ソフトバンク株式会社は、情報工学や情報科学、統計学などの分野において、AI（人工知能）に関する学修・研究に取り組む大学院1年生を対象に、最大で総額1億円の給付型奨学金プログラム「ソフトバンクAI人材育成スカラーシップ」を、2019年4月から2020年3月まで実施。これに伴い、2018年10月からソフトバンクが指定する大学院に2019年4月時点で1年生として在籍予定の学生を対象に、奨学金受給希望者を募集する。
"Softbank AI Human Resources Development Scholarship" (scholarship name: JEES / Softbank AI Human Resources Development Scholarship) is an era in which the business model and competitive environment of each industry will change drastically with the advent of AI. The purpose is to contribute to the development of "AI human resources" who will be responsible for the development.The donations donated by Softbank to the Japan Educational Exchanges and Services Association (JEES) "Crown Scholarship Project *" will be donated to up to 1 students per year as scholarships of 100 million yen each.Benefit period April 100-March 2019.
The applicants are enrolled in the graduate school designated by Softbank as a first year master's student or a first year master's student as of April 2019, and are engaged in learning and research related to AI in fields such as information engineering, information science, and statistics. Students working on it.As for the recruitment method, JEES will accept applications sequentially from October 4 through the target graduate schools, and the acceptance period for document submission will differ depending on each graduate school.The selection method is document selection, but interviews will be conducted if necessary.
Junichi Miyagawa, CTO (and Vice President and Executive Officer) of SoftBank Corp., said, "Through this scholarship program to support students engaged in AI learning and research, more students will be interested in the field of AI, and that way. I also hope that scholarship students will become a leader in the AI field in an era when AI is changing the way each industry should be. " ..
* JEES is a business that supports students by establishing scholarships bearing the name based on donations from companies, organizations, and individuals.
