PRAGUE, Sept. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM
(NYSE: IBM) announces that ŠKODA AUTO University has signed an
agreement of collaboration which will provide students from ŠKODA
AUTO University academic courses in new areas including artificial
intelligence, Big Data and high performance computing across a
broad range of ŠKODA AUTO University study programs.
"Under the agreement IBM teams will help develop new technical
skills for students of this private college. Our mission is to
enable students to graduate with direct hands-on experience of
'industrial strength' tools that will help them in their chosen
career. Technology, including AI, is now embedded in every
industry, and college students will need to constantly evolve and
adapt for their future careers as new types of jobs are created,"
says Zuzana Kocmanikova CGM IBM Czech Republic.
"At ŠKODA AUTO University we try to reflect the market
requirements and prepare future graduates for the ever-changing
needs of employers with the new study program Business Economics
and Management Informatics," explains Pavel
Mertlik, rector ŠKODA AUTO University.
The IBM Academic Initiative Program creates new opportunities
for internships, studentships and placements in addition to
promoting improvement amongst ŠKODA AUTO University graduates'
employability through collaboration with a world-leading technology
company.
The key focus of this collaboration is to give students
consultancy, mentoring and tools to build new skills needed in the
digital economy and get real experience from ICT industry. These
skills can make them highly demanded in the job market as ŠKODA
AUTO University graduates can establish, competences and
experiences from real projects. IBM Academic Initiative give
faculties and students access to emerging as well as enterprise
level technologies and related course materials.
"As a global technology company, we see that the labor market is
moving more from a traditional sector to a higher value-added
sector that we are supporting. Working with ŠKODA AUTO University
fits into our long-term strategy, which helps to create the
necessary skills for practical application in applying the latest
technology," adds David Enc, CTO IBM
Czech Republic.
IBM Czech Republic has within the Academic Initiative
longstanding relations with several Czech universities, including
the Czech Technical University in Prague and Brno University of Technology. IBM
has worked with several Czech Universities on vary projects,
including the creation of the IoT Lab, Chatbot Lab and well as
launching of P-Tech Program from September
2019. The Academic Initiative Program is educating students
in AI, Big Data, and Business Analytics to help them learn more
about the latest trends in the IT sector, and support the overall
collaboration between the academic sector and business in the whole
Czech Republic.
About the Skills Gap
In the next three years, as many as 120 million workers in the
world's 12 largest economies may need to be retrained or reskilled
as a result of AI and intelligent automation, according to a new
IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study. In addition, only 41
percent of CEOs surveyed say that they have the people, skills and
resources required to execute their business strategies. The study,
which includes input from more than 5,670 global executives in 48
countries, points to compounding challenges that require a
fundamental shift in how companies meet and manage changing
workforce needs throughout all levels of the enterprise.
About ŠKODA AUTO University
ŠKODA AUTO University was founded in 2000 as the first and the only
company university in the Czech
Republic. Its founder is ŠKODA AUTO, seated in
MladáBoleslav, is one of the most important and most dynamically
evolving companies in the Czech
Republic and one of the largest brands of the Volkswagen
group.
Contact:
Vladislav Doktor
vladislav.doktor1@ibm.com
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