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Week of Workshops: AI Essentials

Type

Professional Workshops

Institution

SFU

Professor / Instructor

Fred Popowich, Jillian Anderson, Steven Bergner, Paige Tuttosi

Dates

February 17-19, 9am-12pm PST each day

This part-time, three-day workshop offers foundational data science and AI concepts. Designed and taught by leading data science and AI experts at Simon Fraser University, this online interactive course offers a hands-on learning environment, enabling you to immediately apply concepts and techniques you learn with live feedback and guidance from instructors. You will come away with the kind of data science experience and knowledge that organizations and recruiters value.

This workshop runs from February 17-19, 9am-12pm PST each day.

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What You Will Learn

Gain foundational knowledge in data science and AI concepts and techniques.
Apply data science and AI techniques and concepts to real world problems.
Use best practices to identify and mitigate biases and risks throughout a project.
Implement machine learning to analyze and gain new insights from your datasets.
Gain additional expertise with commonly used data science tools, making use of Python and Jupyter Notebooks.

You are applying for a $500 scholarship towards a qualifying course at one of our post-secondary education partners: BCIT, Northeastern University, SFU or UBC. Applicants must be either Canadian Citizens, BC permanent residents or working towards obtaining one of these.

Please only apply for this scholarship once you have been enrolled or waitlisted in an applicable course. We will be confirming all student details with instructors.

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First Name

Last Name

Email Address

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a woman (or identify as a woman), and currently live in BC, Canada. Do you meet both of these criteria?

Yes

Student Number

Please share with us your experience working in AI, or your academic experience working towards a career in AI

Describe your current/previous role in your company and the next step your education in AI would take you to

What is your current GPA (please indicate if it is High School or Post-Secondary)

What is your overall Post-Secondary GPA?

Please tell us why you think it is important to enroll more women into AI?

Briefly Describe your financial need for this scholarship

Please share with us any community involvement you currently partake in (volunteering, work, gender/equality studies)

Please note that all information provided will be verified with your institution. Scholarships will only be given to those with a minimum of a passing grade for the course. Due to a limited amount of scholarships available, only successful applicants will be contacted.

Please note that all information provided will be verified with your postsecondary institution. Scholarships will only be given to those with a minimum of a passing grade for the course. Due to a limited amount of scholarships available, only successful applicants will be contacted.

I Understand

I hereby declare that all information and answers to questions are complete, true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any misrepresentation or falsification of any facts called for in the application may render this application invalid