On the 17th, Korean IBM announced its participation as a business operator in the 'K-Digital Training Digital Leading Companies Academy' to nurture specialized personnel for AI service development in collaboration with Red Hat.
The 'K-Digital Training Leading Companies Academy,' overseen by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, aims to cultivate practical talent that can be immediately deployed in the field by designing training courses at leading corporations and implementing project-based training utilizing actual projects used by those corporations. This initiative is part of a policy to train '1 million digital talents' for advanced and digital fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and semiconductors, where industries are rapidly being reorganized and there is continuous demand for personnel.
In this project named '[IBM x Red Hat] AI Transformation - AX Academy,' Korean IBM and Red Hat will have current employees participate as instructors and mentors to provide selected trainees with practical know-how and professional on-site skills. Additionally, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry will support necessary operational aspects, and partner organization Hi-Media Academy will provide the lecture infrastructure.
Kim Min-seong, senior executive at Korean IBM responsible for public policy, noted, 'As AI technology has established itself as a key area that determines competitiveness across all industries, the importance of practical talents who can utilize this technology has been emphasized like never before. However, it is a reality that many corporations are struggling to secure talents with practical expertise that can be immediately deployed in the field. As a leading global company in the enterprise AI sector, IBM will continue to strive to cultivate talents with practical capabilities and contribute to the continuous innovation of our country's corporations.'
Selected trainees will receive training to undertake projects utilizing IBM Watsonx, an AI platform for corporate business, and Red Hat OpenShift, a hybrid cloud application platform, for approximately six months from February 11 to August 1, gaining experience in an environment similar to that of actual corporate work.
The main training content includes programming languages for AI service development, web full stack for AI service development, databases & DBMS, deep learning for AI model development, advanced deep learning for AI model development, system & network construction, Red Hat OpenShift (Kubernetes), AWS cloud services, and experience with IBM Watsonx, with the aim of fostering AI service developers capable of practical work such as full stack development and deep learning implementation.
The selection process for academy trainees will continue until January 19, and anyone who is a current student or graduate eligible for the Tomorrow Learning Card can participate. All training costs will be fully covered for those who are ultimately selected.