AWS Announces Two New Initiatives That Make Machine Learning More Accessible - Seite 3

Earlier this year, Amazon announced a new Leadership Principle: Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility. AWS is scaling and investing in initiatives to live up to this new Leadership Principle, including Amazon's commitment to provide 29 million people with access to free cloud computing skills training by 2025, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs for young learners including Amazon Future Engineer, AWS Girls’ Tech Day, and AWS GetIT, as well as collaborations with colleges and universities. Now, AWS is making it easier for more people from underrepresented groups and underserved populations to get started with machine learning—with free education, scholarships, and access to the same machine learning technology used by the world’s leading startups, research institutions, and enterprises. The two initiatives announced today further advance Amazon’s efforts to make education and training opportunities widely accessible.

AWS and Intel have a 15-year relationship dedicated to developing, building, and supporting cloud services that are designed to manage cost and complexity, accelerate business outcomes, and scale to meet current and future computing requirements. “As an industry, we must do more to create a diverse and inclusive tech workforce,” said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Executive Vice President and GM of the Sales, Marketing, and Communications Group at Intel. “Intel is proud to support initiatives like the AWS AI & ML Scholarship program, which aligns with our commitment to provide more access to STEM opportunities for underrepresented groups and helps diversify the future generation of machine learning practitioners. What makes this education and scholarship program unique is that students are given access to a rich set of learning materials at the outset. This is critical to really move the needle. Learning isn’t contingent on winning but instead part of the process.”

Girls in Tech is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the gender gap in tech. “Driving diversity in machine learning requires intentional programs that create opportunities and break down barriers like the new AWS AI & ML Scholarship program,” said Adriana Gascoigne, Founder and CEO of Girls in Tech. “Progress in bringing more women and underrepresented communities into the field of machine learning will only be achieved if everyone works together to close the diversity gap. Girls in Tech is glad to see multi-faceted programs like the AWS AI & ML Scholarship to help close the gap in machine learning education and open career potential among these groups.”