Artificial Intelligence Engineer (AI) - Master's Program

The AI Engineer Master’s Program, in collaboration with IBM, covers the crucial skills you need for a successful career in Artificial Intelligence (AI). As you undertake this Artificial Intelligence program, you’ll master the concepts of Machine Learning and Deep Learning and the internationally-acclaimed programming language Python needed to excel in AI. You will also learn how to design intelligent models and advanced artificial neural networks and leverage predictive analytics to solve real-time problems to take your career in Artificial Intelligence to the next level.

Key Features

• 11 months long live online bootcamp classroom and eLearning (self-paced)
• 1 year access to self-paced learning content
• Certificate of Completion of AI Engineer Program and IBM certificates for IBM courses.
• Core courses delivered in live online classes with 8X higher interaction delivered by experienced trainers and industry experts.
• 3 Capstones (final projects) and 25+ practical projects from different industry domains like Amazon, Walmart, Mercedes Benz, and Uber
• Session about the latest AI trends, such as ChatGPT, generative AI, prompt engineering and much more.
• Exposure to TensorFlow, Keras, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Dall-E and other prominent tools.
• Masterclasses, Exclusive hackathons, and Ask Me Anything sessions held by experts from IBM.
• Complete program helps you get noticed by the best recruitment companies.

Program Outcomes

• Learn about the major applications of Artificial Intelligence across various use cases across various fields like customer service, financial services, healthcare, etc.
• Implement classical Artificial Intelligence techniques such as search algorithms, neural networks, and tracking.
• Gain the ability to apply Artificial Intelligence techniques for problem solving and explain the limitations of current Artificial Intelligence techniques.
• Master the skills and tools used by the most innovative Artificial Intelligence teams across the globe as you delve into specializations, and gain experience solving real-world challenges.
• Design and build your intelligent agents and apply them to create practical Artificial Intelligence projects, including games, Machine Learning models, logic constraint satisfaction problems, knowledge-based systems, probabilistic models, agent decision-making functions, and more.
• Understand the concepts of TensorFlow, its main functions, operations, and the execution pipeline.
• Understand and master the concepts and principles of Machine Learning, including its mathematical and heuristic aspects.
• Master and comprehend advanced topics such as convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, training deep networks, and high level interfaces.
• Learn to deploy deep learning models on Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless environments (cloud).
• Understand the fundamentals of Natural Language Processing using the most popular library, Python’s Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK).

Target Audience

With the demand for Artificial Intelligence in a broad range of industries such as banking and finance, manufacturing, transport and logistics, healthcare, home maintenance, and customer service, the Artificial Intelligence course is well suited for a variety of profiles like:

• Developers aspiring to be an ‘Artificial Intelligence Engineers’ or Machine Learning engineers
• Analytics managers who are leading a team of analysts
• Information architects who want to gain expertise in Artificial Intelligence algorithms
• Graduates looking to build a career in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Learning Path

1. Introduction to AI
2. Data Science with Python
3. Machine Learning
4. Deep Learning with Keras and TensorFlow
5. AI Capstone Project

Elective Courses

• Python for Data Science
• Advanced Deep Learning and Computer Vision
• Natural Language Processing and Speech Recognition
• Industry Masterclass Delivered by IBM

1. Introduction to AI

AVC's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course is designed to help learners decode the mystery of Artificial Intelligence and understand its business applications. The course provides an overview of Artificial Intelligence concepts and workflows, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and performance metrics. You’ll learn the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning—be exposed to use cases, and see how clustering and classification algorithms help identify Artificial Intelligence business applications.

