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Description
Diversity & Inclusivity
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Kentucky (UK) proposes to
host the second year of AMLI Bootcamp. The efforts will be led by Assistant Professor Corey E.
Baker. As a selected campus, UK will provide state-of-the-art training facilities along with a rich
and diverse learning environment for the 18 visiting students. In particular, the AMLI students
will have full access to Professor Baker as well as the underrepresented minority doctoral
students in his research lab. In addition, in terms of underrepresentation at the doctoral level,
the Department of Computer Science is made up 20% women (slightly under the 22% national
average), 6.7% Black or African American (significantly above the 1.5% national average), and
2.7% Hispanic or Latino (slightly above the 1.9% national average). The inclusive environment
the AMLI students will be trained in is imperative to acclimating them to the rigorous Google
Education open-source machine learning material.
Student Recruitment
To attract the cohort of AMLI students for the summer of 2022, Professor Baker will
leverage his recruiting and planning experience along with any provided resources from
NACME and Google. To find students, we will leverage our contacts with various college of
engineering and computer science departments in the state of Kentucky. In addition, we will
encourage students to apply through UK’s College of Engineering social media, reach out to
underrepresented organizations and list-serves, as well as to relevant colleagues and contacts.
Students will receive standard information via amli.engr.uky.edu which will provide links to
NACME’s application system. The goal is to have approximately 12 students currently attending
a four year college in the state of Kentucky and 12 students from other institutions.
Facilities
The AMLI will be held June 6, 2022 - July 29, 2022 in the LEED Gold Certified Davis
Marksbury Building (Department of Computer Science) and when needed in the Ralph G.
Anderson Building (College of Engineering). The students will be staying in newly renovated
dorms that are located on UK’s main campus. The dorms are two (2) bedroom suites with a
private bedroom, semi-private bathroom, full XL beds, kitchenette, mini refrigerator and freezer,
and a microwave. The university is located within walking distance of downtown Lexington, and
students will receive breakfast, lunch, and dinner access to our brand newly opened (2018)
Champions Kitchen which is located in our new (2018) student center.
Teacher Recruitment
The teaching of the material will be conducted by Professor Baker along with two other
faculty or post-docs from various Computer Science or Engineering departments. In addition,
the program will have at least 4 teaching assistants. The goal is to attract faculty and teaching
assistants who are from underrepresented backgrounds to demonstrate to the AMLI students
that there are people who look like them in the field. A major hurdle in the recruiting process is
attracting competent teachers who fit the aforementioned criteria who can successfully engage
the AMLI students; particularly in a time where graduate students with machine learning
backgrounds are typically offered well compensated summer internship offers or are bound to
Applied Machine Learning Intensive (AMLI) at the University of Kentucky
their doctoral research on their respective campuses for the summer. To circumvent the
aforementioned issues, we propose to:
? Offer faculty comparable salaries with typical faculty summer salary for the allotted
amount of time spent teaching and preparing lectures
? Offer TA’s a comparable amount of salary to their typical summer pay
? Cover round-trip travel for the faculty and graduate teaching assistants
? To further attract strong TA’s along with convincing their research advisors to allow them
to participate
Proposed Program Structure
Students in the AMLI program will be in class for 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. In weeks
3-8 of the curriculum, the AMLI student groups will have their team project idea guided by a
graduate teaching assistant and supervised by a faculty member conducting ML based
research. In addition, students will earn 8-week summer university credit that they can transfer
to their respective universities. For at least four of the weekends during the AMLI program,
students UK will use the AMLI provided funds for students to have recreational team building
activities such as bowling, laser tag, and visiting local Kentucky sites. The recreational team
building is essential since students will be visiting from all over the country and will help bring
the students together as a cohort. On other days/weekends students will be encouraged to
attend events in walking distance such as: Central Bank Thursday Night Live, DowntownLEX
Together, Music in the Park, Free Concerts, and much more.
Budgeting and Allocation of NACME AMLI Funds
? UK will use AMLI provided funds to provide (~$4,800) to students in the form of a stipend
or scholarship
? UK will use AMLI provided funds to cover relocation and lodging of the AMLI students
? UK will use AMLI provided funds to cover admission, tuition, and cover fees while the
AMLI students are on campus
? Course credits for students can range from 3-6 credit hours offered for
completing the AMLI course
? Current undergraduate students at four year universities will be charged at in
in-state rate for tuition, regardless of state residency
? UK will not use any of the funds to cover indirect or overhead costs
? UK will use AMLI provided funds to cover participating faculty and staff salaries, travel,
and lodging when teaching AMLI courses
? UK will use AMLI provided funds to pay for Teaching Assistants along with relocation
fees if needed
? UK will use AMLI provided funds to pay for recreational team building activities related to
the program
? UK will use AMLI provided funds to pay for supplies, snacks, and drinks (water, tea,
coffee, etc.) during the program
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 6/5/22 → 11/30/22 |
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