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AWS DeepRacer provides a simple way to learn RL, experiment with new RL algorithms and simulation-to-real domain transfer methods, and experience RL in the real world.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how to train autonomous vehicles through hands-on experience with reinforcement learning (a subset of Machine Learning).<\/li>\n<li>Build models in Amazon SageMaker and train, test, and iterate quickly and easily on the track in the AWS DeepRacer 3D racing simulator.<\/li>\n<li>AWS DeepRacer is the fastest way to get rolling with reinforcement learning (RL) with a fully autonomous 1\/18th scale race car driven by reinforcement learning, 3D racing simulator, and a global racing league. Learners can train, evaluate, and tune RL models in the online simulator, deploy their models onto AWS DeepRacer for a real-world autonomous experience<\/li>\n<li><b>RACE!\u00a0<\/b>Load your model into DeepRacer and compete with your peers to see whose model can make the fastest lap around a DeepRacer track!!!<\/li>\n<li>Following your event, your AWS representative will help guide you on next steps in your ML journey. Discover ML solutions to meet your business challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><b>No formal AI or M\/L background needed! Just bring your laptop<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Saturday, September 20th, 2025<\/div>\n<div>8:30AM &#8211; 2PM<\/div>\n<div>Plant Sciences Seminar Space<\/div>\n<div>Attire: Relaxed and Casual (ready for fun)<\/div>\n<div>Event Contact: Jevon Smith<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Register Here<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/go.ncsu.edu\/aws-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/go.ncsu.edu\/aws-event&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755884305106000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Bg2Z80yt86ATAoThEh72n\">go.ncsu.edu\/aws-event<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come race with AWS DeepRacer at NC State University and learn all about autonomous driving technology!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3114,"featured_media":79642,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[242,188,102,241],"class_list":["post-79641","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community","tribe_events_cat-education","tribe_events_cat-research","tribe_events_cat-training","cat_community","cat_education","cat_research","cat_training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/79641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/79641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79646,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/79641\/revisions\/79646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79641"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=79641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}