We also set the work in the larger context of the THink project, which is exploring multiple approaches to determining cognitive status through the detection and analysis of subtle behaviors.
The MIT THINK Scholars Program is an educational outreach initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that promotes student-led innovation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. THINK accepts research project proposals from high school students across the US and provides mentorship and funding to a select few to make their idea a reality. The program is led by a team...
Overview This year, we received a total of 1042 applications, the most ever in our history. Based on our evaluation of each applicant’s proposal and fit for THINK, we selected 29 semifinalists to advance to the interview stage, and among those we selected five finalists. Finalist abstracts are available for view at the end of this document.
The MIT THINK Scholars Program is an educational outreach initiative that promotes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. THINK provides mentorship and funding to high school finalists to pursue their project idea. The program is run by a team of undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of MIT TechX.
The addition of the top-notch resources of the MIT Think Team would elevate our project to the highest level in three critical ways. First, the insightful mentorship would add significant depth to our nuanced understanding of relevant algorithms and mathematics. Second, the experience-based advice on the engineering process would grant the
A First-Hand Report: Competing in MIT'S THINK Science Competition by Erika Tan* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Let me introduce myself - my name is Erika Tan, and I’m a current sophomore attending Freehold High School in New Jersey. If someone had told me at the beginning of this year that I would be writing an article for a nonprofit biofuel organization, I wouldn’t have believed them at all...
MIT IDE nes driving the platform revolution,” says Erik Brynjolfsson (right). “A myriad of startups and smaller companies THE PLATFORM ERA UNFOLDS challenges seemed straightforward and the possibilities seemed endless. Strategists focused primarily on reducing transaction costs and on olving basic business problems, explained Summit co...