster and provided demos at the NIDCR Trainee Research Presentation, which highlighted the platforms user-friendly interface and powerful search capabilities.

Meanwhile, Schuler presented two talks: an interactive talk on building FAIR data sharing communities (where he also served as session co-chair); and an invited talk in the Knowledge and Database Symposium.

The AADOCR conference also included a celebration of the 75th anniversary of NIDCR.

The National Institute of Dental Research which would later become the NIDCR was founded as one of the earliest institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); created in response to the tooth decay epidemic during World War II. At the time, oral health was an issue of national security, as potential military recruits were being disqualified from service due to tooth decay.

Today, the mission of NIDCR is to advance fundamental knowledge about DOC health and disease and translate these findings into prevention, early detection, and treatment strategies that improve overall health for all individuals and communities across the lifespan. It has an annual budget of $475 million, funding approximately 770 grants, 6,500 researchers, 350 trainees and 200 organizations

With NIDCR being such a major player in the DOC research community, the FaceBase team was particularly excited to hear how their project is valued by the institute. In a video commemorating 75 years of NIDCR, current NIH director and former NIDCR director Lawrence Tabak mentioned FaceBase as one of the top achievements during his tenure an endorsement that speaks volumes about the impact FaceBase has had in advancing the field of dental and craniofacial research.

Were in the third phase of FaceBase right now, and weve opened it up to more projects, said Williams. She continued, Previously, we had specific spoke projects around us, the Hub. Ten to 12 projects were contributing data at a time. But now its open to the community, which has definitely widened the scope even further of what were taking in and how were building up our database.

How wide of a scope? Kesselman gave examples of two current projects: Weve got a large dataset contributed by colleagues looking at the genetic foundations of tooth enamel. And another large set of data from researchers studying oral health in Appalachia. Theyve looked at social factors, along with all kinds of various health factors associated with oral health.

In addition to opening it up to more research, the FaceBase team is also looking at applications for clinicians, the people who are actually treating and diagnosing patients. Williams explained, Thats not something FaceBase had focused on before. Were working on a pilot project about what it would take to serve the clinician community, and that opens up a whole new frontier.

Kesselman said, Weve been working with people in the Ostrow Dental School for the last eight years now, applying very sophisticated computer science and research that weve developed at ISI. And by applying it in this area we are ultimately making a real impact on dental health and childhood development.

Carl Kesselmanis the William H. Keck Chair of Engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and is a Professor in theDaniel J.Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He also holds joint appointments as Professor inComputer Scienceat theUSC Viterbi School of Engineering, theDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciencesin theKeck School of Medicineand in theHerman Ostrow School of Dentistry. He is the director of theInformatics Systems Research Division at ISI and an ISI Fellow, the institutes highest honor.

Yang Chai is a University Professor and he holds the George and MaryLou Boone Chair in Craniofacial Molecular Biology. He is the director of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology and is Associate Dean of Research in the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry.

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Scientists use fMRI and AI to decode language signals in the brain … – NPR

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This video still shows a view of one person's cerebral cortex. Pink areas have above-average activity; blue areas have below-average activity. Jerry Tang and Alexander Huth hide caption

This video still shows a view of one person's cerebral cortex. Pink areas have above-average activity; blue areas have below-average activity.

Scientists have found a way to decode a stream of words in the brain using MRI scans and artificial intelligence.

The system reconstructs the gist of what a person hears or imagines, rather than trying to replicate each word, a team reports in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

"It's getting at the ideas behind the words, the semantics, the meaning," says Alexander Huth, an author of the study and an assistant professor of neuroscience and computer science at The University of Texas at Austin.

This technology can't read minds, though. It only works when a participant is actively cooperating with scientists.

Still, systems that decode language could someday help people who are unable to speak because of a brain injury or disease. They also are helping scientists understand how the brain processes words and thoughts.

Previous efforts to decode language have relied on sensors placed directly on the surface of the brain. The sensors detect signals in areas involved in articulating words.

But the Texas team's approach is an attempt to "decode more freeform thought," says Marcel Just, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University who was not involved in the new research.

That could mean it has applications beyond communication, he says.

"One of the biggest scientific medical challenges is understanding mental illness, which is a brain dysfunction ultimately," Just says. "I think that this general kind of approach is going to solve that puzzle someday."

The new study came about as part of an effort to understand how the brain processes language.

Researchers had three people spend up to 16 hours each in a functional MRI scanner, which detects signs of activity across the brain.

Participants wore headphones that streamed audio from podcasts. "For the most part, they just lay there and listened to stories from The Moth Radio Hour, Huth says.

Those streams of words produced activity all over the brain, not just in areas associated with speech and language.

"It turns out that a huge amount of the brain is doing something," Huth says. "So areas that we use for navigation, areas that we use for doing mental math, areas that we use for processing what things feel like to touch."

After participants listened to hours of stories in the scanner, the MRI data was sent to a computer. It learned to match specific patterns of brain activity with certain streams of words.

