The Nueva School - Machine Learning Class Explores Artificial Intelligence

This fall, Nueva students had their first opportunity to take a computer science elective in machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence. Thirty students worked on programs that, in essence, teach computers how to learn from data and adapt on their own. Through their projects they sought insights in everything from crime statistics to Shakespeare plays. Nueva is one of the few high schools in the United States to offer machine learning. The school decided to offer the class in response to several students who had been self-teaching for the last two years and expressed a strong interest in the topic.