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Apr 6
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No CS Background. Below Poverty Line. No...

Dr. Fonz Mendoza
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What happens when you take public high school students with zero computer science background — 87% of whom are below the federal poverty line — and put them in one of only two quantum computing programs for high schoolers in the entire nation? That's exactly what A.M. Bhatt and his nonprofit DAE are doing in Connecticut, and the results are challenging ever ... Show More
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