Next, the team had participants listen to new stories in the scanner. Then the computer attempted to reconstruct these stories from each participant's brain activity.

The system got a lot of help constructing intelligible sentences from artificial intelligence: an early version of the famous natural language processing program ChatGPT.

What emerged from the system was a paraphrased version of what a participant heard.

So if a participant heard the phrase, "I didn't even have my driver's license yet," the decoded version might be, "she hadn't even learned to drive yet," Huth says. In many cases, he says, the decoded version contained errors.

In another experiment, the system was able to paraphrase words a person just imagined saying.

In a third experiment, participants watched videos that told a story without using words.

"We didn't tell the subjects to try to describe what's happening," Huth says. "And yet what we got was this kind of language description of what's going on in the video."

The MRI approach is currently slower and less accurate than an experimental communication system being developed for paralyzed people by a team led by Dr. Edward Chang at the University of California, San Francisco.

"People get a sheet of electrical sensors implanted directly on the surface of the brain," says David Moses, a researcher in Chang's lab. "That records brain activity really close to the source."

The sensors detect activity in brain areas that usually give speech commands. At least one person has been able to use the system to accurately generate 15 words a minute using only his thoughts.

But with an MRI-based system, "No one has to get surgery," Moses says.

Neither approach can be used to read a person's thoughts without their cooperation. In the Texas study, people were able to defeat the system just by telling themselves a different story.

But future versions could raise ethical questions .

"This is very exciting, but it's also a little scary, Huth says. "What if you can read out the word that somebody is just thinking in their head? That's potentially a harmful thing."

Moses agrees.

"This is all about the user having a new way of communicating, a new tool that is totally in their control," he says. "That is the goal and we have to make sure that stays the goal."

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West End Building Earns Top Sustainability Certification – Dartmouth News

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

The Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center was recently awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification, the U.S. Green Building Councils highest designation for sustainable design.

LEED is the internationally recognized benchmark for eco-friendly building design, construction and operation. The Green Building Council evaluates water usage, energy sources and consumption, indoor air quality, and numerous other sustainability factors to determine whether a building deserves the certification.

The recognition is a welcome validation of our efforts to prioritize sustainability and energy efficiency on campus as we work toward a low-carbon future, saysJosh Keniston, vice president ofcampus services.

The expansive 160,000-square-foot Class of 82 ECSC building, which houses the Thayer School of Engineering, the Department of Computer Science, and the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship,opened its doors to faculty, researchers, and students last spring.

The building achieved platinum certification by meeting rigorous standards for performance, including a 35% reduction of water usage and 55% reduction of energy usage compared to a conventional construction project.

The Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center opened last spring in the West End of campus and has won recognition for its sustainability features, including solar power. (Photo by Eli Burakian 00)

Designed with a high-insulation, energy-efficient envelope, the building encloses a mix of classrooms, research and teaching labs, and an expansive central atrium that is both naturally skylit and ventilated.

High-performance heat recovery, reduced lighting power, and cascading ventilation are among the numerous energy conservation measures employed. A solar panel array on the roof will supplement the buildings energy needs. The project also recycled 95% of the construction waste.

This is exciting for Dartmouth as this certification serves as real confirmation that we are designing and constructing energy-efficient buildings aligned with our sustainability goals, saysPatrick OHern, senior director of project management services.

The ECSC is the second LEED Platinum building at Dartmouth, afterthe Class of 1978 Life Science Center, which earned the designation in March 2012. The McLaughlin Cluster Residence Halls, the Fahey-McLane Residence Hall, and theBlack Family Visual Arts Centerare LEED Gold certified, while the Floren Varsity House and Kemeny Hall and Haldeman Center were granted LEED Silver status.

The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society, Dartmouth Hall, and the current renovations to the Andres and Zimmerman residence halls are currently awaiting certification.

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LANL Report Looming Fortran Talent Scarcity is Threatening – HPCwire

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

A new report from Los Alamos National Lab sounds alarms over the declining number of Fortran programmers, the shrinking number of efforts to teach Fortran, and the reduced appetite of scientists and developers to learn Fortran. Developed by IBM in the mid 1950s, Fortran was a foundational programming language for scientific computing. In recent years it has been largely overtaken by modern programming languages such C++ and Python.

This latest report (An evaluation of risks associated with relying on Fortran for mission critical codes for the next 15 years) paints worrisome picture.

We judge it is very likely that we will be unable to staff Fortran projects with top-rate computer scientists and computer engineers, and that there is an even chance we will be unable to staff Fortran projects with top-rate computational scientists and physicists, write the LANL researchers, Galen Shipman and Timothy Randles. They offer the following supporting bullets:

Looking at modern HPC hardware infrastructure, the report says, We judge it is very unlikely that codes that rely on Fortran will have poor performance on future CPU technologies, it is likely that codes that rely on Fortran will have poor performance for GPUs, and it is very likely that Fortran will preclude effective use of important advances in computing technology. (emphasis added)

Zeroing in on vendor support, Shipman and Randles write, The vendor ecosystem of Fortran compilers is worrying. Intel and GCC communities have the most robust Fortran compilers for modern Fortran (Fortran 2008) on CPU technologies but have less mature support for GPU technologies. Nvidia has good support for GPU technologies but lacks support for modern Fortran needed by LANL.

