{"id":30518,"date":"2026-05-27T14:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=30518"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:47:43","slug":"free-training-veterans-embedded-development-computer-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/05\/free-training-veterans-embedded-development-computer-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Beetroot Academy offers free training for veterans in Embedded Development and Computer Vision courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beetroot Academy, within the Empower Ukraine project, is opening 10 free spots for veterans across Ukraine. Participants can choose one of two programs: Embedded Development or Computer Vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Embedded Development<\/strong> is an engineering program for technical specialists who want to transition from software development to the full hardware development cycle. Participants will learn microcontrollers, data transmission protocols, RTOS, and circuit design, and will complete the program with a final project and portfolio-ready work. The tech stack includes C\/C++, FreeRTOS, GDB, OpenOCD, UART, SPI, I2C, TCP\/IP, BLE, and LoRa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Computer Vision<\/strong> is a short program designed for technical specialists without an ML background. Over six classes, participants will go from basic image processing to launching their own object detector. The toolkit includes OpenCV, PyTorch, YOLOv8, Roboflow, and ONNX. No prior ML experience is required \u2014 one year of programming experience in any language is sufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both programs are conducted online, allowing veterans from any region of the country to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Participation requirements<\/strong> include veteran status and a technical background. The specific program and study group will be determined individually after the application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEmbedded engineering and computer vision are fields where Ukraine currently has fewer qualified specialists than the market demands. Veterans with a technical foundation can enter this field faster than it may seem. We want to make this step accessible,\u201d comments Andreas Flodstr\u00f6m, CEO of Beetroot Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/beetroot-academy\/\">Beetroot Academy<\/a> is a Swedish-Ukrainian educational organization with 12 years of experience training technical specialists. The Embedded Development and Computer Vision programs are part of the academy\u2019s engineering track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications can be submitted via the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/253366172784364?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">application form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both programs are conducted online, allowing veterans from any region of the country to participate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2337,829],"class_list":["post-30518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-beetroot-academy","tag-veterans","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beetroot Academy offers free training for veterans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Both programs are conducted online, allowing veterans from any region of the country to participate. 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