{"id":163489,"date":"2026-06-18T16:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/?p=163489"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:20:56","slug":"ai-startup-sprint-innovation-program-by-harvard-women-in-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/ai-startup-sprint-innovation-program-by-harvard-women-in-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Startup Sprint &#038; Innovation Program by Harvard Women in Computer Science\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">16 to 18 June<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0Mandoulides\u00a0Schools \u2013 Duke&#8217;s Education hosted the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AI Startup Sprint &amp; Innovation Program<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, organized by\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Harvard Women in Computer Science<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in collaboration with\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learn with Leaders<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The three-day program brought together\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">41 students aged 11 to 16<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who worked in teams under the guidance of three Harvard University students.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Throughout the program, participants were introduced to the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, innovation, and Design Thinking.\u00a0Working collaboratively, they developed original ideas aimed at addressing contemporary social and environmental challenges.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students also explored the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence by using\u00a0cutting-edge\u00a0AI tools, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Base44, to transform their ideas into well-developed business concepts and digital prototypes. Each team prepared and delivered a final presentation, strengthening essential 21st-century skills such as collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and public speaking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over the course of three inspiring and dynamic days, students gained valuable insights into the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence while developing practical skills and hands-on experience that will support their future academic and professional journeys.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The program concluded with the presentation of the students&#8217; projects and the awarding of certificates of participation to all participants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-163484\" src=\"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22bf84f8-2985-47bf-926b-42299fb3af40-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22bf84f8-2985-47bf-926b-42299fb3af40-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22bf84f8-2985-47bf-926b-42299fb3af40-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22bf84f8-2985-47bf-926b-42299fb3af40-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22bf84f8-2985-47bf-926b-42299fb3af40.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From\u00a016 to 18 June,\u00a0Mandoulides\u00a0Schools \u2013 Duke&#8217;s Education hosted the\u00a0AI Startup Sprint &amp; Innovation Program, organized by\u00a0Harvard Women in Computer Science\u00a0in collaboration with\u00a0Learn with Leaders. The three-day program brought together\u00a041 students aged 11 to 16, who worked in teams under the guidance of three Harvard University students.\u00a0 Throughout the program, participants were introduced to the fundamentals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":163486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163491,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163489\/revisions\/163491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}