Amirkabir University in Iran to Hold AI Training Course for Students

“The Basics of Artificial Intelligence training course for students has been designed and implemented with the aim of familiarizing the new generation with the fundamental role of electrical engineering as the main pillar of this interdisciplinary knowledge, and fostering technological literacy at elementary ages,” said Ahad Tavakkoli, the president of the faculty of electrical engineering of Amirkabir University of Technology.

He explained that in this course, which was developed by researchers at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Amirkabir University of Technology in collaboration with a group of teachers from Tehran schools and members of the Children's Book Writers Association, students learn problem-solving skills with computational logic.

“They learn to see each problem step by step like an algorithm, understand and organize data, draw conclusions from patterns, and make decisions according to instructions. This is what is known in global education as Computational Thinking,” Tavakkoli said.

“Also, students are introduced to technical engineering concepts like algorithms, data, machine learning, neural networks, machine vision, and natural language processing in simple, visual language,” he noted.

Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Hossein Afshin announced in February that the AI has passed the theoretical stage and now is in the operational phase in Iran.

“The AI has been developed in Iran since 2010. This technology was first introduced in self-driving cars, medical guidance systems and traffic management, and today, having passed the theoretical stage, it has entered industrial and operational applications,” Afshin said.

Noting that artificial intelligence is no longer a purely academic subject, he said, “There was a time when only theoretical discussions were raised about artificial intelligence, but today the country is facing a new generation of operational projects in the fields of oil, health, smart cities and industry.”

“This change of direction is the result of targeted investment and the serious entry of creative engineers into this field,” Afshin said.