California Partners with NVIDIA to Enhance AI Education for Students and Educators

The
State
of
California
has
unveiled
a
groundbreaking
AI
education
initiative
in
collaboration
with
NVIDIA,
a
global
leader
in
AI
computing.
This
public-private
partnership
aims
to
provide
universities,
community
colleges,
and
adult
education
programs
with
the
necessary
resources
to
develop
skills
in
generative
AI,
according
to
the

NVIDIA
Blog.

Working
With
California
Colleges
and
Universities

As
part
of
this
initiative,
California
educators
will
have
the
opportunity
to
gain
certification
through
the
NVIDIA
Deep
Learning
Institute
University
Ambassador
Program.
This
program
connects
instructors
with
high-quality
teaching
kits,
workshop
content,
and
NVIDIA
GPU-accelerated
workstations
in
the
cloud.

“AI
will
continue
to
become
more
advanced
and
more
prominent
in
all
sectors,
and
California
has
the
responsibility
to
support
and
prepare
our
students
and
faculties,”
said
Amy
Tong,
secretary
of
the
California
Government
Operations
Agency.
“As
a
world
leader
in
AI
computing,
NVIDIA
is
a
natural
partner
to
prepare
the
future
of
California’s
workforce.”

By
empowering
educators
with
the
skills
to
harness
the
latest
AI
technologies
and
NVIDIA
GPUs,
the
initiative
aims
to
prepare
full-time
students
entering
the
workforce,
as
well
as
train
working
professionals
expanding
their
skills
through
community
college
or
adult
education
courses.

“We
want
to
train
a
workforce
of
the
future,
and
also
excite
students
and
adults
who
are
out
of
the
workforce
about
opportunities
for
the
future,”
said
Stewart
Knox,
secretary
of
the
California
Labor
and
Workforce
Development
Agency.

State
agencies
are
also
exploring
how
internship
and
apprenticeship
programs
can
offer
students
hands-on
experience
with
AI
skills.

Bolstering
Efforts
to
Bridge
the
Digital
Divide

NVIDIA
is
already
engaged
in
multiple
projects
across
California
to
make
AI
more
accessible
and
understandable
for
students
from
diverse
backgrounds.
The
company’s
educational
initiatives
and
industry-spanning
collaborations
are
helping
students
and
professionals
in
fields
such
as
biotechnology,
advanced
manufacturing,
media,
and
entertainment
to
gain
proficiency
in
AI,
enhancing
their
productivity
and
driving
innovation.

San
José
State
University
is
evaluating
how
the
NVIDIA
Omniverse
development
platform
could
support
the
creation
of
digital
twins—3D
virtual
representations
of
real-world
systems—for
the
city
of
San
José.
During
the
university’s
annual
Black
Engineer
Week
in
June,
NVIDIA
hosted
dozens
of
students
for
a
daylong
program
featuring
tech
demos
and
career
advice
discussions.

NVIDIA
is
also
embarking
on
several
workforce,
climate,
and
community-based
projects
with
schools
in
the
University
of
California
and
California
State
University
systems.
One
project
plans
to
train
students
on
underwater
data
center
technology,
while
another
is
working
with
California
Black
Media
to
train
a
large
language
model
on
nearly
a
century
of
journalism
by
Black
journalists
in
the
state.

The
NVIDIA
GTC
AI
conference,
held
earlier
this
year
in
San
José,
featured
several
sessions
for
educators
to
explore
how
to
integrate
generative
AI
and
NVIDIA
technologies
into
their
curricula.
The
conference
also
included
a
panel
discussion
about
the
need
for
equitable
access
to
AI
education
and
resources.

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