Employment og Graduates of Educational Programs in the Field of Artificial Intelligence

  Training personnel for the development of artificial intelligence technologies is one of the strategic tasks facing Russian universities.  This article aims to analyze the employment of graduates from Russian universities in educational programs related to artificial intelligence.  The study tests the hypothesis about the influence of university status on the Alliance ranking in the field of AI and the presence of specialized educational programs in AI at the university on the effectiveness of graduate employment in these programs.  The study is based on the monitoring of universities implementing educational programs in the field of artificial intelligence (n = 191).  As part of the analysis of the employment of graduates with competencies in the field of artificial intelligence, the specifics of their distribution among employment channels were determined. The authors identified key universities in terms of the effectiveness of training AI personnel, the amount of wages, and the most popular positions in employment. Based on the comparison of the employment rates of university graduates, as well as alternative sources of AI personnel training (self-education and professional retraining) with the indicators of personnel needs in the field of artificial intelligence, a conclusion was made about the provision of this need by 43.9 %. The obtained data allow us to conclude that universities have successfully implemented the Russian Government’s order to increase the volume of training of AI specialists.  The value of the article lies in the presentation of unique factual materials that, for the first time, describe the employment of university graduates in the field of AI.  In particular, the article details the losses of human resources in the AI field on the way from the admission of applicants to universities to the direct employment of graduates. The target audience of the article is researchers, experts, analysts, employees, and managers of universities, as well as government representatives involved in the process of developing artificial intelligence in Russia.