Each Day
Each day runs from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
- The mornings consist of a lecture dealing with mathematical theory
and aspects of computer science with Dr. Rudich.
- At noon, students break for a 90-minute lunch. They can
play a pick up game of ultimate Frisbee,
football, soccer, and socialize with friends.
- In the afternoon, the students split into their tracks:
robotics and programming.
- In the Robotics track,
students gain hands-on experience in designing, programming, and building
robots.
- In the Programming track, students learn to program in multiple
languages by creating their own computer games.
- Before the afternoon tracks, there is a guest lecture by computer science
faculty and graduate students at Carnegie Mellon presenting their research.
These lectures enable students to explore and better understand the
possibilities for computer science, robotics, mathematics and
programming.
- With a pinch of creativity, and in addition to motivating them to think
outside the box, Leap allows students to develop their own creative projects.