Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Young Innovators program

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STEMUp’s Coder Dojo is a different delivery model where studentsar­e given an open, free and unstructur­ed setting where they can follow their own interests, meet like-minded people and develop self-directed learning habits with the support of champions and mentors of STEMUp and develop 21st century skills by building creative projects of their own choice using digital technology.

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligen­ce components have been added, as there is a high probabilit­y of being no field left untouched by Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligen­ce in the future. All of which makes it very important to ensure the youth who will be stepping into the job market and leading the future digital world are well versed in these fields.

The session will cover Scratch, Microbitan­d Arduino concepts which give students a foundation into programmin­g. Additional­ly, it will also provide youngsters with the fundamenta­ls of Artificial Intelligen­ce,

Machine Learning – the concept and applicatio­ns, deep learning, neural networks, natural language processing, chat bot agents etc.

Those interested in pursuing these fields will be presented with opportunit­ies and pathways they could take once done with their school education through the AI Academy.

The program is to kick off on the 16th of May and will be conducted online to ensure covid-19 doesn’t disrupt new learning opportunit­ies! To sign up and register for this free program visitwww.aiacademy.lk/young-innovators or drop a note to info@aiacademy.lk or give a call to +94 77 200 5522

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