OpenAI Scholars 2018: Meet our Scholars

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OpenAI announces its first cohort of Scholars in 2018, a program to help experienced software developers transition into machine learning practitioners through self-directed learning.

Our first class of OpenAI Scholars is underway, and you can now follow along as this group of experienced software developers becomes machine learning practitioners.
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# OpenAI Scholars 2018: Meet our Scholars Source: [https://openai.com/index/openai-scholars-2018-meet-our-scholars/](https://openai.com/index/openai-scholars-2018-meet-our-scholars/) OpenAIOur first class of OpenAI Scholars is underway, and you can now follow along as this group of experienced software developers becomes machine learning practitioners\. We selected Scholars with strong technical aptitude, interesting personal stories, and demonstrated self\-starter initiative \- important for a self\-directed program like this one\. They are all entering the field as newcomers, and we hope their progress shows how accessible machine learning is\. After this first round of the Scholars program is complete, we’ll share their final projects, in addition to a case study about the program\. ![Rosh4 Healthbars](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/a7e0ee2d-1e03-4c56-500e96787785/bb8f7c6fc42c6f38762239abf3e4ffb5/Rosh4_healthbars.png?w=3840&q=90&fm=webp) Thanks to AWS for providing compute credits to the scholars\.

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