Key Learning Objectives

• Meaning, purpose, scope, stages, applications, and effects of Artificial Intelligence
• Fundamental concepts of Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Difference between supervised, semi-supervised and unsupervised learning
• Machine Learning workflow and how to implement the steps effectively
• The role of performance metrics and how to identify their essential methods

Course Curriculum

• Module 01: Decoding Artificial Intelligence
• Module 02: Fundamentals of Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Module 03: Machine Learning Workflow
• Module 04: Performance Metrics

2. Data Science with Python

This Data Science with Python course will establish your mastery of Data Science and analytics techniques using Python. With this Python for Data Science Course, you’ll learn the essential concepts of Python programming and gain in-depth knowledge in data analytics, Machine Learning, data visualization, web scraping, and natural language processing. Python is required for many Data Science positions, so jump-start your career with this interactive, hands-on course.

Key Learning Objectives

• Gain an in-depth understanding of Data Science processes, data wrangling, data exploration, data visualization, hypothesis building, and testing. You will also learn the basics of statistics
• Install the required Python environment and other auxiliary tools and libraries
• Understand the essential concepts of Python programming, such as data types, tuples, lists, dicts, basic operators, and functions
• Perform high-level mathematical computing using the NumPy package and its vast library of mathematical functions
• Perform scientific and technical computing using the SciPy package and its sub-packages, such as Integrate, Optimize, Statistics, IO, and Weave
• Perform data analysis and manipulation using data structures and tools provided in the Pandas package
• Gain expertise in Machine Learning using the Scikit-Learn package
• Gain an in-depth understanding of supervised learning and unsupervised learning models such as linear regression, logistic regression, clustering, dimensionality reduction, K-NN, and pipeline
• Use the Scikit-Learn package for natural language processing
• Use the matplotlib library of Python for data visualization
• Extract valuable data from websites by performing web scraping using Python
• Integrate Python with Hadoop, Spark, and MapReduce

Course Curriculum

• Lesson 1 - Data Science Overview
• Lesson 2 - Data Analytics Overview
• Lesson 3 - Statistical Analysis and Business Applications
• Lesson 4 - Python Environment Setup and Essentials
• Lesson 5 - Mathematical Computing with Python (NumPy)
• Lesson 6 - Scientific computing with Python (Scipy)
• Lesson 7 - Data Manipulation with Pandas
• Lesson 8 - Machine Learning with Scikit–Learn
• Lesson 9 - Natural Language Processing with Scikit Learn
• Lesson 10 - Data Visualization in Python using Matplotlib
• Lesson 11 - Web Scraping with BeautifulSoup
• Lesson 12 - Python integration with Hadoop MapReduce and Spark

3. Machine Learning

AVC's Machine Learning course will make you an expert in Machine Learning, a form of Artificial Intelligence that automates data analysis to enable computers to learn and adapt through experience to do specific tasks without explicit programming. You will master Machine Learning concepts and techniques, including supervised and unsupervised learning, mathematical and heuristic aspects, and hands-on modeling to develop algorithms and prepare you for your role with advanced Machine Learning knowledge.

Key Learning Objectives

• Master the concepts of supervised and unsupervised learning, recommendation engine, and time series modeling
• Gain practical mastery over principles, algorithms, and applications of Machine Learning through a hands-on approach that includes working on four major end-to-end projects and 25+ hands-on exercises
• Acquire thorough knowledge of the statistical and heuristic aspects of Machine Learning
• Implement models such as support vector machines, kernel SVM, naive Bayes, decision tree classifier, random forest classifier, logistic regression, K-means clustering, and more in Python
• Validate Machine Learning models and decode various accuracy metrics. Improve the final models using another set of optimization algorithms, which include Boosting & Bagging techniques
• Comprehend the theoretical concepts and how they relate to the practical aspects of Machine Learning

Course Curriculum

• Lesson 1: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Lesson 2: Data Preprocessing
• Lesson 3: Supervised Learning
• Lesson 4: Feature Engineering
• Lesson 5: Supervised Learning-Classification
• Lesson 6: Unsupervised learning
• Lesson 7: Time Series Modelling
• Lesson 8: Ensemble Learning
• Lesson 9: Recommender Systems
• Lesson 10: Text Mining

4. Deep Learning with Keras and TensorFlow

This Deep Learning with TensorFlow course by IBM will refine your machine learning knowledge and make you an expert in deep learning using TensorFlow. Master the concepts of deep learning and TensorFlow to build artificial neural networks and traverse layers of data abstraction. This course will help you learn to unlock the power of data and prepare you for new horizons in AI.

