Mathematical contribution to Girlsʼ und Boysʼ Day

On April 27, Girlsʼ und Boysʼ Day took place at KU. MIDS also put an end to gender stereotypes and participated with the topic "How do Amazon and Netflix know what we want?"

Prof. Nadja Ray and Prof. Thomas Setzer, both members at the Mathematical Institute for Machine Learning and Data Science (MIDS) inspired students on the topic of data processing. There was an open discussion about data ingestion and strategies for making recommendations based on data. The 8th and 9th graders then did a self-project to collect data on their most popular series and movies and analyze it.

Young women from around the world are also studying in our new Data Science program. We want to help overcome gender stereotypes and help mathematics enthusiasts have the confidence to study mathematics regardless of gender.