Education & Workforce Development

This project aims to develop an Education-to-Workforce Pipeline in Edge AI to train, educate, and develop a diverse workforce. Our developed pipeline target groups include high school students, undergraduates (including tribal college students and minority students) and graduate students, Post-Doctoral researchers, junior faculty, and industry practitioners. The developed pipeline will have multiple entrances, multiple exits, and no dead ends.

Specifically, there are four education & workforce development themes:

• Education & Workforce Development Theme 5
  Targeting High-school Students: to improve high-school students' knowledge and skills in AI-integrated STEM curricula
  Lead: Shenghua Zha (USA); Co-Lead: Na Gong (USA); Members: Dr. Danling Wang (NDSU), Dr. Juan Li (NDSU), & Dr. Jia Di (UA)
  
  

• Education & Workforce Development Theme 6
  Targeting Undergraduate and Graduate Students: developing a new course on Edge AI and providing research training
  Lead: Jinhui Wang (USA); Co-Lead: Zhigang Xiao (AAMU); Members: Dr. Na Gong (USA), Dr. Roma Hanks (USA), Dr. Danling Wang (NDSU), Dr. Juan Li (NDSU), Dr. Mohamed Shaban (USA), & Dr. Jia Di (UA)
  
  

• Education & Workforce Development Theme 7
  Support Post-Doctoral researchers and junior faculty
  Lead: Clive Woods (USA); Members: Dr. Kerry Hartman (NHSC), Dr. Zhigang Xiao (AAMU), Dr. Juan Li (NDSU), Dr. Kristine Steffen (NDSU), Dr. Na Gong (USA), Dr. Roma Hanks (USA), Dr. Hulya Kirkici (USA), Dr. Jia Di (UA), & Dr. Eric L. Johnson (UND)
  
  

• Education & Workforce Development Theme 8
  Targeting industry professionals: establishing an online Edge AI certificate program
  Lead: Hulya Kirkici (USA); Members: Dr. Na Gong (USA), Dr. Mohamed Shaban, (USA), Dr. Jinhui Wang (USA), Dr. Danling Wang (NDSU), & Dr. Jia Di (UA)