Training for novices in artificial intelligence: the Institut Montaigne offers its training

15 juin 2021

The Institut Montaigne is developing a training program in French, accessible to all for free on the OpenClassrooms website. Since April 2020, it is possible to train around artificial intelligence: definition, identification of its challenges and opportunities and description of an AI project. The course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about AI.

An initiative of the Institut Montaigne with OpenClassrooms and the Abeona Foundation

In partnership with the Abeona Foundation, an association that defends equity in data science, the Institut Montaigne is conducting a project with the help of OpenClassrooms. The initiative consists in offering training to all citizens in artificial intelligence. Lasting six hours, the training is intended more specifically:

To all citizens, in order to allow them to participate more in the public debate, to become aware of and decide on the impact that this technology will have on their daily lives.
To all professionals in the private sector, to the self-employed, to civil servants, to all those who wish to benefit from the opportunities offered by AI or who see certain AI tools being used in their structure.
To high school and university students, to give them the desire to deepen their learning in this field. A sector that offers several career opportunities.

Named Objectif IA, the initiative is supported by a strategic council, chaired by Philippe Wahl, CEO of La Poste Group, composed of about fifty organizations and personalities: companies, universities, public actors, experts, representatives of society.

How the AI Goal course works

With this training, participants will learn more about what AI really means. They will then understand the challenges of AI in our society and the changes that AI has brought about. Finally, it will be possible to recognize some AI projects thanks to an introduction of the concepts of machine learning and deep learning.

A scientific committee composed this course under the charge of Anna Choury, mathematician and specialist in AI ethics, and Benjamin Ejzenberg, consultant and coach in data science. Members include:

Chloé-Agathe Azencott, researcher at MINES ParisTech
Gilles Babinet, advisor on digital issues at the Institut Montaigne
Pierre-Etienne Bardin, Chief Data Officer of La Poste Group
François Cazals, Professor at HEC Paris
Marc-Antoine Dilhac, Co-Director of the Ethics and Politics axis of the CRÉ at the University of Montreal
Marcin Detyniecki, Head of Research and Development & Group Chief Data Scientist of AXA Group
Florian Douetteau, CEO of Dataiku
Tanya Perelmuter, Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Abeona Foundation
Bruno Sportisse, Chairman and CEO of Inria
Anne-Laure Thieullent, Vice President of AI, Capgemini Group
Laurent Vercouter, LITIS Laboratory EA 4108, INSA Rouen Normandie
Laëtitia Vitaud, author on the future of work and president of Cadre Noir