TheGraduateCertificateinArtificialIntelligenceisacutting-edge,full-spectrumAIprogramthatcoversArtificialIntelligencefromthehardware-intensiveroboticssidetothedata/machinelearning-centricsoftwaresideinahighlyintegratedcurriculum.
Theroboticsportionoftheprogramcoversboththehardwareandelectronicsofroboticsandsoftwareapplicationssuchasmachinelearning,naturallanguageprocessing,anddeeplearning.Roboticslabsarepervasivethroughouttheroboticscoursesandincludecontinualhands-onrobotbuildingfrombasicelectronicstofullysoftware-integratedroboticsystems.
ThedatascienceandmachinelearningportionoftheprogramutilizesthelatestsoftwaretoolstoanalyzeanddevelopcomprehensiveAIsolutionsonawidevarietyoftopicsrangingfrommedicineandsciencetobusinessandsocialmediaapplications.Asawhole,theAIcertificatepreparesstudentstoenterintotheAIfieldinanyscientific,business,orresearch-baseddomainwiththeskillsnecessarytobecomeanAIexpertinthatfield.
Allcoursesinthecertificateprogramarereviewedonaquarterlybasistoensurethatallmaterialtaughtiscurrent,relevant,andcutting-edge.Allindustry-relevanttoolsutilizedintheprogramarealsoreviewedandupdatedregularlytoensurethatstudentsarejob-readywhentheycompletetheprogram.
At-a-glanceinformationaboutthiscourseforyourconvenience:
OurprogramcoverstheentireAIspectrumfromhardware(robotics)throughsoftware(data-science).
OurgraduatecertprogramintegratesmachineanddeeplearningthroughouttheAIspectrum.
StudentswillutilizethelatestsetofAItoolsandproductsonthemarketinthisprogram.
Ourcurriculumisupdatedonaquarterlybasisensuringthecontentiscutting-edgeanduptoparwithwhatiscurrentlygoingonintheindustry.
Ourprogramishighlyhands-onwithfrequentlabsandactivitiesincludingrobotbuilding.
Allcoursescoverbasictopicssothatanyonecandowellintheprogram,evenwithoutanAIorcomputersciencebackground.
Engageinhands-onlabsdesignedtoprovidedirect,experientiallearningofAIandMachineLearningtools.
Participateinfieldtripstolocaltechnologycompanies,immersingyouinreal-worldapplicationsofAIandMachineLearning.
Delveintotraditionalgraduate-levelacademicswithaspecialfocusonartificialintelligenceandmachinelearningtheories.
Contributetothefieldwithsignificantresearchandwritingprojects,fosteringcriticalthinkinginAI&MachineLearning.
EnhanceyourprofessionalnetworkbyinteractingwithgraduatestudentsinthetechhubsofSiliconValleyandSouthernCalifornia.
Gainpracticalexperienceincomputerprogramdevelopment,avitalskillintheAIandMachineLearningindustry.
Learnmoreabouttheinstructorforthisprogram:
Dr.Dulohasextensiveexperienceinthefieldofaerospacesoftwaresafetyengineeringandaviationcybersecurityandisanexpertindronesystemsengineeringanddrone/aviationlaw.SheretiredfromtheDepartmentofDefenseasacomputerscientistandmathematicianwith34yearsofcombinedactivedutyandcivilianservice.ShewritesextensivelyintheareaofAviationandDroneLawfortheAmericanBarAssociationandwrotetheseminalDroneLawbookfortheABAwhichcontinuestobeanauthoritativelegalreference.
OurprogramsupportsstudentstoAIEcertification.TheArtificialIntelligenceEngineercertificationisfoundedontheinternationalAMDEXknowledgeframeworkforcareeraspirantsinAI.
ToreceiveaGraduateCertificateinArtificialIntelligence,studentsmustsuccessfullycompleteaminimumof18units.Thefollowingarespecificrequiredcourses.
Thiscoursecoversthevariouselementsofmathematics,statistics,datastructures,databases,andcomputerscience,andhowtheyworktogethertoprovidetheoptimalanalysisofdata.Thebasictechniquesofdatascience,algorithmsfordatamining,andbasicstatisticalmodelingarecorecompetenciesthatwillbestudiedindepth.Datascienceleveragesallavailableandrelevantdatatoeffectivelyprovideapredictivemodelthatcanbeappliedtorealworldbusiness,engineering,andscientificproblems.Amajorgoalofdatascienceistomakeiteasierforotherstofindandcoalescedatawithgreaterease.Datasciencetechnologiesimpacthowdatascientistsaccessdataandconductresearchacrossvariousdomains,includingthebiologicalsciences,medicalinformatics,socialsciences,andthehumanities.
