Learning and Red River College have always gone hand in hand. The difference in today’s environment is that students and machines are often learning at the same time.

恰当的例子：红河学院将于今年秋天推出两门新课程，两者都涉及人工智能 —（2018 年 10 月 16 日至 12 月 18 日）和（2019 年 1 月 8 日至 3 月 19 日）。 RRC 应用计算机教育 (ACE) 部门主席 Haider Al-Saidi 表示，这些新增内容是为了满足巨大的行业需求和广泛的商业应用。

“Machine learning has become an integral part of countless industries,” says Al-Saidi. “从游戏开发到营销，从空中交通管制到自动驾驶汽车以及介于两者之间的一切，我们要求机器分析大量数据并根据这些信息做出决策。了解这些系统的工作原理不再是一种奢侈，而是一种必需。”

新的 Python Essentials 课程将作为使用 Python 进行机器学习的先决条件进行，两门课程的时长均为 40 小时。

In Python Essentials, students will learn the fundamentals of the Python scripting language, with both individual and group projects designed to provide the building blocks they need to build their skills within the system and to understand its real-world applications.

“Python is incredibly user-friendly and is quickly becoming the language of choice for the industry,” says Al-Saidi. “此外，作为一个针对速度进行了优化的开源平台，Python 的可访问性和性能使其在很短的时间内成为最常见的编码语言之一。”

完成 Python Essentials 后，学生可以在新的一年继续使用 Python 进行机器学习，在那里他们将学习使用 Python 作为编程工具的机器学习的主要概念。 Here they will become familiar with manipulating and reshaping datasets so they can be effectively used by computers in predicting outcomes.

尽管我们可能并不总是意识到这一点，但 Al-Saidi 表示，此类实时计算每天都在我们周围发生。并且应用程序只会从这里开始增长。

“It’s impossible to understate how important the field of machine learning is in today’s business environment and how far the industry will go,” he says. “Transportation, health care, entertainment, financial services, government… the list of industries where machine learning continues to grow goes on and on. At ACE, our job is to ensure our students are well prepared for both today’s and tomorrow’s technology, and these new courses will go a long way to achieving that.”