Course Leaders
Ben Amaba, IBM, Global Chief Technology Officer
Michael Testani, Binghamton University, Director of Industrial Outreach & Continuing Professional Education
Overview:
This livestreamed workshop is intended for business leaders and employees to help explain the many benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it can help their specific business. This hands-on workshop applies important AI practices like Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to help orient participants to the powerful capabilities of AI. Design Thinking practices will also be used to help participants discover and document the potential for business value AI can bring to their business. The course will be livestreamed from noon until 3:00pm ET May 19-21.
What You Will Learn:
At the completion of this workshop, the participants will be able to:
- Discuss the business benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Describe the 6 strategic intents of AI
- Understand key capabilities of AI: Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing and apply these techniques with actual data
- Explain and apply key Design Thinking practices
- Explain how AI can lead to business value
- Build a business case for AI in your organization
Course Content
- What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and why is important for business? (QFD)
- What benefits being realized across industries using AI?
- Hands-on application of AI using Natural Language Process to perform sentiment analysis for unstructured data (text)
- Hands-on application of AI using Machine Learning and Deep Learning models to make accurate predictions from complex data sets
- What is Design Thinking and why is it invaluable for visualizing the future of AI?
- Apply powerful Design Thinking practices to create a business case for AI adoption in each participant’s organization