Sharpen your Cloud Skills with Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Learn

Sharpen your Cloud Skills with Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Learn

by | Jan 27, 2021 | Technology

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Discover the best practices of implementing Cloud Skills into your courses and learning resource with Lee Stott and Dr Majd Sakr, Carnegie Mellon University



 

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Date: February 15, 2021


Time: 12:30 PM – 02:00 PM (Pacific) 3.30 PM EST 8.30 GMT


Location: Global


Format: Livestream


Topic: Cloud Development
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Hands-on large projects that are immersive students in real-world scenarios which utilize data, infrastructure, and cost management of cloud resources are key learning scenario. Students learn at much faster rate by undertaking Project Based Learning and this method of teaching has several pedagogical benefits. Microsoft Engineers, Data Scientists and Cloud Advocates have been working with the Carnegie Mellon University to further the development of these technologies and further the application of these processes in the academic world.  The collaboration has resulted in the Carnegie Mellon University offering dedicated courses on Cloud Developer and Cloud Administration which has led to the development of several Learning Paths on Microsoft Learn. With the growing interest and need for skilled individuals in cloud, data science and ML/AI, the session will share how Carnegie Mellon can successfully scale an effective training technique to reach a large and wide audience.


 


Speakers Bios


 

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Dr Majd Sakr


 


Teaching Professor, Computer Science Department, School of Computer Science


Carnegie Mellon University


 


Majd F. Sakr is a Teaching Professor in the Computer Science Department within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the co-director of the Master of Computational Data Science (MCDS) Program at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon. From 2007-2013, Majd was a Computer Science faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ), where he also held the positions of Assistant Dean for Research and Coordinator of the Computer Science Program. Majd has extensive teaching experience and number of research publications in relation to the teaching of project-based online courses in cloud computing with over a decade of experience in this field. Majd is presently leading the development of the Sail() Platform at Carnegie Mellon University which focuses on workforce training in cloud, data science and ML/AI.


https://www.cmu.edu/ 


 

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Lee Stott
Principal Program Manager, Cloud and AI


 


Lee Stott is a Principal Program Manager within the Academic Ecosystems team which sits in the Microsoft Cloud + AI organization. Lee’s focus is on our global strategy for academic faculty engagements and student developers leading cross Microsoft engineering initiatives around new products, services and learning resources.


 


http://aka.ms/faculty
@lee_stott

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