EUI signs an agreement with Teradata

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Prof. Reem Bahgat, President of Egypt University of Informatics (EUI),
appreciated the agreement signed with Teradata Egypt to cooperate in the
preparation and development of an integrated training curriculum for the
university’s students in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science,
with a focus on practical and industrial experience, as well as enabling
university members and students to access the educational platform of
Teradata International, which contains many educational sources specialized
in the fields of Data Analysis, as well as a large amount of data on the
company’s platform.

The President of EUI explained that the agreement would use the 3-year
“Teradata Vantage License” program to develop and use students’ skills in
their projects and organize competitions among students, as well as the
involvement of both sides in the development of a training curriculum for
university students in the fields of Artificial intelligence and Data Science, with
a focus on practical and industrial experience, lectures will also be held
annually for technical personalities in Teradata’s senior management,
attended by university members and students.

Prof. Reem Bahgat added that the agreement’s training programs include a
range of knowledge and skills relevant to big data and analysis, including;

fundamentals of artificial intelligence, the life cycle of data (extraction,
conversion, and integration), data standardization, the fundamentals of data
representation and perception, data understanding tools and use situations in
the industry.

For his part, Richard Betley, Executive Vice President of Teradata, Europe,
Middle East, and Africa, expressed the company’s aspiration to be present in
Egypt. He commended Egypt’s development in all sectors, including university
education, and efforts to create a supportive climate for attracting foreign
investment. He also praised the vision of the Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology to build a digital Egypt and its plans for the
development of telecommunications infrastructure and data handling.

The Executive Vice President of Teradata confirmed the company’s interest in
benefiting from the professionalism of Egyptian youth in the company’s
projects in Egypt and cooperation with Egypt University of Informatics,
especially in the areas of Technology Management and Business Technology.

Egypt University of Informatics is the first specialized university in the Middle
East and Africa in the fields of Communications, information technology, and
its affected areas. The Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology established EUI in cooperation with the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research to become a leading academic institution
offering specialized educational programs to meet the need of the labor
market from specialists in the latest fields of information and communications
technology.