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.

Get ready to build the foundational PyTorch skills you need to launch your career as an AI Engineer – the fastest growing job title in the United States. Starting with tensors, this course takes you right through to fully trained classification models. You will master tensor operations, build custom datasets, and implement linear regression models using PyTorch's nn.Module and autograd system. Then, you will progress through gradient descent, stochastic and mini-batch training, loss functions, and training/validation workflows. Further, you will build logistic regression classifiers, apply cross-entropy loss, and implement advanced optimization and regularization techniques. Through interactive labs, instructional videos, and an AI-assisted dialogue, you will practice building, training, and evaluating models using real PyTorch code patterns. By the end, you will create a portfolio-worthy project that demonstrates your ability to perform PyTorch classification and gradient-based optimization tasks. Enroll now to enhance your resume and complete a project that showcases your hands-on skills in the AI-driven job market.

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!

Deep learning is revolutionizing many fields, including computer vision, natural language processing, and robotics. In addition, Keras, a high-level neural networks API written in Python, has become an essential part of TensorFlow, making deep learning accessible and straightforward. Mastering these techniques will open many opportunities in research and industry. You will learn to create custom layers and models in Keras and integrate Keras with TensorFlow 2.x for enhanced functionality. You will develop advanced convolutional neural networks (CNNs) using Keras. You will also build transformer models for sequential data and time series using TensorFlow with Keras. The course also covers the principles of unsupervised learning in Keras and TensorFlow for model optimization and custom training loops. Finally, you will develop and train deep Q-networks (DQNs) with Keras for reinforcement learning tasks (an overview of Generative Modeling and Reinforcement Learning is provided). You will be able to practice the concepts learned using hands-on labs in each lesson. A culminating final project in the last module will provide you an opportunity to apply your knowledge to build a Classification Model using transfer learning. This course is suitable for all aspiring AI engineers who want to learn TensorFlow and Keras. It requires a working knowledge of Python programming and basic mathematical concepts such as gradients and matrices, as well as fundamentals of Deep Learning using Keras.

This IBM course will equip you with the skills to implement, train, and evaluate generative AI models for natural language processing (NLP) using PyTorch. You will explore core NLP tasks, such as document classification, language modeling, and language translation, and gain a foundation in building small and large language models. You will learn how to convert words into features using one-hot encoding, bag-of-words, embeddings, and embedding bags, as well as how Word2Vec models represent semantic relationships in text. The course covers training and optimizing neural networks for document categorization, developing statistical and neural N-Gram models, and building sequence-to-sequence models using encoder–decoder architectures. You will also learn to evaluate generated text using metrics such as BLEU. The hands-on labs provide practical experience with tasks such as classifying documents using PyTorch, generating text with language models, and integrating pretrained embeddings like Word2Vec. You will also implement sequence-to-sequence models to perform tasks such as language translation. Enroll today to build in-demand NLP skills and start creating intelligent language applications with PyTorch.

Ready to explore the exciting world of generative AI and large language models (LLMs)? This IBM course, part of the Generative AI Engineering Essentials with LLMs Professional Certificate, gives you practical skills to harness AI to transform industries. Designed for data scientists, ML engineers, and AI enthusiasts, you’ll learn to differentiate between various generative AI architectures and models, such as recurrent neural networks (RNNs), transformers, generative adversarial networks (GANs), variational autoencoders (VAEs), and diffusion models. You’ll also discover how LLMs, such as generative pretrained transformers (GPT) and bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT), power real-world language tasks. Get hands-on with tokenization techniques using NLTK, spaCy, and Hugging Face, and build efficient data pipelines with PyTorch data loaders to prepare models for training. A basic understanding of Python, PyTorch, and familiarity with machine learning and neural networks are helpful but not mandatory. Enroll today and get ready to launch your journey into generative AI!

