Miami Dade College (MDC) takes pride in being the first institution in Florida to offer both associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in artificial intelligence.
In collaboration with Houston Community College and Maricopa County Community College District, MDC has launched an initiative to cultivate a new AI workforce through community colleges.
The National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium (NAAIC) will be implemented on October 1st, 2024, to advance AI education and training for a diverse technical workforce.
NAAIC has already garnered support from industry partners such as Intel, AWS, Microsoft, Dell, IBM, and NVIDIA.
According to a report from New America, community colleges are making progress in AI education.
For instance, Houston Community College offers a bachelor’s degree in applied technology in artificial intelligence and robotics, while Miami Dade College will introduce a bachelor of science degree in applied artificial intelligence in Fall 2024. In addition, institutions like Central New Mexico provide AI and machine learning certificates.
Recently, Latino leaders in AI and technology expressed their visions for the future of AI at the NY Tech Week event, while LatinX in AI hosted a social following the annual Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, as well as a workshop at the International Conference on Machine Learning.
The workshop connected faculty, graduate students, research scientists, and engineers through invited speakers, oral presentations, and posters and included a panel and a mentoring session to discuss research trends and career choices in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
LatinX in AI members work in a range of STEM fields, including computing, Web search and data mining, artificial intelligence and statistics, computer vision and pattern recognition, and computational linguistics.
In a new report, Patricia Mota, president and CEO of the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE), highlighted the governance risk of managing AI data bias, emphasizing the need for chief diversity officers (CDOs) to lead in developing trusted AI practices to mitigate AI data bias risks.
Mota and Dr. Cindy Gordon, CEO of SalesChoice, addressed these concerns in a white paper titled “Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leaders Must Lead in AI“. They stressed the crucial role of CDOs in AI governance and emphasized the necessity of increasing their AI digital literacy.
Mota also emphasized the need to equip the current and future workforce with the required training and resources, such as AI, to succeed in their careers and contribute to society.
As Florida's first institution to offer both Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees in #AI, we're leading in AI education through the National Applied AI Consortium, backed by a $2.8M @NSF grant and partnerships with @WeAreHCCS and @mcccd. ⤵️https://t.co/LnEqSTsQR3
— Miami Dade College (@MDCollege) August 16, 2024
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