“AI development/startup dream come true”… AI military academy 4th class initiation ceremony held
330 trainees from the 4th class of the Artificial Intelligence Academy (Director Cha Jun-seop) from all around the country took a strong first step, dreaming of becoming future artificial intelligence (AI) experts.
The AI Industry Convergence Project Group (Director Kim Joon-ha) announced on the seventh that it had held an initiation ceremony for the 4th AI Military Academy on the Daeseong Academy Training Center in Dong-gu, Gwangju, and commenced full-scale education.
A complete of 300 people attended the ceremony, including Kim Jun-ha, head of the AI Industry Convergence Project, Kim Yong-seung, director of artificial intelligence policy in Gwangju City, Cha Jun-seop, director of the Smart Human Resources Development Institute, and 4th class trainees.
The ceremony proceeded within the order of scholars’ motivation to use for AI military academy, announcement of their commitment and aspirations to change into AI skilled talents, and presentation of admission certificates and cadet certificates.
The 4th training course is operated as a 7-month theoretical and practical training course and a company-linked project course for 330 people chosen for the 4th class after the primary document review and 3-month online pre-training process. The training content consisted of three tracks (AI modeling, AI-based service, AI platform and infrastructure).
Through AI education and company-linked project education, students learn the most recent technologies required in the sphere of AI corporations, and conduct competency evaluation for every subject throughout the training process to conduct self-directed learning education (supplementary learning, online content, club/study/certificate) tailored to the trainee’s competency. acquisition) is supported.
Particularly, this 12 months, Samsung Electronics Network Division, Kakao Developers, and Hyundai Mobis SW Developers participated as special lecturers and ready programs to listen to the voices of the sphere, comparable to AI learning method coaching, development experience and know-how sharing, and profession/profession design counseling.
As well as, trainees with excellent competency evaluation by subject are given the chance to attend CES, the world’s largest home appliance and IT exhibition held in Las Vegas, USA. Along with education equipment comparable to providing individual laptops to trainees, it supports education expenses comparable to transportation, lunch, dormitory, textbooks and learning contents.
Previously, the AI Convergence Project Group held an orientation for the AI Academy on the 2nd to enhance students’ basic knowledge and supply exchanges between trainees ahead of the 4th AI Academy entrance ceremony.
Head Kim Joon-ha said, “This 4th class education provides a solid curriculum from basic theories to projects that will let you construct on-the-job practices, self-directed learning education tailored to the trainees’ capabilities, and support for excellent trainees to take part in overseas fairs.” Upon completion of the course, we’ll actively support you so that you could immediately enter the sphere and reveal your capabilities.”
Meanwhile, the AI Academy is the one AI skilled training institution in Korea operated by the AI Industry Convergence Project Group together with the Ministry of Science and ICT, Gwangju Metropolitan City, and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency.
Reporter Hojeong Na hojeong9983@aitimes.com