Big Data Summit 2020 | AWS DEEPRACER LEAGUE
Channel: Illinois Research Park
Date: 22/12/2020

AWS DeepRacer vehicle, is a 1/18th scale race car that is fully autonomous and equipped with a camera. It also can be upgraded with a second camera and a LiDAR sensor. By training the car virtually using reinforcement learning and customizing a reward function, it learns to drive around a virtual or physical track by itself.

Dr. Jarai Carter is a Data Scientist at the John Deere Technology Innovation Center (JDTIC) in Research Park, where she works on a variety of data science projects and explores new technologies in areas such as big data, social network analysis, and machine learning. She is a technical mentor for interns at JDTIC, providing guidance on data science topics and data-focused careers. She is also adjunct faculty at Columbia University in its Applied Analytics Master’s Degree program, and a volunteer researcher at San Diego State University for social media analysis of Twitter in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To learn more about the Big Data Summit, visit: https://researchpark.illinois.edu/events/big-data/