With record subscriptions of over 500 people, the one-hour
MOOC launches on March 25 and follows on from The importance of diversity in
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning’ podcast released earlier in March
(Spotify, Apple).
Manisha Mistry, Portfolio Director, Digital Culture and
Collaborations at Rolls-Royce, said: “This MOOC is a key element of our
partnership with Code First Girls and a further indication of our journey at
Rolls-Royce to become the world’s leading industrial technology. Diversity and
inclusion are key to that and part of our work with Code First Girls is to
ensure opportunities are available to women who want to get into tech.
“This course will give participants a brilliant introductory
view of Artificial Intelligence and its importance in organizations such as
Rolls-Royce. Just as importantly, they’ll also get access to our R2 Data Labs
community to collaborate, practice, and share ideas as they learn.”
R2 Data Labs has also just taken on three interns as a
result of the Code First Girls partnership. Rebecca Hallows, Hanan Moalin and
Isabel Scavetta have all joined from non-technical backgrounds having crossed
over into tech from finance, engineering or humanities studies.
Jonathan Hewitt, Growth and Marketing Manager, Code First
Girls, said: "Rolls-Royce's commitment to an inclusive and diverse
workforce, coupled with its ethical commitment to technological innovation in next-generation
manufacturing and AI applications make it an ideal partner for Code First
Girls.
“We are excited to have Rolls-Royce onboard, among over a
dozen visionary tech companies, to deliver coding education and career
opportunities to women across the world. Together, we will teach 40,000 women
to code by the end of 2021, and I'm sure we will achieve many further
milestones in the years to come."
Participants can register for the machine learning and
artificial intelligence course here.
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