Caltech Post Graduate Program In AI And Machine Learning

PGP AI ML FAQs

• What is Artificial Intelligence?

  Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer engineering that involves the development of computer systems and digital scripts that mimic the human brain and do tasks that would typically need self-learning and automation. Using various AI approaches, computers may be trained to do jobs by analyzing massive amounts of data and identifying patterns in that data.

• What are the best Artificial Intelligence Courses available online?

  The following are some of the most popular Artificial InteIligence courses:

  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

  • Artificial Intelligence Engineer

  • MS in Artificial Intelligence - with IU, Germany

  • Professional Certificate Program In AI And Machine Learning - Purdue University

  • AI for Decision Making: Business Strategies and Applications - Wharton Online

  • AI and Machine Learning Bootcamp - Caltech CTME

  • Professional Certificate Course in AI and Machine Learning - IIT Kanpur

  • Data Science with Python

  • Machine learning

  • Data Science with R Programming

  • Deep Learning with Keras and TensorFlow

  • Natural Language Processing

  • Advanced Deep Learning and Computer Vision

  You can check these programs here.

• About the Artificial Intelligence course created in partnership with Caltech CTME and IBM

  The Artificial Intelligence course, created in partnership with Caltech CTME and IBM, introduces students to blended learning and prepares them to be specialists in AI and Data Science.

  Founded in 1891, Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges. Caltech prizes excellence and ambition. The contributions of Caltech’s faculty and alumni have earned national and international recognition, including 38 Nobel Prizes and nearly 60 National Medals of Science. The Institute manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA.

  CTME is embedded in Caltech’s Division of Engineering and Applied Science. Caltech CTME has a unique role to play in applying the capabilities of scientists and engineers to the challenges of today’s technology-driven businesses. Caltech CTME applies executive education and professional development directly to real-world problems. Caltech CTME experts teach the tools and perspectives that elevate careers and help companies achieve their goals.

  IBM, located in Armonk, New York, is a significant cognitive services and integrated cloud solution firm that provides many technology and consulting solutions. IBM invests $6 billion in research & development every year and has won five Nobel prizes, nine US National Medals of Technology, five US National Medals of Science, six Turing Awards, and ten US Inventors Hall of Fame inductions. IBM is a leader in AI and Machine Learning technology vertical for 2021. This AI course will prepare students for careers in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics.

  What can I anticipate from the Artificial Intelligence course produced by Simplilearn in partnership with Caltech CTME and IBM?

  You will obtain certificates from Caltech, Simplilearn and IBM upon completing these Artificial Intelligence Courses. These certificates will attest to your abilities as an expert in AI. In addition, you will receive the following:

  • Earn up to 14 CEUs to showcase your achievements
  • Masterclass by IBM experts
  • Ask me anything during sessions with IBM leadership
  • Hackathons conducted by IBM
  • Industry-recognized Artificial Intelligence Course from Simplilearn

• What skills are covered in this Artificial Intelligence course?

  You will be able to demonstrate the following ability after completing this Artificial Intelligence certificate training:

  • Learn Artificial Intelligence's concept, purpose, domain breadth, phases, implementations, and impacts.
  • Create real-world projects, games, prediction models, logic constraint satisfaction concerns, experience and understanding systems, probabilistic models, and agent decision-making skills using your artificial intelligent machines and models.
  • Learn basic programming features and technicalities, such as data types, tuples, lists, arrays, basic operators, and functions.
  • Learn how to develop your Python programs and use the Jupyter notebook to analyze fundamental data.
  • Learn about data wrangling, data exploration, data visualization, hypothesis creation, and testing procedures in Data Science.
  • Use the NumPy and SciPy packages for high-level mathematical and technical computing and the Pandas package for data analysis.
  • Learn about supervised and unsupervised learning methods such as linear regression, logistic regression, clustering, dimensionality reduction, K-NN and pipeline, recommendation engines, and time series modeling.
  • Understand TensorFlow's core principles, functions, operations, and execution pipeline.
  • CNN, artificial neural networks, training deep RNN networks, and high-level NLP interfaces are among the advanced issues in AI.

• What are the learning objectives of this Artificial Intelligence course?

  Simplilearn and Caltech CTME and IBM collaborated on an Artificial Intelligence course that combines AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, allowing for the real-world application of sophisticated tools and models. This AI certificate course will teach you the principles of statistics for machine learning, python programming, data visualization, and feature engineering. These AI courses will teach you how to use Python libraries like TensorFlow, Matplotlib, and Scikit-learn, as well as essential Machine Learning techniques like supervised and unsupervised learning and advanced concepts like artificial neural networks, layers of data, and feature extraction and TensorFlow.

