The Intel® Nervana™ AI Academy Student Developer Program is engaging a large number of universities around the globe in 2017, hosting technical workshops and seminars at university campuses. Students from various fields, clubs, and interests are asked to attend and learn what Intel is doing with machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence. Faculty and students also participate, showcasing their research and expertise in the field, along with Intel showing the latest tools, technologies, and programs supporting AI on Intel® architecture.
Currently these workshops are being held in the Americas, Africa, India, China, and Europe. Each is adjusted to the needs and interest of the students, but most start with Intel or a guest host welcoming the students with an overview of the technical agenda and information on how students can be engaged with Intel going forward.
Video Overview of the Intel® Student Developer AI Workshop - University of California (UC) Berkeley
At these events Intel reviews its technology and program offerings for students including:
Technologies available to all students attending these events, including remote access to Intel® servers running Intel® optimized libraries and frameworks.
Select university club sponsorships for student clubs seeking AI content to share and discuss.
Intel Student Ambassador Program for advanced students seeking Intel support and evangelism of their work supporting AI on Intel architecture.
The figure above illustrates the various technologies optimized for Intel architecture from Intel® CPUs, to libraries like the Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL), and the Intel® Math Kernel Library for Deep Neural Networks (Intel® MKL-DNN). Deep learning frameworks are at the heart of emerging AI solutions, and Intel is working with each of the leading frameworks to optimize them for Intel architecture. The circled areas denote to students the technologies immediately and freely available for trial use as part of the Student Developer Program. Additionally, select students applying to be Student Ambassadors will have dedicated access to servers based on the latest Intel® Xeon Phi™ processors as well as access to designated tools, as long as they participate in the program. Learn more about the Student Ambassador Program.
Sample Welcome and Agenda Talk at UC Berkeley Student Workshop for AI
Technical Sessions: These workshops provide at least two technical sessions, often tailored to the needs, curriculum, or focus of the university, and may cover:
Overview of machine learning and deep learning
Technical deep dive into deep learning
Demo/training on the Intel® Deep Learning SDK
Demo/training on Caffe* optimized for Intel architecture
Introduction to deep learning using Intel® Nervanad technology and the Neon framework
Demo/training using Intel Nervana technology and the Neon framework
Faculty or student work in machine learning, deep learning, and AI
Example Sessions:
Introduction to deep learning with Intel® Nervana™ technology and the Neon framework
Deep learning demos of the Intel Nervana technology platform using the Neon framework
Student session on using a deep learning approach to model behavior in MOOCs
Get more information on the Intel Nervana AI Academy. Get more information and how to apply to the Intel Student Ambassador for AI.