The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning wins Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s 2022 Congressional App Challenge in Michigan’s 13th District
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has named Maher Harp, an 11th Grader at Crestwood High School, as the winner of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge in Michigan’s 13th District.
When asked what inspired the creation of The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, the student said, ”After spending my summer at Stanford University for an Artificial Intelligence Course, I designed this app to cater for those who have interested or curiosity for AI and Machine Learning because with the berry advancing technology world, especially computer science, being ignorant and not knowing what certain things are come to a price. Hopefully with this app, I can fulfill the message of more of the younger generation to be focused in programming and the new computer science fields to open up a realm of STEM learning.”
The Congressional App Challenge smashed previous participation records in 2022. All told, 9,011 students registered for this year’s competition – creating 2,707 fully-functioning apps for 335 Members of Congress across 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. This year’s competition set the record for most student registrations, most apps submitted, most apps per district submitted, and most districts receiving over 20 apps. The wildly successful competition continues to impress upon House Members the importance of computer science education and the need to develop a pipeline of diverse, domestic STEM talent.
The Congressional App Challenge is an official initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host contests in their districts for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. Each participating Member of Congress selects a winning app from their district, and each winning team is invited to showcase their winning app to Congress during our annual #HouseOfCode festival. The program is a public-private partnership made possible through funding from Omidyar Network, AWS, Rise, theCoderSchool, Apple, and others.
The 2023 Congressional App Challenge will launch in June of 2023, and eligible students can pre-register for the competition now.