  Artificial intelligence and machine learning will substantially impact all aspects of daily life in the near coming future, with applications in healthcare, aviation, finance, logistics, and customer support. A job in AI puts you on the fast road to a dynamic, ever-changing industry that is predicted to grow significantly and beyond once you complete AI certificate training.

• What projects are included in this Artificial Intelligence course?

  This AI Course includes over 25+ real-life projects in various backgrounds are intended to help you grasp essential AI topics like supervised and unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, support vector machines, deep learning, TensorFlow, neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and recurrent neural networks.

  This AI certificate also includes a capstone assignment to help you review the principles you've learned in the course. It includes specialized guided classes to develop a high-quality industrial project that addresses a real-world problem.

  This AI course capstone project will cover everything from exploratory data analysis to model construction and fitting. You will utilize learnings such as AI-based supervised and unsupervised algorithms like Regression, Multinomial Naive Bayes, SVM, Tree-based algorithms, and NLP in the topic of your choice to complete this capstone project. You will receive a capstone credential for completing the project. Still, you will also have a project to present to future employers as evidence of your learning from the Artificial Intelligence course.

  Project 1

  Social Media

  Using NLP and Machine Learning, build a model to identify inappropriate posts that should be removed from a social media platform to prevent social hate and negativity

  Project 2

  E-commerce

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

  Project 3

  Manufacturing

  An automobile manufacturing firm wants the time on its test-bench to reduce the time it takes a car to get to the market. Build and optimize a machine learning algorithm to solve this problem.

  Project 4

  EdTech

  Help an EdTech firm assess the quality of elearning videos freely available on YouTube to prepare high-quality and engaging video content for students.

  Project 5

  Healthcare

  Analyze different types of cancers, such as breast cancer, renal cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, and prostate cancer, for a medical research body to identify the probable cause of these cancers in terms of the genes responsible for each type.

  Project 6

  Entertainment

  Help a movie booking website analyze whether a particular URL is prone to phishing, malicious or not. This will help them push ads on their website without affecting their user privacy, and restrict URLs that could contain malicious links.

  Project 7

  Consumer Electronics

  Help a leading mobile brand understand the voice of the customers by analyzing the reviews of their product on an ecommerce site and the topics that customers are talking about. You will perform topic modeling on specific parts of speech.

• Who should take this PGP AI course?

  Simplilearn and Caltech CTME’s PGP Artificial Intelligence course is well-suited for several vocations and professions, such as:

  Individuals with an interest in working as an AI or Machine Learning Engineer.

  • Analytical managers supervise a group of analysts.
  • Data architects who want to learn about artificial intelligence systems and algorithms.
  • Data analysts are interested in working in machine learning or artificial intelligence.
  • Professionals who are interested in artificial intelligence or machine learning as a profession.
  • Experts wish to improve their understanding of their fields by using Artificial Intelligence.

• What should I expect from this AI course?

  As a part of this AI certificate course you will receive the following:

  • Caltech CTME program completion certificate
  • Earn up to 22 CEUs from Caltech CTME
  • Masterclasses delivered by distinguished Caltech faculty
  • Caltech CTME Circle membership
  • Online convocation by Caltech CTME Program Director
  • 25+ hands-on projects from the likes of Twitter, Mercedes Benz, Uber, and many more
  • Seamless access to integrated labs
  • Capstone projects in 3 domains
  • Simplilearn’s Career Assistance to get noticed by top hiring companies
  • Industry masterclass conducted by IBM experts
  • Access to IBM hackathon and IBM Ask Me Anything Sessions
  • IBM certificates for IBM courses
  • 8X higher interaction in live online classes by industry experts

• Why become an AI Engineer?

  The present and future demands are enormous. According to Paysa, licensed AI Engineers make an average income of $172,000 per year in the United States (approximately Rs.17 lakhs to Rs.25 lakhs in India), with less than 10,000 competent persons in the globe to fill these roles.

• What is the Artificial Intelligence course fees?

  The Artificial Intelligence course fees in India start from Rs.7303/month whereas the AI Course fees in other countries from $249/month for any reliable course that includes practical learning and career services apart from theoretical classes. Individuals can avail of various seasonal offers to get discounts when enrolling in Simplilearn's AI courses.

• What is the role of an AI Engineer?