Key Learning Objectives

• Understand the difference between linear and non-linear regression
• Comprehend convolutional neural networks and their applications
• Gain familiarity with recurrent neural networks (RNN) and autoencoders
• Learn how to filter with a restricted Boltzmann machine (RBM)

Course Curriculum

• Lesson 1 - Introduction to TensorFlow
• Lesson 2 – Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
• Lesson 3 – Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
• Lesson 4 - Unsupervised Learning
• Lesson 5 - Autoencoders

5. Artificial Intelligence Capstone Project

AVC's Artificial Intelligence Capstone project will allow you to implement the skills you learned in the Masters of Artificial Intelligence. With dedicated mentoring sessions, you’ll know how to solve a real industry-aligned problem. You’ll learn various Artificial Intelligence-based supervised and unsupervised techniques like Regression, SVM, Tree-based algorithms, NLP, etc. The project is the final step in the learning path and will help you to showcase your expertise to employers.

Key Learning Objectives

AVC's online Artificial Intelligence Capstone course will bring you through the Artificial Intelligence decision cycle, including Exploratory Data Analysis, building and fine-tuning a model with cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence-based algorithms, and representing results. The project milestones are as follows:

• Exploratory Data Analysis - In this step, you will apply various data processing techniques to determine the features and correlation between them, transformations required to make the data sense,new features, construction, etc.
• Model Building and fitting - This will be performed using Machine Learning algorithms like regression, multinomial Naïve Bayes, SVM, tree-based algorithms, etc.
• Unsupervised learning - Clustering to group similar transactions/reviews using NLP and related techniques to devise meaningful conclusions.

The Electives:

1. Python for Data Science

Kickstart your Python for Data Science learning with this introductory course, carefully crafted by IBM. Upon completing this course, you can write Python scripts and perform fundamental, hands-on data analysis using the Jupyter-based lab environment.

Key Learning Objectives

• Write your first Python program by implementing concepts of variables, strings, functions, loops, and conditions
• Understand the nuances of lists, sets, dictionaries, conditions, branching, objects, and classes
• Work with data in Python, such as loading, working, and saving data with Pandas, and reading and writing files

Topics Covered

• Python Basics
• Python Data Structures
• Python Programming Fundamentals
• Working with Data in Python
• Working with NumPy Arrays

2. Advanced Deep Learning and Computer Vision

Take the next big step toward advancing your Deep Learning skills with this high-level course. This Advanced Deep Learning and Computer Vision course includes Computer Vision Basics with Python; Advanced Computer Vision with OpenCV 4, Keras, and TensorFlow 2; Computer Vision for OCR and Object Detection; and PyTorch for Deep Learning and Computer Vision to ensure you are prepared for your Deep Learning and computer vision journey.

Key Learning Objectives

• Understand 2D Scaling Transformations, 2D Geometric Transformations, Binary Morphology, Image Filtering, and Shape Detection through Transform
• Implement Object Detection, YOLO, Object Tracking, Motion, 3D Reconstruction, and Smart CCTV Project
• Computer vision with OpenCV, Image Manipulation in OpenCV Operations, Image Segmentation, and ML and DL on computer vision
• Introduction to OCR, Tesseract Image OCR Implementation
• DNN - PyTorch, Linear Regression; PyTorch, Image Recognition; PyTorch, CNN; PyTorch, CIFAR 10 Classification; PyTorch, Transfer Learning - Pytorch

Topics Covered

• Computer Vision Basics with Python
• Advanced Computer Vision with OpenCV 4, Keras, and TensorFlow 2
• Computer Vision for OCR and Object Detection
• PyTorch for Deep Learning and Computer Vision

3. Natural Language Processing and Speech Recognition

This Natural Language Processing and Speech Recognition course will give you a detailed look at the science of applying Machine Learning algorithms to process large amounts of natural language data. This module focuses on natural language understanding, feature engineering, natural language generation, automated speech recognition, speech-to-text conversion, text-to-speech conversion, and voice assistance devices.

