Nielsen is providing volunteer support and continued sponsorship of AI4ALL, a nonprofit focused on opening doors to artificial intelligence (AI) for underrepresented talent through education and mentorship.
今年夏天，尼尔森与 AI4ALL 合作，为其大学通路项目的学生推出了首届 "Data Jam "活动。数据演习为学生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们在与现实生活中的数据专业人士交流和学习的同时，磨练自己的数据可视化技能。十位尼尔森数据科学家自愿贡献出他们的时间和专业知识，向 AI4ALL 的学生介绍数据分析和可视化的最佳实践，并指导学生使用尼尔森提供的数据集开发可视化。在现场活动中，学生们向尼尔森的志愿者评委展示了他们的数据可视化作品。获胜的学生团队将获得尼尔森数据科学家一对一的指导支持。
"为 Data Jam 做志愿者是一次令人难以置信的经历。我有机会指导学生，回答与职业相关的问题，并分享我在数据科学行业的经验，"尼尔森数据科学总监水口玛丽（Mari Mizoguchi）说。"作为我们志愿业务资源小组 Cares 的地方领导，我知道像这样的机会对于培养该领域更加多元化和包容的后代人才有多么重要。
自 2019 年以来，尼尔森一直赞助 AI4ALL 的教育项目，通过教育和指导，帮助培养来自历史上被排斥群体的人才，使其成为人工智能行业的道德领袖，确保人工智能能够造福所有人。通过持续支持学生项目和 Data Jam 等志愿服务机会，尼尔森很荣幸能够帮助 AI4ALL 的不同学生和校友在人工智能领域追求有影响力的职业生涯。
"AI4ALL负责发展的副总裁Rockelle Morris表示："像尼尔森这样愿意卷起袖子参与进来的合作伙伴，对于AI4ALL为历史上代表性不足的年轻人在人工智能领域从事充实的职业做好准备的工作来说，是非常宝贵的。"我们期待继续与尼尔森开展有意义的合作，真正推动新人才进入人工智能领域的可能性。
The Data Jam is built on past data sharing and volunteer efforts between Nielsen and AI4ALL. In 2021, Nielsen’s summer interns organized a conference for high school students in AI4ALL’s programs to learn about the skills and practices important to securing internships in data science and related fields. And in 2020, volunteer data scientists used Nielsen’s audience measurement data to develop a student lesson about cleaning, displaying and making predictions from a dataset. The lesson is part of AI4ALL’s free high school curriculum offering, which is available online and at no cost for educators on AI4ALL’s website.
This relationship is part of Nielsen’s Data for Good program, which involves the pro bono donation of Nielsen data, solutions and talent to nonprofit organizations to make a positive impact, especially in causes related to representation and inclusion. This year, Nielsen committed to a new goal to contribute $30 million in total in-kind value by the end of 2024 in pro bono data donations, public reports and other support for organizations and topics that are powering a better media future for all people.
