AI Singapore has launched a six-month part-time online course to nurture more artificial intelligence (AI) engineers and support Singapore’s ambitious AI goals.
Called AIAP Foundation, the course will equip participants with fundamental AI and software engineering knowledge and skills. It is targeted at self-learners with at least basic proficiency in Python programming language who may not have time to commit to full-time training.
Designed by real-world practising AI engineers, AIAP Foundation’s online curriculum will impart the practical knowledge and skills needed to deliver real-world AI projects through two distinct asynchronous learning phrases:
- Deep-skilling Phase: Learners will learn the fundamentals of exploratory data analysis (EDA), software engineering, AI, and building end-to-end machine learning pipelines through comprehensive materials, hands-on exercises and guided projects
- Project Phase: Learners will gain valuable industry development experience by applying and honing their technical skills to a personalised, real-world, synthetic data-driven AI project.
Participants of AIAP Foundation can leverage an AI-powered AI Engineer agent to gain personalised guidance and mentorship on their assignments. They can also use the tool to explore and apply AI/ML principles and better understand the subject matter. Additionally, they can receive customised feedback on their code to help them refine their programming and software engineering skills.
Should participants need further help or explanation, they can reach out to human AI engineers from AI Singapore via an online ticketing system.
“We continue to see high demand across companies in different sectors to adopt AI, sparking off a race for AI education to keep up with the needs of these organisations. With the AIAP Foundation, we hope to bridge this gap by offering a flexible, self-paced course that empowers anyone with programming skills to upskill in the applied field of AI engineering. The curriculum is guided by real-world examples to equip learners with realistic knowledge, enabling them to contribute game-changing solutions to power Singapore’s AI ambitions and explore more pathways into an AI engineering career,” says Kevin Chng, Head of AI Apprenticeship Programme.
Upon completion of AIAP Foundation, participants who are interested in pursuing an AI engineering career can consider applying for the AIAP. The AIAP is a full-time nine-month programme that provides greater intensive deep-skilling training and the opportunity to work on real-world AI projects over seven months. Since its launch, over 350 participants have graduated from AIAP and they have gone on to work for companies to develop new AI innovations.