Key Learning Objectives

• Understand the concepts, tools, and techniques of NLP
• Learn about natural language understanding and natural language generation
• Perform text mining
• Extract intent and entities
• Understand the vector space model
• Apply vector, matrix, and algebra to data
• Learn about feature engineering
• Understand the syntactic and semantic structure of a sentence
• Hands-on experience with Python libraries
• How to apply Machine Learning and Deep Learning with NLP
• Understand speech and its types
• Perform text-to-speech conversion with automated speech recognition
• Work on voice assistance devices and build Alexa skills

Topics Covered

• Computer Vision Basics with Python
• Advanced Computer Vision with OpenCV 4, Keras, and TensorFlow 2
• Computer Vision for OCR and Object Detection
• PyTorch for Deep Learning and Computer Vision
• Introduction to Natural Language Processing
• Feature Engineering on Text Data
• Natural Language Understanding Techniques
• Natural Language Generation
• Natural Language Processing Libraries
• Natural Language Processing with Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Introduction of Speech Recognition
• Signal Processing and Speech Recognition Models
• Speech-to-Text
• Text-to-Speech
• Voice Assistant Devices

Program Projects

Project 1: Social Media

Using NLP and Machine Learning, build a model to identify inappropriate tweets that should be removed from the Twitter platform to prevent social hate and negativity.

Project 2: E-commerce

The data set provided contains movie reviews given by Amazon customers. Perform data analysis on the Amazon customer movie reviews data set and build a Machine Learning recommendation algorithm that provides ratings for each user.

Project 3: Automobile Manufacturing

Mercedes-Benz wants to reduce the time on its test bench to reduce the time it takes to get a car to the market. Build and optimize the Machine Learning algorithm to solve this problem.

Project 4: Retail

Predict accurate sales for Walmart stores considering the impact of promotional markdown events. Check the effect of macroeconomic factors like CPI and unemployment rate on sales.

Project 5: Telecommunications

Comcast wants to improve customer experience by identifying and acting on problem areas that lower customer satisfaction and is seeking recommendations that can be implemented.

Project 6: E-commerce

Perform data analysis on Amazon consumer reviews of different products based on the data set provided and predict the sentiment or satisfaction based on feature or review text.

Project 7: Finance

The finance Industry is the biggest employer of Data Scientists. It faces constant attacks by fraudsters who try to trick the system. Correctly identifying fraudulent transactions is often a difficult task, but credit card companies must be able to recognize fraudulent credit card transactions. You must try various techniques such as supervised models, oversampling, unsupervised anomaly detection, and heuristics to achieve maximum accuracy in fraud detection.

Project 8: Retail

Demand forecasting is one of the critical tasks in operating and optimizing the retail supply chain. To do so effectively, professionals must understand Data Science and ensemble techniques well. You are required to predict the daily sales for each store for one month.

FAQ

What is the format of the Masters programmes?

The programmes are entirely distance learning. Parts are practical e-learning courses that you can complete when you have time and at your own pace which you can also learn from your mobile phone.

There are also online classroom sessions via our advanced professional distance learning system. We have a range of time slots to choose from and we always record the sessions so you can listen to them if you miss anything or want to review information. There is always someone on hand to help and support you if you have any questions about the skills you are learning.

When can I take the Master's live online courses?

The timing of each course varies for different cohort groups. You will be given access to a dashboard with a number of different time slots for the same session/topic. You decide which date and time works best for you. Some are scheduled for weekday afternoons, while others are scheduled for weekend mornings or evenings. Scheduling is based on factors such as the number of interested participants and the availability of trainers. If you miss a session, you can always watch recordings of that session. You will never miss out!