Promote the construction of first-level disciplines in the field of artificial intelligence.
What is the current construction of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence?
2065438+July 2008, the School Planning, Construction and Development Center of the Ministry of Education identified 28 schools as "AI+ Smart Learning" pilot schools. In addition to 28 pilot schools, major vocational colleges and undergraduate colleges are also preparing to build artificial intelligence laboratories. What is the current construction of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence? Are the trained talents suitable for the needs of enterprises? With such questions about the degree of artificial intelligence construction in colleges and universities, the reporter interviewed Mr. Tang, CEO of Chengdu Hunting Technology Co., Ltd., who focuses on the research of artificial intelligence algorithms.
Are the trained talents suitable for the needs of enterprises?
Teacher Tang said: "Because many colleges and universities have not built artificial intelligence before, there are some problems in the construction of artificial intelligence laboratories in colleges and universities. At present, colleges and universities are paying attention to the construction of artificial intelligence laboratories. The research direction of the laboratory is aimed at the most popular directions such as face recognition, intelligent speakers and intelligent robots. And they are basically hardware equipment purchased by such laboratories, but such artificial intelligence laboratories cannot solve the market demand for artificial intelligence talents. " The reason is that the application level of artificial intelligence in China is very good. In fact, there is a lack of low-level algorithm talents and innovative talents in China, and this hardware-based artificial intelligence laboratory can't solve substantive problems.
How to cultivate artificial intelligence talents?
"Artificial intelligence is different from the traditional IT technology industry. It's not just relying on one or two simple demo-level projects to train suitable talents. In order to cultivate high-end talents in the artificial intelligence industry, universities must change this. " General manager Tang said. "I think the first priority in the construction of artificial intelligence specialty is to build a reasonable knowledge system. For example, the curriculum system of many colleges and universities needs to be streamlined. Many universities often incorporate big data, cloud computing and other courses into the curriculum system of artificial intelligence. On the contrary, the core knowledge system of artificial intelligence, such as convolutional neural network, circular neural network and deep reinforcement learning, is not taught or placed as an elective course. The miscellaneous but not refined curriculum system makes it difficult for students to become useful. "
The complicated and imprecise curriculum system makes it difficult for students to become talents.
"Secondly, artificial intelligence learning needs a reasonable actual combat curriculum system, and it is impossible to train students in actual combat only by one or two DEMO-level projects. Artificial intelligence technology needs to be combined with industry to truly reflect its value. Therefore, colleges and universities need to have a deeper understanding of the combination of artificial intelligence and industry, and train students with a large number of industrial combination cases to meet the demand for innovative talents in China. Finally, colleges and universities need to improve and upgrade teaching methods, update teaching management system, and teach students with more advanced teaching management methods, so as to improve teaching quality and ensure that students can concentrate on the absorption of knowledge. This trinity can cultivate high-end talents in the artificial intelligence industry. "
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Most of the domestic artificial intelligence majors are newly opened courses, so there is still a long way to go in discipline construction. In addition to the above problems, there are also problems such as homogenization of disciplines and lack of teachers, which need to be slowly adjusted and solved. The artificial intelligence industry is now the strategic development plan of China, and the cultivation of talents is the top priority of the development of the artificial intelligence industry. In order to reach the world leading level in the theory, technology and application of artificial intelligence in China in 2030 and become the world's major artificial intelligence innovation center, the construction of artificial intelligence discipline in colleges and universities has a long way to go.