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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear AI Professors, scientists, or enthusiasts,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>as AI science permeates almost all scientific disciplines and societal functions, it is imperative that its concepts are well understood by every citizen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Failure to do so can result in a technophobic 1/3-2/3 society, where few (let us say 1/3) know and profit out of AI, while the rest lag, fear and rightly feel discriminated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Such a society is at risk of becoming unable to sustain knowledge growth and uptaking, with catastrophic results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Therefore, it is our duty as AI scientists to contribute to the education of the entire society on AI matters, so that we have well (in)formed global citizens.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Of course, this is a massive undertaking at global level and is related to all education levels.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>However, we have to start from somewhere. To me, the first question to be answered is the following one:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Can AI Science be taught at High School level using only the Mathematics of this level?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In my view, the answer is yes: most AI concepts (e.g., data clustering, classification) are very simple and fundamental.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I insist of merging AI education with Mathematics, as I strongly believe that only Mathematics can offer the much needed rigorous basis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>for accurate and abstract thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>As I result, I tried to compile an 1-2 hour lecture on such AI topics, using only High School Mathematics, e.g., Geometry, Vectors, Algebra (matrices) and simple Calculus (functions).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>You can find the related pdf in: <a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/ai-science-and-high-school-mathematics-lecture/">https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/ai-science-and-high-school-mathematics-lecture/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>More related lectures (in English) can be found in the course ‘AI Science and Engineering and its Impact on the Society’: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/introduction-to-ai-science-and-engineering-and-its-impact-on-the-society-and-the-environment/">https://icarus.csd.auth.gr/introduction-to-ai-science-and-engineering-and-its-impact-on-the-society-and-the-environment/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Of course, similar efforts can be made to produce accurate and informative AI education at elementary school level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Feel free to distribute the message to High School Professors that teach AI, Computer Science or Mathematics. They can use this <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>material in their classes for free. I can hand them the related ppt to be translated in other languages on the promise that it will be<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>also uploaded in the above-mentioned page for further use by other schools.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This material cannot be used for free for profit-making activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If so desired, I can deliver this lecture personally to English-speaking students (if I have enough time, as I am overloaded these days). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sincerely yours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Ioannis Pitas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.i-aida.org/">AIDA</a> chair, <a href="mailto:pitas@csd.auth.gr">pitas@csd.auth.gr</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>AI Science and High School Mathematics Lecture<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>Abstract </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'>This lecture addresses the challenge to explain the AI science basics using only High school Mathematics. Luckily enough, it has been proven to be a successful and very interesting undertaking. The lecture covers the following topics in detail: definition of AI science, Data and Vectors<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>, </span></strong>Clustering<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>, </span></strong>Classification, Neural Networks, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing. Of course, the treatment would not be complete without reference to some subtle notions, e.g., knowledge and abstraction. Finally, the relation of AI science, society and the environment are overviewed.</span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></b></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Post scriptum: To stay current on CVMl matters, you may want to register to the CVML email list, following instructions in <a href="https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml">https://lists.auth.gr/sympa/info/cvml</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>