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Artificial Intelligence
AI for a thriving society
Series Description
Artificial intelligence (AI) will require the entire workforce to learn new skills, whether it’s to keep up to date with an existing role, or pursuing a new career as a result of automation."
AI specialist is the top emerging job in 2020
The wave of artificial intelligence data and technology sweeping across industry is transforming how we work, how we develop new products and services, how we measure our success, and how we plan for the future. That is why we are creating the most comprehensive AI curriculum in the UC Extension system.
The UCSC Silicon Valley AI curriculum prepares you for today's workforce. We are focusing on providing you hands-on, practical technical skills as well as strategic business acumen to meet a skyrocketing demand for people who understand what it takes to develop and implement AI technology across industry. It is a multi-billion dollar market and growing and we are casting a wide net to ensure the future is created by many for many. Explore our curriculum and learn about the technology and business decisions shaping companies, products, and services for all of us.
UCSC Silicon Valley's unique focus
- Interactive online classroom with industry leaders
- Industry-aligned curriculum
- Cross-industry skills prep
- Active curriculum guidance and classroom mentorship
- Tech-focused and business-focused programs
- Lowered barriers to entry for people interested in learning
AI Opportunity
- Startups have raised over $8.5 billion in disclosed equity funding in the U.S. in 2020. [CB Insights]
AI opens doors—AI for All
As AI reshapes our workforce, costing jobs in many sectors, it will also create many new jobs. We want to make sure everyone is ready for the transition—the technically focused, the business-minded, and the seasoned tech worker—as well as the underrepresented populations that often face high barriers to entry into the well-paying tech workforce.
AI for Robotics: Integrating Techniques and Job Outlook
In this recording, with three AI experts—Bipin Thomas, M.S.; Sudhakar Alla, B.S.; Moenes Iskarous, Ph.D.,—you’ll get a glimpse at the role AI plays in enabling robotic technologies to solve a variety of enterprise problems and learn new skills that are necessary to be deployed for robotics-based applications in multiple industries. [May 26. 2021]
AI Specializations
Passionate about teaching AI?
Please let us know if you're interested in joining our esteemed instructor team.
Cost: Varies.
Required Credits: Varied CEUs and UC Credit
Duration: Varies
Courses
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Courses
Series Inquiry Form
Please be sure you meet the prerequisites for each course. You may choose courses in any order according to your interest.
Nontechnical AI Courses
- The Business of AI
- Edge Artificial Intelligence Development Capstone
- AI-Led Enterprise Transformation: Technologies and Use Cases
AI tech courses
- Natural Language Processing
- Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Python for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Essentials
- Computational Intelligence, Introduction
- Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining
- FPGA Application in Autonomous Driving Systems, Introduction
- Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence with TensorFlow and Keras
Other AI-related specializations
Python Specialization
Programming for Data Science with Python
Data Scientist
On the horizon
This is just the beginning of our comprehensive AI offerings. Much more is in the works. Please check back here for our next program launch and new courses in the areas of:
- AI for Business
- AI Cybersecurity
- Robotics AI
- AI Ethics
- AI for Healthcare
- DEI for AI
Please fill out the inquiry form above and we'll let you know when any course is open for enrollment.
AI Program Advisory Committee
BIPIN THOMAS, M.S, is the president of ICURO, a Santa Clara-based artificial intelligence (AI) systems company delivering hardware and software integrated solutions for business growth outcomes. He is an award-winning senior executive with 30 years of experience—from strategy through execution of transformational initiatives at Fortune 500 corporations. Thomas is an expert leading the AI paradigm shift in smart manufacturing (or “industry 4.0”), automotive, retail, and healthcare. As the founding chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension AI Program Advisory Board since 2019, he is spearheading the ongoing expansion of UCSC Silicon Valley AI offerings.
AI Program Advisory Committee
PAUL BALDASSARI, Magister (Australia)
EVP of Strategic Programs and Asset Management at Flex
RAHUL BHUMAN, M.S., M.B.A.
Head of Tech Mahindra
Instructor, AI-Led Enterprise Transformation: Technologies and Use Cases
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
MOENES ISKAROUS, Ph.D.
Fellow and Cofounder of SiMa.ai™
Instructor, Edge Artificial Intelligence Development Capstone
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
JASON SAMAHA, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor, Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience: Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognition: Fundamental Theories, The Neuroscience of Consciousness
UC Santa Cruz Psychology Department
MIKE SCHMIDT, B.S.M.E.
Director of Software Engineering at AMD
BIPIN THOMAS, M.S.
President of ICURO
Instructor, AI-Led Enterprise Transformation: Technologies and Use Cases
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
