Accenture gives $1.1 Million grant to ACCES employment to help newcomers

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:32:41 +0000

Accenture has made a cash and in-kind services grant of more than C$1.1 million to ACCES Employment, a Canadian non-profit that helps connect employers with qualified workers from diverse backgrounds. Although nearly 300,000 people immigrate to Canada every year, only about 24% of foreign-educated immigrants find work in their professions, according to Statistics Canada. This grant […]

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Xpeng In-House Autonomous Vehicle Technology Keeps Prices Down

Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 03:28:23 +0000

I recently met with Dr. Xinzhou Wu, Vice President of Autonomous Driving at Xpeng Motors, to learn more about the company’s autonomous vehicle (AV) bottom-up approach, part of its long-term strategic plan. Dr. Wu is in charge of overall strategy and technical planning of the business and team management for Xpeng’s global autonomous driving R&D center in Silicon Valley, California

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Tesla’s Andrej Karpathy Talks PyTorch, Autopilot (Video)

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:00:11 +0000

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla’s Director of Artificial Intelligence and Autopilot Vision, is one of the chief architects of Tesla’s self-driving vision. In July, he hosted a workshop on Neural Network Multi-Task Learning, where he offered some detailed insights on Tesla’s use of AI in developing its Autopilot features. Now Karpathy is featured in a new video in which he describes how Tesla is using PyTorch, an open-source machine learning library, to develop full self-driving capabilities for its vehicles, including Navigate on Autopilot and Smart Summon

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