Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Science (PGCertAppSc) - Artificial Intelligence

The University of Otago

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently having a large impact on many human endeavours mostly through deep learning approaches in science, business, the law, medicine, and government.There is currently a very large demand in industry for people with advanced AI skills. AI is currently having a large impact on many human endeavours mostly through deep learning approaches in science, business, the law, medicine, and government.Possibilities include: AI engineer, research scientist, data scientist, policy expert, analyst. There is a nationally recognised need for more graduates with expertise in AI.Teaching is via a combination of lectures, seminars, readings, tutorials and independent research. Learning will involve understanding of theoretical ideas but with a particular emphasis on the application of those ideas to real world problems.The programme is taught by internationally recognised scholars with a focus on: programming for AI machine learning and deep learning computer vision and human language applications and ethics of AI. Optional topics include agent based software business intelligence and information retrieval.

Division of Sciences