This course provides a practical introduction to using transformer-based models for natural language processing (NLP) applications. You will learn to build and train models for text classification using encoder-based architectures like Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), and explore core concepts such as positional encoding, word embeddings, and attention mechanisms. The course covers multi-head attention, self-attention, and causal language modeling with GPT for tasks like text generation and translation. You will gain hands-on experience implementing transformer models in PyTorch, including pretraining strategies such as masked language modeling (MLM) and next sentence prediction (NSP). Through guided labs, you’ll apply encoder and decoder models to real-world scenarios. This course is designed for learners interested in generative AI engineering and requires prior knowledge of Python, PyTorch, and machine learning. Enroll now to build your skills in NLP with transformers!

Get hands-on experience in building and deploying intelligent systems using PyTorch by using one of the most widely used deep learning frameworks in AI development. In this practical course, you’ll gain job-ready skills in deep learning, machine learning, and neural networks, boosting your resume for roles like AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, and Data Scientist. During the course, you’ll implement logistic regression and softmax regression, train deep neural networks, and build convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for real-world image classification tasks. You’ll master core techniques such as gradient descent, backpropagation, and cross entropy loss, while improving performance with weight initialization, dropout regularization, and batch normalization. Additionally, you’ll leverage GPU acceleration, perform hyperparameter tuning, and apply transfer learning using pretrained models such as ResNet18. Finally, you’ll complete a project, where you’ll design, train, and evaluate models using modern model optimization and data preprocessing workflows. Great to talk about in interviews! Enroll today to accelerate your career in deep learning, AI, and machine learning.

The demand for technical generative AI (GenAI) skills is increasing, and businesses are actively seeking AI engineers who can work with large language models (LLMs). This IBM course is designed to build job-ready skills that can accelerate your AI career. In this course, you’ll explore transformers and key model frameworks and platforms, including Hugging Face and PyTorch. You’ll begin with a foundational framework for optimizing LLMs and quickly advance to fine-tuning generative AI models. You’ll also learn advanced techniques such as parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT), low-rank adaptation (LoRA), quantized LoRA (QLoRA), and prompting. The hands-on labs will give you valuable, practical experience including loading, pretraining, and fine-tuning models using industry-standard tools. These skills are directly applicable in real-world AI roles and are great for showcasing in interviews. If you’re ready to take your AI career to the next level and strengthen your resume with in-demand Gen AI competencies, enroll today and start applying your new skills in just one week!

Business demand for technical gen AI skills is exploding, and AI engineers who can work with large language models (LLMs) are in high demand. This Fundamentals of Building AI Agents using RAG and LangChain course builds job-ready skills that will fuel your AI career. In this course, you’ll explore retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and LangChain concepts. You’ll learn about the RAG process, its applications, encoders and tokenizers, and the FAISS library for high-dimensional vector search. Then, you’ll apply in-context learning and advanced prompt engineering techniques, including prompt templates and example selectors, to generate accurate responses. You’ll also work with LangChain’s tools, components, document loaders, retrievers, chains, and agents to simplify LLM-based application development. Through hands-on labs, you’ll develop AI agents that integrate LLMs, LangChain, and RAG technologies. You will also complete a real-world project you can showcase in interviews. A comprehensive cheat sheet and glossary are included to reinforce your learning. Enroll today and build in-demand generative AI skills in just 8 hours!

"Fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) is essential for aligning them with specific business needs, improving accuracy, and optimizing performance. In today’s AI-driven world, organizations rely on fine-tuned models to generate precise, actionable insights that drive innovation and efficiency. This course equips aspiring generative AI engineers with the in-demand skills employers are actively seeking. You’ll explore advanced fine-tuning techniques for causal LLMs, including instruction tuning, reward modeling, and direct preference optimization. Learn how LLMs act as probabilistic policies for generating responses and how to align them with human preferences using tools such as Hugging Face. You’ll dive into reward calculation, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), proximal policy optimization (PPO), the PPO trainer, and optimal strategies for direct preference optimization (DPO). The hands-on labs in the course will provide real-world experience with instruction tuning, reward modeling, PPO, and DPO, giving you the tools to confidently fine-tune LLMs for high-impact applications. Build job-ready generative AI skills in just two weeks! Enroll today and advance your career in AI!"