Course Description
We are currently in the third AI boom, the core technology of which is deep learning. Developments in deep learning have made autonomous driving possible and allowed AI to beat the world’s top Go players, rapidly detect lesions from medical images, predict future illnesses from patient records, automate pesticide spraying with drones, and cultivate fruits with high sugar content. The quality of automatic translation is dramatically improving, news summaries of financial results are automatically distributed, household appliances can be controlled by voice commands, AI learning diagnostics can recommend effective educational programs for difficult subjects, and AI can help people find the ideal partner. Things that used to seem a long way off are becoming possible every day.
Through lectures delivered by expert professors, students will learn the fundamentals of deep learning, which is a key technology in modern AI, and understand how it is used in various fields. In addition, they will participate in group work in interdisciplinary teams to deepen their understanding of how AI can be used to solve common issues through a “launch a startup” exercise.
During the course, students will also aim to obtain the G-Certificate, a generalist deep learning certification offered by the Japan Deep Learning Association.