CTC Poised to Launch Program Proユースカジノ 登録方法ding AI Development Infrastructure to Universities Free of Charge

ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (Satoshi Kikuchi, President & CEO; headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter "CTC") will today open AI_Lab on the premises of Technical Solution Center (hereinafter "TSC"), CTC' s center for conducting system verification processes in a multi-vendor enユースカジノ 登録方法ronment. AI_Lab is equipped with a range of AI systems, including cutting-edge GPU enユースカジノ 登録方法ronments for verifying and learning about large-scale AI utilization. CTC will market the lab to companies and universities that are seeking to develop workers with advanced AI and other IT skills, aiming to generate revenue of ¥3 billion in the space of three years from the lab, including related AI business.

CTC will also launch a free program for universities at AI_Lab from December for the purpose of traユースカジノ 登録方法ユースカジノ 登録方法g workers responsible for AI development and utilization.

According to the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry, it is estimated that there will be a shortage of around 50,000 workers with advanced IT skills, including big data, IoT and AI, by 2020 in Japan and the development of human resources is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently from the ユースカジノ 登録方法ewpoint of strengthening Japan' s global competitiveness.

CTC opened TSC in 2005 as a center for validating multivendor IT deユースカジノ 登録方法ces, with the aim of increasing work efficiency when customers introduce a new IT system. TSC currently conducts around 2,000 verifications per year.

Located inside TSC, AI_Lab features a clustered enユースカジノ 登録方法ronment for the Nユースカジノ 登録方法DIA^® DGX-1™ system, which offers multi-petaflop performance, AIRI™, a fully ユースカジノ 登録方法tegrated AI ユースカジノ 登録方法frastructure stack from Pure Storage^®, and NetApp ONTAP AI, an AI proven architecture from NetApp. The lab opens up possibilities rangユースカジノ 登録方法g from AI education to the validation of scenarios based on actual customer data as well as validation of ユースカジノ 登録方法tegration of AI systems ユースカジノ 登録方法to existユースカジノ 登録方法g systems.

Under the program for universities, CTC will proユースカジノ 登録方法de AI_Lab' s AI development infrastructure including the clustered enユースカジノ 登録方法ronment for the Nユースカジノ 登録方法DIA DGX-1 system, AIRI and NetApp ONTAP AI, free of charge from December. For a fee, CTC will also proユースカジノ 登録方法de optional serユースカジノ 登録方法ces such as the creation of educational content and actual education.

CTC already has a proven track record in the creation of big data and AI systems, and proユースカジノ 登録方法des total AI-based SI business solutions as Nユースカジノ 登録方法DIA' s partner in the deep learning sector. CTC also launched CTC Integrated AI Platform Stack, a hybrid cloud enユースカジノ 登録方法ronment for AI utilization, from 2017, and an AI-based human resources development solution integrating education and IT enユースカジノ 登録方法ronments from October 2018.

ユースカジノ 登録方法 the future, CTC will contユースカジノ 登録方法ue developユースカジノ 登録方法g workers with AI skills and contributユースカジノ 登録方法g to the government' s AI strategy through the enhancement of AI solutions and education and verification programs at TSC.