Edge Impulse University Program Boosts Machine Learning Education With Curriculum Materials, Hardware Giveaway

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With edge machine learning positioned as a leading emerging technology, a robust workforce will be needed to fill the category's demands. Edge Impulse, the leading provider of edge machine learning tools, has launched its university program to help train students to fill these roles. Designed to enable graduate and undergraduate classes to teach edge and embedded machine learning, the program provides free and open instructional content to professors and teachers, along with access to cutting-edge hardware tools.

In the university program's launch in 2022, Edge Impulse gave away over 3,000 Arduino TinyML Kits, along with slides, videos, and hands-on exercises, to schools in 70 different countries, helping integrate edge and embedded machine learning into university curriculums. Now the university program returns for 2023 with another Arduino Kit giveaway to help build on their commitment to accessible and affordable tools for students and educators.

Edge Impulse has worked with leading schools and companies to develop and support the program, including Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Arduino, and Nordic Semiconductor.

Some of the schools that have already joined the program include UCLA, Purdue, US Air Force Academy, UPenn, University of Helsinki, TU Delft, Trinity College Dublin, University of São Paulo, Syracuse University, CU Boulder, UT Austin, Texas A&M, University of Houston, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Georgia Tech, Arizona State University (ASU), Harvey Mudd College, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Maryland, College Park (UMD).

"The future of machine learning is tiny and bright," said Prof. Vijay Janapa Reddi of Harvard University. "Edge impulse makes it easy to onboard learners and helps them get started with embedded ML."

"Edge Impulse comes to our rescue, helping the electronics, computing, and control and automation students to abstract frameworks, such as TensorFlow, to gather data and deploy trained models into embedded devices," said Prof. Marcelo José Rovai of Universidade Federal de Itajubá. "Edge Impulse supported our students in all steps of their edge machine learning projects."

"Edge Impulse makes it incredibly easy to get started with machine learning and AI," said Orlando S. Hoilett, Ph.D., Purdue University. "I especially appreciate their commitment to engaging folks in industry, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, students, educators, researchers, and the like. Making their system accessible for the masses is what really impresses me the most about them."

"Having access to Edge Impulse was huge," said LTC David M. Feinauer, PhD, PE, Virginia Military Institute. "It really helped my students better understand the big picture use case for many of the ML techniques we were studying."

Universities interested in joining the program can learn more at edgeimpulse.com/university; applications for the kit giveaway are open until July 16, 2023.

About Edge Impulse
Edge Impulse offers the latest in machine learning tooling, enabling all enterprises to build smarter edge products. Their technology empowers developers to bring more AI products to market faster, and helps enterprise teams rapidly develop industry-specific solutions in weeks instead of years. Edge Impulse provides powerful automation and low-code capabilities to make it easier to build valuable datasets and develop advanced AI with streaming data. With over 65,000 developers, and partnerships with the top silicon vendors, Edge Impulse offers a seamless integration experience to validate and deploy with confidence across the largest hardware ecosystem. To learn more, visit edgeimpulse.com.

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