Open-source efforts around an LLVM compiler for Fortran, known as Flang, are inadequate to meet either requirement (robust support for modern Fortran and GPU technologies). Complicating things further, there are competing Fortran technologies for GPUs including standards such as OpenACC and OpenMP and vendor proprietary technologies such as Cuda Fortran. While similar diversity exists for other languages (such as C++) there are no infrastructures for portability like Raja and Kokkos for Fortran.

Ouch.

The relatively short report is best read directly. On balance, its message isnt new but part of long-term chorus of worry about Fortrans decline and the impact of that decline on HPC and legacy scientific codes.

Link to LANL report, https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-23-23992

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WVU Today | Top WVU seniors named, eight honored with 2023 … – WVU Today

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

A four-year Army ROTC National Scholar beginning medical school in the fall, a Fulbright Scholar eager to work as a teaching assistant in Bulgaria and an aspiring teacher who has reached out across the state to help combat stereotypes about Appalachian dialects are among the graduating seniors receiving the Order of Augusta, the most prestigious West Virginia University student award.

The eight students exemplify academic excellence and a passion for helping others, and are poised to take the next steps toward becoming the new generation of physicians, engineers, writers, teachers and advocates focused on addressing health care and educational disparities and finding innovative solutions to global challenges.

The WVU Order of Augusta and Outstanding Senior award recipients represent the best and brightest of graduating seniors at the University, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Maryanne Reed said. Each of these students is exemplary and has made a positive impact through academic excellence, leadership and service. They will undoubtedly be forces to be reckoned with, as they lead change in their local communities and the world.

All the 2023 Order of Augusta scholars are members of the WVU Honors College.

Each year, I continue to be awed by the momentous contributions our students make, both inside and outside of the classroom, Dean of Students Corey Farrissaid. As the top 1% of their graduating class, these students have made an everlasting impact on the quality of student life at WVU. I look forward to seeing what their futures hold and have no doubt we will continue to see great things from these outstanding graduates.

The honorees, who are among 52 students named WVU Foundation Outstanding Seniors, will be recognized at a drop-in event from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, in the Betty Boyd Lounge of Elizabeth Moore Hall.

Lillian Bischof from Wheeling will graduate with dual degrees in chemical engineering and finance. She has maintained a 4.0 grade point average while conducting undergraduate research on clean energy solutions and serving in leadership roles to help empower women in business and foster STEM interest in young girls.

CHS teacher named National Computer Science Teacher of the Year – Citrus County Chronicle

May 2, 2023 | Author: admin

Our county certainly has much to be proud of in the accomplishments of the teachers, staff and administrators of our Citrus County School System. The current beacon of educational excellence is Citrus High Schools teacher Jerome Swiatek. Earlier this month, he was chosen over 2,800 teachers nationwide to be recognized as the Project Lead the Way 2022-23 National Computer Science Teacher of the Year.

Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is a national nonprofit organization that works with US students at all grade levels in the areas of science, engineering and biomedical science. Each year PLTW recognizes teachers who inspire, engage and empower their students.

Mr. Swiatek has been teaching at Citrus High School for 13 years. He was a founder of the CHS Academy of Computer Science and served as the first science teacher for the program. Since its beginning in 2017, the program has grown from 40 students to more than 200 students.

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During the recognition ceremony at Citrus High, the president of PLTW celebrated Mr. Swiateks accomplishments with his students, noting his leadership of his students in taking classroom learning into the outside world. The students who were present at the ceremony spoke of his impact on them. They recognized his passion for teaching and the fact that he cares about their futures.

Mr. Swiatek is the latest in an extensive list of teachers, staff and administrators from Citrus County who have been recognized at the state and national levels for excellence in working with our students.

Crystal River High School teacher Danielle Doherty-Koch received the 2021-22 Kern Teacher of the Year Award from PLTW for empowering student experiences and transforming teaching in biomedical science.

Our Assistant Superintendent Scott Hebert was selected as the Florida Teacher of the Year in 1999. Since then, our county has had several finalists for the Florida Teacher of the Year recognition.

In 2020, Citrus Springs Middle Schools Althea Council was named the Florida School Related Employee of the year. Additionally, Citrus has recently had five finalists in this category.

Superintendent Sandra Sam Himmel was selected as the Florida Superintendent of the Year in 2020 by the Florida Association of District School Superintendents.

These are but a few of the fine individuals that we have working with our students in Citrus County schools. The employees of our school system make a positive difference each and every day in the lives of our children.

The mission statement of the Citrus County School District is: Where learning is the expectation and caring is the commitment. It is clear that our School District and its employees take this mission very seriously each and every day as they educate our students to be successful citizens.

Congratulations to Jerome Swiatek on his recognition as National Computer Science Teacher of the Year by PLTW. You have made our county proud.

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The role of complexity for digital twins of cities – Nature.com

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