LG Accelerates AI Talent Development, Pits Baseball Data Solutions Against Each Other in 9th Aimers Hackathon
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LG held the 'LG Aimers Hackathon' at the LG Inhwa Institute in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, for 2 days and 1 night starting on the 19th, and the event was conducted for 96 finalists in the 9th cohort.
The final challenge was to develop an AI model proposed by LG Sports to predict the success probability of a pro baseball pitcher's command, and the number of applicants for the 9th cohort was 3,393.
LG Aimers is a hands-on training program for young people that began in the second half of 2022, and its cumulative number of participants has exceeded 23,000 through this year.
LG is promoting youth talent development through AI challenges that use real-world industrial data. LG Aimers is a hands-on training program for young people that aims to solve on-site industry problems with AI technology.
LG announced that it held the 'LG Aimers Hackathon' for 2 days and 1 night starting on the 19th at the LG Inhwa Institute in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. A total of 96 people advanced to the final round of the 9th cohort.
The final challenge was to develop an AI model that predicts the success probability of a pro baseball pitcher's command. The number of applicants for the 9th cohort reached 3,393, the most ever, and participants were selected through online training and the hackathon preliminaries.
The 96 finalists advanced through a 34-to-1 competition. LG provided all final-round participants with support funds worth a total of KRW 100 million.
LG Aimers began in the second half of 2022. The program's cumulative number of participants has grown to more than 23,000 through this year.
The final challenge was 'developing an AI model to predict the success probability of a pitcher's command,' proposed by LG Sports. While conventional indicators such as ERA and the walks-to-strikeouts ratio are oriented toward presenting game results, this challenge focused on developing an indicator that predicts the likelihood of command success on the next pitch.
Participants incorporated factors such as the game's advantage or disadvantage, its importance, recent momentum, and pitcher-specific characteristics into their analysis. Based on this, they developed predictive models grounded in game-context analysis. LG Sports proposed the challenge to add young participants' fresh perspectives to existing data-driven decision-making and to uncover new indicators.
After the competition ended, the top 3 teams were selected based on the submitted code, model performance, and oral presentation results. The selected teams received prize money totaling KRW 10 million and the benefit of exemption from document screening when applying for jobs at LG.
This hands-on training was linked to hiring support. On the 20th, the day after the competition, a recruitment fair was held, with 4 affiliates participating: LG AI Research, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, and LG CNS.
On site, human resources managers from each affiliate shared hiring information with participants and provided career counseling. They also offered one-on-one job consulting and mock AI interview lectures. Participants were also guided to register in the LG AI talent pool, and the possibility of being given priority review in future hiring processes was also introduced.
LG's AI talent development is being carried out through LG Aimers, a program for young people. LG Aimers is aimed at young people aged 19 to 29 who have basic AI knowledge and coding skills, and it is held twice a year. The program offers online courses at the level of an AI graduate school, includes hackathons and hiring support, and is free of charge throughout.
LG has expanded its AI talent development efforts to include teenagers. LG and Seoul National University are running the 4th 'LG AI Youth Camp' and are recruiting 100 participants. Applications are open until October 22. The 'LG AI Youth Camp' is an educational program designed to let teenagers experience the process of solving everyday problems with AI.
Selected participants will take part in a 2-night, 3-day training session at Seoul National University in February 2027. They will then carry out a 10-week team project with Seoul National University student mentors through May. Outstanding participants in the domestic program can also take part in a 2-week overseas training course in Silicon Valley, United States, during the summer vacation.
LG's AI talent development aligns with the people-centered technology philosophy emphasized by Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of LG. Koo has said that technology should not be pursued as an end in itself, but rather as a warm tool that designs people's smiles, and that the ultimate goal is people. Accordingly, AI talent development is being promoted in a direction consistent with that people-centered technology philosophy.
LG operates 'LG Discovery Lab' and 'LG AI Youth Camp' for teenagers, 'LG Aimers' for young adults, and 'LG AI Academy' and 'LG AI Graduate School' for employees. It also broadens its AI education framework to teenagers, young adults, employees, and global audiences through the 'AI Ethics MOOC' co-run by LG and UNESCO.
An LG official said that what matters more than a good AI model is identifying what can be transformed by AI. The official added that it is important to understand the nature of data and to view AI as a tool for solving on-site problems. The official also said LG hopes the young hackathon participants will grow another step through this experience.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407174
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