Computer Science

Event
Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Computer Science Education Weekend 2024

Cue the computers and join us for fun, ongoing activities as we celebrate the Museum’s annual Computer Science Education Weekend!
Video
Watch
time
Under 1 minute

Can AI Make Moral Choices?

Can Artificial Intelligence make moral decisions? In this video, Insoo Hyun, Director of the Center for Life Sciences at the Museum of Sciences, dives into the ethics of AI decision-making.
Event
Monday, May 13 | 9:00 – 11:30 am

Day of AI

Celebrate a Day of AI, the curriculum developed by MIT RAISE, with special presentations and student demonstrations at the intersection of climate and artificial intelligence!

Data Science and AI Kahoots

Explore topics such as data analysis, machine learning, and the application of AI in the world around you. Challenge your students to learn more about the concepts and real-world scenarios behind AI, fostering their understanding of these cutting-edge...
Video
Watch
time
under 1 minute

How AI is Shaping Video Game Development - Roblox Designer Discusses

Roblox Technical Instructional Designer Genevieve Johnson discusses the exciting potential of AI in shaping the future of video games.
Kahoot
Play
time
20 minutes

How Do Computers Work?

You use them everyday and they can be found in all sorts of devices but do you really know how a computer works? Find out what is going on inside a computer, and explore the different jobs a computer can do.
Podcast
Listen
time
8 minutes

What Counts as Artificial Intelligence?

With so many stories in the news about the new capabilities of artificial intelligence, Emily from the Museum's programs team explains what that term means and how AI works.
Press Release
Read
time
4 minutes

Museum of Science, Boston enters the metaverse with new Roblox experience “Mission: Mars”

Developed in partnership with Filament Games, “Mission: Mars” challenges participants to engage in the Engineering Design Process, developing and iterating on vehicles ready to navigate the mysterious red planet and complete exploratory missions with...
Podcast
Listen
time
13 minutes

How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Learn?

We ask Dr. Sidney D'Mello, a cognitive and computer scientist, about his AI-assisted research on the connection between our emotions and how we learn, in this Pulsar podcast brought to you by #MOSatHome.
Podcast
Listen
time
10 minutes

What Do You Do When Your Space Station Careens Out of Control?

What happened when inadvertent thruster firing caused the International Space Station to spin completely around? Though the situation was rapidly brought under control, it was a harrowing day for those on the station as well as the ground controllers...
Podcast
Listen
time
11 minutes

How Is an Ear Like a Fingerprint?

We ask Lauren Etter from Boston University about how efforts to build trust and ensure equitable access to healthcare led to the development of an artificial intelligence system that uses images of ears to identify patients in remote communities.
Podcast
Listen
time
14 minutes

How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Create Maps?

Benjamin Clark and Saikat Basu from Facebook tell us about their initiative to help identify roads using satellite images and deep learning.