On September 1, Russian students of both technical and general universities began studying technology programs developed jointly with Microsoft experts. The classes are aimed at training modern specialists in the field of artificial intelligence technologies and the Internet of things, as well as digital business transformation.
The first classes within the framework of Microsoft master's programs started at the leading universities of the country: the Higher School of Economics, the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), the Moscow City Pedagogical University (MGPU), the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), North -Eastern Federal University. M.K. Ammosov (NEFU), Russian Chemical-Technological University. Mendeleev (RCTU named after Mendeleev), Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tyumen State University.
Russian students have already started taking courses in relevant technological areas: artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, business analytics, the Internet of things and many others. In addition, Microsoft, with the support of IT HUB College, launched free practical courses for teachers to improve their skills in the use of cloud platforms using the example of Microsoft Azure.
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Β«Modern technologies, in particular artificial intelligence, big data and the Internet of things, have become an integral part of not only successful businesses, but also our daily lives. Therefore, it is natural that not only technical, but also general universities open programs in the most modern IT areas. The growing role of innovation has changed and expanded the requirements for the professional skills of modern specialists. We are pleased that Russian universities follow international trends and provide students with world-class educational services. This will give the universities themselves new opportunities for the development of scientific and research activities. Expansion of cooperation with the country's leading universities has become a key element of a set of educational initiatives that Microsoft is launching in Russia", - noted Elena Slivko-Kolchik, Head of Educational and Scientific Organizations at Microsoft Russia.
For each educational institution, Microsoft specialists, together with teachers and methodologists of universities, developed a unique educational program. Yes, in MAI the focus will be on augmented reality and AI technologies, in RUDN University focus on technology , cognitive services such as computer vision and speech recognition for robots. IN MGPU several disciplines are launched at once, including Neural Network Technologies in Business based on Microsoft Cognitive Services, Internet Application Development based on Microsoft Azure Web Apps. High School of Economics ΠΈ Yakut have chosen as a priority the direction of training a new generation of teachers in the field of cloud computing and artificial intelligence. RCTU them. Mendeleev ΠΈ Tomsk Polytechnic University favored big data technologies. IN Tyumen State University the program is aimed at studying intelligent information technologies using machine learning, as well as building human-machine interfaces, such as chat bots with speech recognition.
Π MGIMO, where a year ago, together with Microsoft and ADV launched a master's programβ, a new course βMicrosoft Artificial Intelligence Technologiesβ is launched based on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. In addition to in-depth study of AI technologies such as machine learning, deep learning, cognitive services, chatbots and voice assistants, the program includes disciplines in digital business transformation, cloud services, blockchain, Internet of things, augmented and virtual reality, as well as quantum computing.
As part of the organization of master's programs, Microsoft held additional master classes and practical classes for students and teachers. So from July 1 to July 3 in the Moscow office of Microsoft as part of the AI ββfor Good project[1] student hackathon, in which ten teams from leading Moscow universities created technological projects in real time with the support and mentoring of the company's experts. The winner was the MGIMO team, which proposed the use of cognitive services to automate the waste sorting process. Other innovative projects proposed as part of the hackathon include an agricultural system that automatically detects weeds at the seedling stage, a bot program with speech recognition that notifies the user of an emergency situation, and others. All projects will subsequently be able to apply for the status of final qualifying works.
[1] AI for Good is a Microsoft initiative to use artificial intelligence technologies to combat three global problems: environmental pollution (AI for Earth), natural disasters and disasters (AI for Humanitarian action), and support for people with disabilities ( AI for Accessibility).
Source: habr.com