NVIDIA to train 100K developers on deep learning in 2017

NVIDIA plans to train 100,000 developers on deep learning artificial intelligence this year to meet surging demand for expertise in the field of AI.

Through its NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute, the chip company will escalate its training by tenfold (compared to 2016) to help developers prepare for a tech company that in a few short years will be powered by artificial intelligence. Market researcher IDC estimates that 80 percent of all applications will have an AI component by 2020.

NVIDIA's institute has trained developers around the world at sold-out public events and onsite training at companies such as Adobe, Alibaba and SAP; at government research institutions like the U.S. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Science and Technology, and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center; and at institutes of higher learning such as Temasek Polytechnic Singapore and India Institute of Technology, Bombay.

"AI is the defining technology of our generation," said Greg Estes, vice president of Developer Programs at NVIDIA. "To meet overwhelming demand from enterprises, government agencies and universities, we are dramatically expanding the breadth and depth of our offerings, so developers worldwide can learn how to leverage this transformative technology."

The company is also broadening the Deep Learning Institute’s curriculum to include the applied use of deep learning for self-driving cars, healthcare, web services, robotics, video analytics and financial services. Coursework is being delivered online using NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud through Amazon Web Services and Google’s Qwiklabs, as well as through instructor-led seminars, workshops and classes to reach developers across Asia, Europe and the Americas. NVIDIA currently partners with Udacity to offer Deep Learning Institute content for developing self-driving cars.

“There is a real demand for developers who not only understand artificial intelligence but know how to apply it in commercial applications,” said Christian Plagemann, vice president of Content at Udacity. “NVIDIA is a leader in the application of deep learning technologies and we’re excited to work closely with their experts to train the next generation of artificial intelligence practitioners.”

To meet its 2017 goal, NVIDIA is expanding the Deep Learning Institute through New training labs, new courseware for educators, and new DLI certified training partners. NVIDIA is also working with Microsoft Azure, IBM Power and IBM Cloud teams to port lab content to their cloud solutions.

At this week’s GPU Technology Conference, in Silicon Valley, the Deep Learning Institute will offer 14 different labs and train more than 2,000 developers on the applied use of AI. You can register for a session at www.nvidia.com/dli.