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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 2 JUNE 2019
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Calendar of Events
JUNE – AUGUST 2019
AI Solutions in the Cloud
June 6
The UWI St Augustine
The Faculty of Engineering, in collaboration with Google, hosts the Google
Cloud’s Artificial Intelligence Solutionsworkshop. Thisworkshopwhich takes
place on June 6 from9.30am to 12.30pm at Lecture Theatre 1, Ground Floor,
Block 13, Max Richards Building, Faculty of Engineering. Hear fromGoogle’s
engineers about Google’s Firebase as well as an intro to how Google does
Machine Learning with an emphasis on Google Cloud. There will also be
three sessions about life and jobs at Google, as well as a recruiter and the
Global Practice Lead for Machine Learning.
For more information, please visit the Campus Notices and
Announcements page at
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Towards Sustainable Manufacturing in Trinidad
June 27
The UWI St Augustine
The UWI Open Lectures Committee invites you to attend the Professorial
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Boppana Chowdary on the topic, Innovation
and Entrepreneurship in Manufacturing Engineering: Towards Sustainable
Manufacturing inTrinidad. The lecture takes place at 6pmat LectureTheatre
1, Ground Floor, Block 13, Max Richards Building, Faculty of Engineering.
To RSVP please email
or call 662-2002 ext. 83996/85012.
DCIT Boot Camp
July 8 to 12
The UWI St Augustine
Intro to R and SPSS Short Courses
August
The UWI St Augustine
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science and
Technology (FST) will be offering Short Courses on Introduction to R and
SPSS (Beginner and Intermediate Levels) throughout August.
• SPSS Beginner | August 5 to 9 | 5 to 8pm
• SPSS Intermediate | August 12 to 15 | 5 to 8pm
• R Beginner | August 19 to 23 | 5 to 8pm
• R Intermediate | August 26 to 30 | 5 to 8pm
A certificate of participation will be awarded upon completion of course/s.
Each course costs $1,500. Enjoy the special price of two courses for $2,500.
For more information, please call 662-2002 ext. 83553, 83641
or email:
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Food Safety Public Forum
June 7
The UWI St Augustine
The Department of Food Production, Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA)
joins the international community in commemoration ofWorld Food Safety
Day with a Public Forum on Food Safety Awareness with featured speaker,
Dr Lisa Harrynanan, National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Specialist.
Find out how to reduce the spread of food-borne illnesses and how we
can improve our food safety on June 7 from 5.30 to 7pm at the Sir Frank
Stockdale Building.
For more information, please contact Arlette Antoine or Dr. Mark
Wuddivira at 662-2002 exts. 82267 or 82089.
Entrepreneurship 101
June 15
The UWI St Augustine
The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS), Department of Management Studies,
Entrepreneurship Unit invites new and developing entrepreneurs to
participate in the Entrepreneurship 101 workshop. This one-day workshop
will be held on June 15 from 9am to 3pm at the Institute of Critical Thinking.
The workshop will focus on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
Participants will gain understanding about the entrepreneurship process,
improve their business planning skills and develop strategies to successfully
take an idea to the market.
The registration fee is $150. All participants will be able to:
• Access one free hour of one-on-one business start-up mentorship from
the Entrepreneurship Unit.
• Receive a Certificate of Training in Entrepreneurship from the
Department of Management Studies.
For more information, please email
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Secondary school students from Form 4 to 6 and undergraduate students
are invited to check out the 5th Annual Department of Computing and
Information Technology’s (DCIT) Boot Camp. Learn about robot car and
python programming, web design andmuchmore from faculty and student
experts. Applications are open for interested students to apply for the camp
taking place from July 8 to 12 from 9am to 4pm at DCIT, Computer Science
Lab. The cost is $1,299. The application deadline is June 18.
For more information, please visit their website:
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