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IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate
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IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate

Kickstart your career in artificial intelligence. Build job-ready skills in AI technologies, generative AI models, and programming and learn to build AI-powered chatbots and apps in just 6 months

IBM Skills Network Team
Michelle Saltoun
Sina Nazeri

Instructors: IBM Skills Network Team

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.6

(10,041 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
3 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Job-ready AI skills in just 6 months, plus practical experience and an industry-recognized certification employers are actively looking for

  • The fundamental concepts, key terms, building blocks, and applications of AI, encompassing generative AI

  • How to build generative AI-powered apps and chatbots using various programming frameworks and AI technologies

  • How to use Python and Flask to develop and deploy AI applications on the web

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Professional Certificate - 10 course series

What you'll learn

  • Explain the principles of software engineering, the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and software development tools, technologies, and stacks

  • Differentiate between programming language types and apply basic programming constructs such as loops, conditionals, and functions using Python

  • Summarize key software architecture and design approaches, including common architectural and deployment patterns

  • Outline the roles, skills, and career paths in software engineering

Skills you'll gain

Category: Style Guides
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Software Testing
Category: IBM Cloud
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Web Applications
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Application development
Category: Flask (Web Framework)
Category: Package and Software Management
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Application Deployment
Category: Python Programming

What you'll learn

  • Explain the fundamental concepts and applications of AI in various domains.

  • Describe the core principles of machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, and apply them to real-world scenarios.

  • Analyze the role of generative AI in transforming business operations, identifying opportunities for innovation and process improvement.

  • Design a generative AI solution for an organizational challenge, integrating ethical considerations.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Software Development
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Software Testing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Prototyping
Category: CI/CD
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: OpenAI
Category: Software Architecture
Category: DevSecOps
Category: Code Review
Category: Software Engineering
Category: ChatGPT

What you'll learn

  • Describe generative AI and distinguish it from discriminative AI.

  • Describe the capabilities of generative AI and its use cases in the real world.

  • Identify the applications of generative AI in different sectors and industries.

  • Explore common generative AI models and tools for text, code, image, audio, and video generation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Interviewing Skills
Category: Software Development
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Professional Networking
Category: Relationship Building
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Verbal Communication Skills
Category: Professional Development

What you'll learn

  • Explain the concept and relevance of prompt engineering in generative AI models.

  • Apply best practices for creating prompts and explore examples of impactful prompts.

  • Practice common prompt engineering techniques and approaches for writing effective prompts.

  • Explore commonly used tools for prompt engineering to aid with prompt engineering.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Web Scraping
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Processing
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Numpy
Category: Data Collection
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Scripting
Category: Jupyter
Category: Automation
Category: Pandas (Python Package)
Category: Data Science
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Data Structures
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Python Programming

What you'll learn

  • Describe the Web Application Development Ecosystem and terminology like front-end developer, back-end, server-side, and full stack.

  • Identify the developer tools, online editors like JSFiddle, and integrated development environments (IDEs) for building and testing web applications.

  • Create and structure basic web pages using HTML and style them with CSS.

  • Develop dynamic and interactive web pages using JavaScript, including DOM manipulation, form validation, and client-side scripting techniques.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Serverless Computing
Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI
Category: IBM Cloud
Category: Web Applications
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Application Development
Category: OpenAI
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Flask (Web Framework)
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Python Programming

What you'll learn

  • Learn Python - the most popular programming language and for Data Science and Software Development.

  • Apply Python programming logic Variables, Data Structures, Branching, Loops, Functions, Objects & Classes.

  • Demonstrate proficiency in using Python libraries such as Pandas & Numpy, and developing code using Jupyter Notebooks.

  • Access and web scrape data using APIs and Python libraries like Beautiful Soup.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Program Development
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: OpenAI
Category: Generative AI
Category: Virtual Environment
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Image Analysis
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Content Creation

What you'll learn

  • Describe the steps and processes involved in creating a Python application including the application development lifecycle

  • Create Python modules, run unit tests, and package applications while ensuring the PEP8 coding best practices

  • Explain the features of Flask and deploy applications on the web using the Flask framework

  • Create and deploy an AI-based application onto a web server using IBM Watson AI Libraries and Flask

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Software Design
Category: Software Development Methodologies
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Web Development
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Unified Modeling Language
Category: Python Programming
Category: Application Development
Category: Agile Methodology

What you'll learn

  • Explain the core concepts of generative AI, including large language models, speech technologies, and platforms such as IBM watsonX, and Hugging Face

  • Build generative AI-powered applications and chatbots using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation(RAG), and foundational Python frameworks

  • Integrate speech-to-text (STT) and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies to enable voice interfaces in generative AI applications

  • Develop web-based AI applications using Python libraries, such as Flask and Gradio, along with basic front-end tools like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Skills you'll gain

Category: Natural Language Processing
Category: Generative AI
Category: Machine Learning
Category: Artificial Intelligence

What you'll learn

  • Discuss how to generate code snippets, scripts, and programs using generative AI models

  • Apply techniques for application design and architecture, bug detection, code refactoring, and program optimization using generative AI

  • Develop innovative solutions using Gen AI-powered tools and models such as ChatGPT, GitHub CoPilot, Google Gemini, and IBM watsonx Code Assistant

  • Explain challenges and ethical considerations associated with using Generative AI for programming and options for mitigating them

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: OpenAI
Category: Generative AI
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: Image Analysis
Category: ChatGPT

What you'll learn

  • Describe the role of a software engineer and some career path options as well as the prospective opportunities in the field.

  • Explain how to build a foundation for a job search, including researching job listings, writing a resume, and making a portfolio of work.

  • Summarize what a candidate can expect during a typical job interview cycle, different types of interviews, and how to prepare for interviews.

  • Explain how to give an effective interview, including techniques for answering questions and how to make a professional personal presentation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Category: Web Development
Category: JavaScript

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Instructors

IBM Skills Network Team
IBM
83 Courses1,290,992 learners
Michelle Saltoun
IBM
2 Courses229,481 learners
Sina Nazeri
IBM
2 Courses30,380 learners

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