  An AI Engineer employs machine learning algorithms, artificial neural networks, and other approaches in various worldwide industries. They are in charge of maintaining the AI solution infrastructure and developing, testing and implementing AI systems. This role may perform a range of duties in an organization, including:

  • Collaboration between data scientists and data analysts.
  • Infrastructure for data engineering and ml teams is getting more automated.
  • Assessing, implementing, and translating deep learning models and algorithms into APIs so that other apps may use them to create viable machine learning solutions.

• How do I become an AI specialist?

  The Artificial Intelligence course prepares you for successful performance as an AI specialist by providing you with an overview of AI technology and processes. Industry-recognized certificates from IBM and Simplilearn may attest to your new talents and on-the-job expertise. Python, machine learning algorithms such as data preprocessing, regression model, clustering, and deep learning theory and applications are all covered in the AI certificate course curriculum.

• What types of jobs can you get with an Artificial Intelligence background?

  Professionals with a thorough knowledge of AI ideas have many opportunities. They can apply for AI Specialist, Machine Learning Engineer, NLP Scientist, AI Research Analyst, and Data Scientist.

• How would the PGP Artificial Intelligence course benefit me?

  As part of this Caltech PGP AI certificate course, you will earn the following:

  • All Artificial Intelligence Courses in the learning path provide lifetime access to e-learning resources.
  • Upon completing training, you will receive industry-recognized credentials from Caltech and Simplilearn.
  • For 24/7 practice, IBM cloud platforms with IBM Watson and other tools are available.

• What sectors make the most effective use of AI?

  The following are the top ten industries that are heavily utilizing AI applications:

  • Education
  • Healthcare & Medicine
  • Retail and E-commerce
  • Food Technology
  • Banking and Finance
  • Logistics and Transportation
  • Travel
  • Real Estate
  • Entertainment and Sports
  • Manufacturing

• What is an AI Certificate?

  An AI certificate is a digital badge that demonstrates your knowledge and skills in this field. It showcases your understanding of machine learning, data science, natural language processing, creating prediction models, using linear and logistic regression, and so on. You can achieve an AI certificate by enrolling in this Caltech AI ML program. The certificate also grabs the attention of hiring managers and allows you to get more preference than your peers.

• What are the job opportunities upon completing this Artificial Intelligence course?

  You will be able to help you find a dream career after completing the AI course co-developed with IBM. AI-certified experts are well-suited for the following positions:

  • Artificial Intelligence Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Analytics Manager/Lead
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Statistical Programming Specialist

• What book do you suggest reading for Artificial Intelligence?

  While this Artificial Intelligence Course is sufficient to achieve experience in the field, some people opt to supplement their knowledge with books. Here are some recommended reading materials:

  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence by Philip C. Jackson Jr.
  • Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig
  • Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark

• What sectors make the most effective use of AI?

  The following are the top ten industries that are heavily utilizing AI applications:

  • Education
  • Healthcare & Medicine
  • Retail and E-commerce
  • Food Technology
  • Banking and Finance
  • Logistics and Transportation
  • Travel
  • Real Estate
  • Entertainment and Sports
  • Manufacturing

• What is the admission process for this PGP AI certificate course?

  The admission process for this AI certificate course consists of three simple steps:

  • All interested candidates are required to apply through the online application form

  • An admission panel will shortlist the candidates based on their application

  • An offer of admission will be made to the selected candidates, which can then be accepted by the candidate by paying the Artificial Intelligence Course fee

• What certificate will I receive?

  Upon successful completion of this PGP AI course, you will be awarded a certificate of completion by Caltech CTME, along with IBM certificates for IBM courses, and industry-recognized certificate from Simplilearn for courses in the learning path.

• How long does it take to complete this PGP AI course?

  The PGP Artificial Intelligence course could be completed according to your schedule but the anticipated time to complete the overall course is 6-8 months

• Is there any financial aid provided?

  To ensure money is not a barrier in the path of learning, we offer various financing options to help ensure that this Artificial Intelligence course is financially manageable. Please refer to our “Admissions Fee and Financing” section for more details.

• Will any preparation material be provided to help me get started?

  Once you make the first installment of the fee for this PGP AI certificate course, you also will get access to a preparatory course. You will have to go through the assigned course before starting the first class, which consists of self-paced learning content in the form of videos.

• Is this course really 100% online? Do I need to attend any classes in person?

  This Artificial Intelligence Course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings, and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.

• What is covered under the 24/7 Support promise?

   We offer 24/7 support through email, chat, and calls. We have a dedicated team that provides on-demand assistance through our community forum. What’s more, you will have lifetime access to the community forum, even after the completion of your AI course.

