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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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UI-licious gets $1.5M led by Monk’s Hill Ventures to simplify automated UI testing for web apps

TechCrunch

Founded in 2016 by Shi Ling Tai and Eugene Cheah, UI-licious serves companies of all sizes, and its current clients include Daimler, Jones Lang LaSalle and tech recruitment platform Glints. The problem is that most software testers are not trained programmers, sometimes they may be the marketing or sales team that owns the project.

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D&I lessons to learn from top global organizations

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

This is because those algorithms are trained on data that features primarily white faces. Google offers inclusive design and engineering training as part of its onboarding curriculum for new tech hires on its New York and Mountain View campuses. All employees of Google residing anywhere in the world can participate in it. .

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Responsible AI: Ways to Avoid the Dark Side of AI Use

Altexsoft

On March 23, 2016, Microsoft released its AI-based chatbot Tay via Twitter. The bot was trained to generate its responses based on interactions with users. To prevent the potential negative outcomes, companies must regulate their artificial intelligence programming and set a clear governance framework in advance. Remember Tay?

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How to Boost Teacher Retention and Student Success

PowerSchool

According to the Learning Policy Institute (2016) , more than 200,000 teachers leave the classroom annually. For an urban district, the cost to replace one teacher could exceed $20,000 including costs associated with separation, recruitment, and training of a replacement ( Learning Policy Institute 2017 ).

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Cloudera’s Diversity & Inclusion Efforts Recognized by Watermark and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation

Cloudera

Building on that foundation, in 2016 we formally established a cross-functional Diversity and Inclusion Council to drive our vision: “A Cloudera that reflects the diversity of our communities and fosters an environment where everyone feels that they can be themselves.”. Impact Award from Watermark.

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Rethinking the IT talent pipeline

CIO

After stints as a call center representative and claims adjuster, Merola got wind of the HartCode Academy, an internal program designed to help nontechnical employees make the leap into software development. The goal is for staffers to complete 40 hours of training annually, and about 70% to 80% of IT staffers have complied, Soni says.