The part-time Artificial Intelligence program will educate and train practicing scientists and engineers to be able to carry out engineering and scientifically oriented research and development using their artificial intelligence knowledge and skills.
The rigorous curriculum will provide engineers and computer scientists with a working knowledge of the theoretical concepts in artificial intelligence and will also provide the students with the knowledge and skills to apply both current and future theoretical concepts to real systems and processes. The course content will be based on the foundational content embodied in the current computer science courses modified to provide relevant examples in the artificial intelligence setting.
Courses are offered online as well as in-person at the Applied Physics Laboratory.
John A. Piorkowski, Program Chair
Principal Professional Staff
JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
Machine Learning (ML) is the art of solving a computation problem using a computer without an explicit program. ML is now so pervasive that various ML applications such as image recognition, stock trading, email spam detection, product recommendation, medical diagnosis, predictive maintenance, cybersecurity, etc. are constantly used by organizations around us, sometimes without our awareness.In this course, we will rigorously apply machine learning techniques to real-world data to solve real-world problems. We will briefly study the underlying principles of diverse machine learning approaches such as anomaly detection, ensemble learning, deep learning with a neural network, etc. The main focus will be applying tool libraries from the Python-based Anaconda and Java-based Weka data science platforms to datasets from online resources such as Kaggle, UCI KDD, open source repositories, etc. We will also use Jupyter notebooks to present and demonstrate several machine learning pipelines.
Achieving the full capability of AI requires a system perspective to effectively leverage algorithms, data, and computing power. Creating AI-enabled systems includes thoughtful consideration of an operational decomposition for AI solutions, engineering data for algorithm development, and deployment strategies. To realize the impact of AI technologies requires a systems perspective that goes beyond the algorithms. The objective of this course is to bring a system perspective to creating AI-enabled systems. The course will explore the full-lifecycle of creating AI-enabled systems starting with problem decomposition and addressing data, design, diagnostic, and deployment phases. The course will also cover ethics and bias in AI systems. The course includes a systems project that will encompass the full-lifecycle with interim milestones throughout the course. Homework assignments will be provided that in involves python programming.