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Education for an AI research path?

I am a freshman at UT dallas and I am majoring in software engineering. My goal is to work in AI and artificial engineering in the future. Is the path I'm on right now good for the field I want to get into in the future, or should I change my major? Also do you have any advice on how to look for internships and research opportunities? #engineering #artificialintelligence #artificialengineering #AI #technology

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Hassan’s Answer

You're in the right major and if you look at your JR/SR level Application Domains https://catalog.utdallas.edu/2020/undergraduate/programs/ecs/software-engineering options there's one for AI. AI and Cognitive Modeling: 9 semester credit hours; take 3 of 5
CS 4314 Intelligent Systems Analysis
CS 4315 Intelligent Systems Design
CS 4365 Artificial Intelligence
CS 4375 Introduction to Machine Learning
CS 4395 Human Language Technologies

You could also look at the course schedules for last Spring, Summer, as well as this Fall to see what AI classes are offered. Contact those professors for guidance on research opportunities and Internships. Start making connections with all the AI faculty and you may find opportunities before other folks do.

Look at AI job listings online to see what skills, program languages, and tools they're looking for. Then plan your CS electives around those.
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Praful’s Answer

i think you are in right path - software engineering is base of AI
Python, Tensorflow, Deep Learning are subset of AI
In free time try to do small small projects on these concepts- you will find lots of resources on Coursera/Udacity/Youtube etc.

All the Best Luck
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Mickael’s Answer

Hi Rachel,

You are on the right path. Computer Science or Software Engineering is the right path for Artificial Intelligence. Depending on what you want to do, you might want to take some mathematic lessons as well, especially linear calculus because a lot of machine learning model rely on those theories. If you simply want to use existing libraries to implement Artificial Intelligence, then mathematic is not needed.
If what you would like to do is data mining, then data analytics training might be a plus.

Again, all those additional trainings are a plus. Computer Science/Software Engineering is the primary path.
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Aishwarya’s Answer

Hi I think you are on the right track. For you to start your career in AI the base knowledge you need is deep understanding in programming language, mathematics, algorithms. Along with your study try to focus on the AI try to find some open source project. Connect with professional who are working already in this field talk to them get some insights,. This will help you get the real world knowledge. I hope I answered your question.
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