• If I want to cancel my enrollment, can I get a refund?

  No refund will be applicable once you make the partial/full payment.

• What is Global Teaching Assistance?

  Our teaching assistants are a dedicated team of subject matter experts here to help you get certified in the program on your first attempt. They proactively engage with students to ensure adherence to the learning path—helping to enrich their learning experience, from class onboarding to project mentoring to career assistance

• I am not able to access the program. Who can help me?

  Contact us using the form on the right side of any page on the Simplilearn website, select the Live Chat link, or contact Help & Support.

• What are the eligibility criteria for this PGP AI course?

  For admission to this PGP AI course, candidates should have:

  • A bachelor's degree with an average score of at least 50 percent
  • Prior knowledge or experience in programming and mathematics
  • 2+ years of formal work experience (preferred)

• What is the admission process for this PGP AI certificate course?

  The admission process for this AI certificate course consists of three simple steps:

  • All interested candidates are required to apply through the online application form
  • An admission panel will shortlist the candidates based on their application
  • An offer of admission will be made to the selected candidates, which can then be accepted by the candidate by paying the program fee

• Who is going to teach the Artificial Intelligence course?

  Our Artificial Intelligence instructors are all industry specialists with years of relevant experience in the industry. Before they are qualified to train for us, they have undergone a thorough selection procedure that includes profile assessment, technical examination, and a training demo. We also ensure that only trainers with a good alumni rating stay on our faculty.

• Are there any practice exams included in the Artificial Intelligence course?

  Yes, as part of the Artificial Intelligence course, we include a practice test to assist you in preparing for gaining the certificate exam. You may practice with these free Artificial Intelligence Exam Questions to get a sense of the questions included in the course.

• What methods will I use to gain access to practical labs?

  Simplilearn provides integrated laboratories that you can access directly from your LMS for hands-on execution of industrial tasks. This AI course's LMS will include instructions for installing and deploying the tools.

• What is the significance of a Capstone project in the online AI course?

  This AI certificate training capstone assignment will help you review the principles you've learned thus far. If you complete the capstone project, you will earn a credential, demonstrating your abilities to future employers.

• What does an AI professional earn throughout the world?

  AI talents are in high demand, and specialists with them attract substantial incomes. AI Engineers in the United States make roughly $125,000 per year on average (source: Payscale).

• What technologies are employed in the development of AI abilities?

  When you enter the area of artificial intelligence, you'll come across various fascinating technology, such as:

  • Natural language processing
  • Machine learning
  • Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
  • Speech recognition
  • Deep learning

• What types of Artificial Intelligence theories are in action?

  AI may be divided into three categories:

  • Narrow AI - This is the AI we see in today's apps. Narrow AI allows robots to accomplish just one task and nothing else.
  • General AI is concerned with making robots as efficient as humans in performing many activities. There are currently no apps that fall under this category.
  • Strong AI is a hypothetical notion aimed at making robots more intelligent than humans and capable of performing tasks that humans are incapable of.

  These are the categories of AI according to another classification:

  • Reactive Machines - These machines lack the memory to preserve prior experiences and respond to circumstances effectively.
  • Limited Memory - As the name implies, such computers have a limited amount of memory to retain and learn from primary data to make future decisions.
  • Theory of Mind - A hypothetical idea in which robots are taught to comprehend human emotions, wants, beliefs, etc.
  • Self-awareness is the most significant level of AI that might theoretically exist. These machines will have their desires and feelings in addition to comprehending emotions.

• What firms recruit AI Engineers?

  AI graduates are employed by companies ranging from Argo AI to Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, Intel, Samsung, Adobe, Lenovo, Amazon, NVIDIA, Facebook, etc. Consider the advantages of our AI training if you want to pursue a profession in artificial intelligence.

• What other Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Courses does Simplilearn offer?

  Simplilearn provides the following courses in the Data Science and AI domain:

  Certification Courses:

  • Deep Learning Course with Tensorflow Certification
  • Tableau Certification Course
  • Power BI Certification Course

  Master's Program:

  • Data Scientist
  • Data Analyst
  • Masters in Artificial Intelligence

  University Programs:

  • Purdue AI and ML Courses
  • Advanced Data Science Certificate Program
  • Data Analytics Program
  • Data Engineering Certification Courses
  • Wharton AI Program
  • IU Germany MS in Artificial Intelligence
  • IIT Kanpur Machine Learning Course
  • Caltech Artificial Intelligence Course