AI4Good Lab 2023

The AI4Good Lab provides training in foundational skills for machine learning and hands-on experience through team development of ML prototypes for social good. Upon completion of the program, participants are able to: - Define ML problems and data requirements - Pre-process data - Select and analyze best ML models and features for different problems - Use ML frameworks and cloud services - Write prototyping code in teams - Select good hyperparameters - Train & evaluate machine learning models - Present technical work to stakeholders The AI4Good Lab is a 7-week program consisting of the following: 25 hours of lectures from machine learning experts including Dr. Doina Precup covering the following topics: - Mathematical Foundations for Machine Learning - Machine Learning Basics and Fundamentals - Neural Networks - Convolutional Neural Networks - Recurrent Neural Networks - Reinforcement Learning 17 hours of special topic workshops from industry, academic, and social good guest speakers 60+ hours of dedicated TA sessions, hands-on exercises, and project development tutorials 3 weeks of team project development with 30+ hours of supporting mentorship and expert guidance Tools used throughout the program: - Python & associated ML libraries - PyTorch & ML frameworks - AWS & cloud computing services Read more about the AI4Good Lab at ai4goodlab.com