How to make the most out of machine learning by investing in people and technology

It shouldn't just fall on businesses to address the talent shortage issue – universities have a role to play too. It is encouraging to see that universities are adding more machine learning and data science courses every day, with some making these new disciplines part of core curricula for certain degrees. But it shouldn't stop there – while academia provides students with theoretical training, enterprises can provide insight and experience based on real-world business problems. Businesses should step in by working with universities to help students gain practical, on-the-job experience. One way of doing this is to make work experience a course requirement. Progressive universities make it compulsory for students taking these courses to spend a semester working for a company in a relevant field.