IBM AI Engineering

Python is a core skill in machine learning, and this course equips you with the tools to apply it effectively. You’ll learn key ML concepts, build models with scikit-learn, and gain hands-on experience using Jupyter Notebooks. Start with regression techniques like linear, multiple linear, polynomial, and logistic regression. Then move into supervised models such as decision trees, K-Nearest Neighbors, and support vector machines. You’ll also explore unsupervised learning, including clustering methods and dimensionality reduction with PCA, t-SNE, and UMAP. Through real-world labs, you’ll practice model evaluation, cross-validation, regularization, and pipeline optimization. A final project on rainfall prediction and a course-wide exam will help you apply and reinforce your skills. Enroll now to start building machine learning models with confidence using Python.

This course will empower you with the skills to scale data science and machine learning (ML) tasks on Big Data sets using Apache Spark. Most real world machine learning work involves very large data sets that go beyond the CPU, memory and storage limitations of a single computer. Apache Spark is an open source framework that leverages cluster computing and distributed storage to process extremely large data sets in an efficient and cost effective manner. Therefore an applied knowledge of working with Apache Spark is a great asset and potential differentiator for a Machine Learning engineer. After completing this course, you will be able to: - gain a practical understanding of Apache Spark, and apply it to solve machine learning problems involving both small and big data - understand how parallel code is written, capable of running on thousands of CPUs. - make use of large scale compute clusters to apply machine learning algorithms on Petabytes of data using Apache SparkML Pipelines. - eliminate out-of-memory errors generated by traditional machine learning frameworks when data doesn’t fit in a computer's main memory - test thousands of different ML models in parallel to find the best performing one – a technique used by many successful Kagglers - (Optional) run SQL statements on very large data sets using Apache SparkSQL and the Apache Spark DataFrame API. Enrol now to learn the machine learning techniques for working with Big Data that have been successfully applied by companies like Alibaba, Apple, Amazon, Baidu, eBay, IBM, NASA, Samsung, SAP, TripAdvisor, Yahoo!, Zalando and many others. NOTE: You will practice running machine learning tasks hands-on on an Apache Spark cluster provided by IBM at no charge during the course which you can continue to use afterwards. Prerequisites: - basic python programming - basic machine learning (optional introduction videos are provided in this course as well) - basic SQL skills for optional content The following courses are recommended before taking this class (unless you already have the skills) https://www.coursera.org/learn/python-for-applied-data-science or similar https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning-with-python or similar https://www.coursera.org/learn/sql-data-science for optional lectures

PyTorch is one of the top 10 highest paid skills in tech (Indeed). As the use of PyTorch for neural networks rockets, professionals with PyTorch skills are in high demand. This course is ideal for AI engineers looking to gain job-ready skills in PyTorch that will catch the eye of an employer. AI developers use PyTorch to design, train, and optimize neural networks to enable computers to perform tasks such as image recognition, natural language processing, and predictive analytics. During this course, you’ll learn about 2-D Tensors and derivatives in PyTorch. You’ll look at linear regression prediction and training and calculate loss using PyTorch. You’ll explore batch processing techniques for efficient model training, model parameters, calculating cost, and performing gradient descent in PyTorch. Plus, you’ll look at linear classifiers and logistic regression. Throughout, you’ll apply your new skills in hands-on labs, and at the end, you’ll complete a project you can talk about in interviews. If you’re an aspiring AI engineer with basic knowledge of Python and mathematical concepts, who wants to get hands-on with PyTorch, enroll today and get set to power your AI career forward!

This course introduces deep learning and neural networks with the Keras library. In this course, you’ll be equipped with foundational knowledge and practical skills to build and evaluate deep learning models. You’ll begin this course by gaining foundational knowledge of neural networks, including forward and backpropagation, gradient descent, and activation functions. You will explore the challenges of deep network training, such as the vanishing gradient problem, and learn how to overcome them using techniques like careful activation function selection. The hands-on labs in this course allow you to build regression and classification models, dive into advanced architectures, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), transformers, and autoencoders, and utilize pretrained models for enhanced performance. The course culminates in a final project where you’ll apply what you’ve learned to create a model that classifies images and generates captions. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to design, implement, and evaluate a variety of deep learning models and be prepared to take your next steps in the field of machine learning.

Ready to apply your AI skills in a real-world scenario you can showcase in your portfolio? During this project, you’ll work with the deep learning skills you’ve acquired throughout the Professional Certificate, and we recommend that you have completed all the previous courses before starting this one. For this project, you’ll build and compare deep learning models using Keras and PyTorch, and work through a full development pipeline from data loading and augmentation to model training, evaluation, and deployment. You’ll apply convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and vision transformers to domain-specific challenges. Then, finally, you’ll assess performance using metrics like accuracy, precision, and inference speed. By the end of the project, you’ll be able to demonstrate your skills in building and comparing models using Keras and PyTorch. Plus, you’ll be able to showcase that you can implement CNNs and vision transformers and evaluate your model’s performance. If you’re ready to complete a portfolio-worthy capstone project, enroll today!