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In this course you will learn how to quickly and easily get started with Artificial Intelligence using IBM Watson. You will understand how Watson works, become familiar with its use cases and real life client examples, and be introduced to several of Watson AI services from IBM that enable anyone to easily apply AI and build smart apps. You will also work with several Watson services to demonstrate AI in action.
This course does not require any programming or computer science expertise and is designed for anyone whether you have a technical background or not.

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Approx. 9 hours to complete

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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Skills you will gain

Deep LearningApplication Programming Interfaces (API)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine Learningwatson

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100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Beginner Level

Approx. 9 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Instructor

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Rav Ahuja

AI and Data Science Program Director

IBM

591,776 Learners

16 Courses

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IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers. Utilizing its business consulting, technology and R&D expertise, IBM helps clients become "smarter" as the planet becomes more digitally interconnected. IBM invests more than $6 billion a year in R&D, just completing its 21st year of patent leadership. IBM Research has received recognition beyond any commercial technology research organization and is home to 5 Nobel Laureates, 9 US National Medals of Technology, 5 US National Medals of Science, 6 Turing Awards, and 10 Inductees in US Inventors Hall of Fame.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Watson AI Overview

This week, you will learn how Watson AI works. You will understand the many ways Watson AI is helping professionals and businesses reimagine their workflows, learn more from less data, and protect their insights.

2 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 35 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

10 videos

Introduction to the course1m

Watson - The AI for Business3m

How Watson Works5m

Enriching Customer Service5m

Intelligent Chatbots, Virtual Assistants, and IBM Watson2m

Assisting in Compliance Oriented Business Processes3m

Making Data and AI Accessible to All1m

3 Ways Watson Can Help Your Business3m

What Differentiates Consumer and Business AI Systems5m

Getting Started on your AI Journey3m

4 readings

Who should take this course?5m

Lesson Summary10m

2 practice exercises

Practice: Watson AI Overview20m

Graded: Watson AI Overview20m

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Watson AI Services

This week, you will learn about some of the Watson AI services offered on the IBM Cloud. You will understand how organizations can use Watson AI services and the types of situations in which each service applies.

3 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 34 min), 5 readings, 2 quizzes

11 videos

Introduction to Watson Services3m

A Few Watson Services2m

Intelligent Chatbots, Virtual Assistants and IBM Watson2m

Watson Assistant4m

Watson Discovery2m

Watson Natural Language Understanding3m

Watson Knowledge Studio2m

Watson Speech to Text3m

Watson Text to Speech2m

Watson Language Translator3m

Watson Natural Language Classifier1m

5 readings

Lesson Summary10m

2 practice exercises

Practice: Watson AI Services14m

Graded: Watson AI Services20m

Week

Week 3

2 hours to complete

More Watson AI Services

2 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 28 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

9 videos

Watson Studio4m

Watson Machine Learning2m

Watson Knowledge Catalog2m

Watson OpenScale2m

Computer Vision, Its Applications, and IBM Watson4m

Watson Visual Recognition4m

Watson Personality Insights2m

Watson Tone Analyser3m

Watson Compare and Comply1m

4 readings

Lesson Summary10m

Lesson Summary5m

2 practice exercises

Practice: More Watson AI Services20m

Graded: More Watson AI Services20m

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Watson in Action

This week, you will learn about common use cases for AI, and look at some case studies involving Watson AI. You will also experience and demonstrate AI in action yourself using Watson.

3 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 19 min), 5 readings, 3 quizzes

6 videos

Watson at Work2m

Watson Use Cases4m

Optional: Watson for Oncology, Clinical Trial Matching, and Genomics4m

Watson at ADNOC2m

Watson at LivePerson3m

Watson at Hilton1m

5 readings

Watson in Use at Bradesco10m

Watson in use at Coca-Cola Company10m

Watson in use at KONE10m

Watson in use at Woodside10m

Lesson Summary10m

3 practice exercises

Practice: Watson in Action30m

Graded: Watson in Action20m

Graded: Analyzing documents with Watson Discovery!20m

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Getting Started with AI using IBM Watson