Artificial Intelligence
ICT graduates need to take an understanding of AI into employment.
Amit Sarkar, Senior Academic Staff Member at Ara Institute of Technology, organised an event for TechWeek 2023 which highlighted current and past student projects. The projects illustrate how course work at Ara is closely aligned course work to unfolding industry needs.
“We continue to be agile in this space. AI is becoming cross-platform and present across all industries from retail and aviation to education and manufacturing, which is why it is essential to embrace this innovation. The prevailing view of employers in the current environment is that new hires should have the requisite skills from day one.”
He said Ara students are already “contributing meaningfully to this rapidly evolving environment by undertaking tangible projects for leading international companies such as Bosch and organisations such as Jade Software to create solutions for real-world problems.”
“Ākonga are involved in several projects for Bosch to create multi-modal communication for a breakthrough food processor design as well as automated testing of smart appliances.”
Students have also developed a pedestrian counter using computer vision to help analyse the proximity of customers in a retail space — which was useful under pandemic regulations — and worked on technology to improve carpark space finders.
“These projects during study are classic examples of work-integrated learning while completing capstone projects and internships,” Amit Sarkar said. “As a result, we see students swamped with job opportunities often before their projects are completed.”