Thiscoursecoversthefoundationsofartificialintelligenceasaholisticdiscipline.Artificialintelligence(AI)istheintelligenceexhibitedbymachinesorsoftware.Artificialintelligencecoversthemanyaspectsofhowhumanintelligenceisencodedincomputerprogramsandmechanismssuchasrobots.Thiscourseintroducesthefoundationofsimulatingorcreatingintelligencefromacomputationalpointofview.Itallowsthestudentstogaingenericproblem-solvingskillsthathaveapplicabilitytoawiderangeofreal-worldcomplexproblems.Itcoversthetechniquesofreduction,reasoning,problemsolving,search,knowledgerepresentation,andmachinelearning.Italsocoverscomputationalcomplexityandissuesarisingatthejunctionbetweenbiologicalandartificialintelligence.
Machinelearningisacomplexyetafast-movingfieldwithmanyrealworldcommercialapplications.Thegoalofmachinelearningistobuildcomputermodelsthatcanproduceusefulinformationwhethertheyarepredictions,associations,orclassifications.Theultimategoalformanymachine-learningresearchersistobuildcomputingsystemsthatcanautomaticallyadaptandlearnfromtheirexperience.Thiscoursewillstudythetheoryandpracticalalgorithms,basicconceptsandparadigms,keytechniques,challenges,andtricksofmachinelearning.Italsocoversexamplesofhowmachinelearningisused/appliedtodayintherealworld,andexposesstudentstotheconstructionanduseofmachinelearningalgorithms.Thiscoursediscussesrecentapplicationsofmachinelearning,suchasroboticcontrol,speechrecognition,facerecognition,datamining,autonomousnavigation,bioinformatics,andtextandwebdataprocessing.Italsofusesmachinelearningwithotherareasofartificialintelligenceandrobotics.
Thiscourseexploresthecomputationalprocessesandartificialintelligencebasisofrobotics.Theintegrationofsoftwareandhardwaresystemswillbeemphasizedthroughpropercomputationalparadigmssuchasalgorithms,automata,searchstructures,anddatamanipulationinreal-timereactivesystems.Coverageofelectronicsandelectronicinterfaceswillprovideasolidfoundationonwhichtobaseartificialintelligencestructures.Theuseofsensorsandmotors,ascontrolledbysoftwarewillbecoveredinadditiontotheuseofembeddedandmechanicalsoftwaredrivensystems.Aspecialemphasisshallbeplacedonrobotautonomyandlearningthroughthepreciseuseofcomputeralgorithmsanddatastructures.Robotsensing,analyzing,vision,andlocomotionthroughcomputationalstructureswillalsobecovered.
Thiscoursewillprovideanadvancedstudyofthelatestresearchandapplicationsinartificialintelligence,machinelearning,robotics,andthedatascienceusedintheirapplications.ItwillsurveycomplexandrelevantissuesandwillprovidestudentswithaholisticlookintotheadvancedconceptsofAI,whichfusetogethermanyareasofcomputerscience,mathematics,andengineering.ThecourseconcludeswithacomprehensiveresearchpaperthatcoversnewandemergingareasofthefieldsofAI,machinelearning,androbotics.
Thiscoursecoversadvancedroboticscomputingareassuchasroboticsprogrammingandrobotoperatingsystems.Itappliestheconceptsofartificialintelligenceandmachinelearningwithelectricalandmechanicalstructurestoproducefunctioningrobotsthatarelogicallyandstructurallysoundinbothhardwareandsoftware.Thecourseishands-onandrobotswillbeconstructedandprogrammedtoperformvariouscomputationallycomplextasksincludingnavigation,sensing,effectingandactuating.Thecourseconcludeswiththeconstructionofarobotthatisthoroughlyanalyzedandtested.
Studentswithanundergraduatedegreeorhigherwhowishtohaveagraduate-levelcredentialinaspecializedarea.ThisprogramisalsoperfectforcareerprofessionalswithatleastanundergraduateleveldegreewhoneedsadvancedknowledgeinoneofthespecializedareasoracareerprofessionalwhohasaMaster’sdegreebutneedsandwantscutting-edgeknowledgeinanareaofspecialization.Individualswhowantanadditionalcredentialfortheirresumeforapromotionornewjob,studentswithaMaster’sdegreewhowantspreparationforadoctoralprograminthatareaofspecializationorsomeonewithatleastanundergraduatedegreewhowantstogetintotheareaofcomputerscienceinaspecificareaofspecialization.
Applicantsarerequiredtohaveabachelor’sdegreeorhigherfromaregionallyaccreditedcollegeoruniversityorinternationalequivalentwithaminimumGPAof3.0.Studentswithoutabackgroundincomputerscienceorrelatedfield(asdeterminedbytheProgramChair),willneedtospeakwithaprogramchairbeforebeingacceptedintotheprogram.Wehighlyencourageschedulingameetingwithacounselortoidentifywhatprogrambestsuitsyourprofessionalaspirations.
Studentscanexpecttogetthefollowingskillsoutoftheprogram:
Thetotalcostfortheprogramis$8,460.Allmaterialsareincluded,andthetuitioncanbepaidoverfourquartersat$2,115eachquarter.
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