Pluralsight to Help Machine Learning Enthusiasts Skill Up with AWS DeepRacer
July 27 2020 - 7:03AM
Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the technology skills and
engineering management platform, today announced a collaboration
with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will help technologists enhance
their machine learning (ML) skills with AWS DeepRacer, a fully
autonomous 1/18th scale race car driven by reinforcement learning
(RL).
The collaboration features an AWS DeepRacer hub on
the Pluralsight platform that includes a customized channel,
curated by Pluralsight and AWS experts, for AWS DeepRacer content.
Users will have access to a variety of offerings, including a
series of workshops, webinars, and racing events.
“AWS DeepRacer is a different, creative way to
apply ML techniques in a practical and tangible way,” said Eric
Alder, head of partnerships at Pluralsight. “Upskilling and testing
new methods through experimentation are at the heart of this
challenge, which fits in perfectly with Pluralsight’s deep
expertise in AI and ML. AWS DeepRacer-specific content will be
integrated withlarryb1991 the Pluralsight platform as another
resource to help users learn and apply reinforcement learning, an
increasingly used ML method.”
First announced in November 2018, AWS DeepRacer is
a fun and interesting way to get rolling with reinforcement
learning (RL), literally, with the fully autonomous 1/18th scale
race car, a cloud-based 3D racing simulator, and a global racing
league. Developers can train, evaluate, and tune RL models in the
online simulator. Then, developers can either compete virtually in
the AWS DeepRacer League for a chance to win the AWS DeepRacer
Championship Cup or race against friends and colleagues in the real
world by loading their model onto the AWS DeepRacer device (sold
separately).
The collaboration enables the practical application
of ML skills through challenges and competitions, accelerating
learning potential. Participants will be able to access
specifically curated content and courses to get rolling with AWS
DeepRacer. Pluralsight Skill IQ will also be available to provide a
data-driven, fast assessment of a user’s current skill level and
enable participants to track their progress over the course of the
challenge.
“As part of our leadership in Cloud AI
Developer Services, AWS created AWS DeepRacer to provide developers
a fun and interesting way to get hands-on with ML,” said Mike
Miller, Director of AI Devices at Amazon Web Services, Inc. “This
collaboration with Pluralsight will give developers, of any skill
level, the resources they need to develop their ML skills and get
the most out of their AWS DeepRacer experience.”
The program will kick off with a series of
webinars, beginning on July 28 with “The Future of AI/ML/RL."
Additionally, workshop attendees will receive $30 in AWS credits to
help cover AWS DeepRacer usage costs in the AWS console. To get
started with AWS DeepRacer content on the Pluralsight platform,
visit https://ww3.pluralsightevents.com/awsdeepracerseries.
About PluralsightPluralsight is
the leading technology skills and engineering management platform.
Trusted by forward-thinking companies of every size in every
industry, Pluralsight helps individuals and businesses transform
with technology through its Skills and Flow products. Skills helps
build technology skills at scale with expert-authored courses on
today’s most important technologies, including cloud, artificial
intelligence and ML, data science, and security, among others.
Skills also offers analytics and Skill IQ and Role IQ assessments.
Flow complements Skills by providing visibility and analytics into
software development workflows to accelerate the delivery of
products and services. For more information about Pluralsight
(NASDAQ: PS), visit pluralsight.com.
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SorensenDirector, Communicationsdan-sorensen@pluralsight.com
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