MIT's Code.Tulsa sends students to build AI and data projects for Native American nations
MIT News AI · rss · 2026-09-26
MIT News covers Code.Tulsa: 10 MIT undergrads spend the summer at the University of Tulsa doing AI and data science projects for the Muscogee and Cherokee nations and local nonprofits. For example, mechanical engineering student Daphne Wang and AI major Lucy Sun helped the Muscogee Nation develop its first Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System survey, navigating tribal-specific data sovereignty and governance issues.
The program was started by sophomore Jack Carson, a Cherokee Nation member, who also founded the TASC camp for Native high schoolers — 25 campers selected from 160 applications across 25 Native nations, with tracks in AI engineering, DNA tech, physics and energy; several campers now aim to apply to MIT. Supported by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
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