Foundations of AI will fulfill the NCDS mission to connect communities of data science experts to support a 21st century data-driven economy by creating a data-literate workforce and bridging the gap between data scientists in the public and private sectors through educational and upskilling opportunities.
This four-hour workshop is designed to provide non-technical audiences an understanding of Al, its fundamental concepts, and its practical applications. The course clarifies technical jargon and reveals how everyday people rely on Al in their personal and professional lives. Attendees will receive big picture explanations of how Al works and will learn about opportunities and risks in the field. They will leave the course with deeper awareness of Al use in their work environment and a greater technical understanding of how Al drives innovation across sectors. Attendees will also learn the basics of prompt engineering, with examples on how to get the best outputs from generative Al tools by learning best practices in prompt engineering.
We are pleased to offer a limited number of full scholarships for faculty, staff and students at two-year and four-year academic institutions to attend. Please complete this form to be considered for a scholarship.
Amy Hemmeter has over five years of experience in industry in NLP as a Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Manager and Lecturer. She has worked on projects ranging from Conversational Al to Information Retrieval to Generative Al. She received her MSA from the Institute for Advanced Analytics at NC State University in 2018, where she has also taught an annual workshop on NLP since 2020. As someone who transitioned into data science and NLP from a linguistics background (an MA she also earned at NCSU in 2016), she cares deeply about translating complex topics in data science into information that students from all backgrounds can understand, as well as making that information relevant and practical to students who wish to make a career in industry.
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