Introduction Course for AI Practitioners

1.3 Artificial intelligence fundamentals
2.1 Computing
3.1 Humanities and social sciences
3.3 Engineering
3.6 Agricultural sciences
3.7 Medicine, dentistry and pharmacy
3.8 Informatics
4.1 Human rights and privacy
4.2 Fairness and non-discrimination
4.5 Safety and security
4.7 Law and policy
4.9 Education and literac

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Graduate School of Information Science and Technology

Professor

Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Research Center

Project Professor*　　*joint appointment

Thanks to the astonishing advancement of technologies relating to deep learning and big data, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping many aspects of society. This course delivers overviews of recent applications of AI in a variety of fields, through which one might get to know state-of-the-art AI technologies better and, hopefully, utilize them for their own tasks.
This course is aimed at graduate students from departments in literature, social science, agriculture, medical science etc., without requiring any expertise in informatics and AI. However, students in informatics are also welcomed, since it is beneficial to know about recent applications of AI and to communicate with people outside of informatics through this course.
Specifically, after a brief introduction of AI’s history and advancement in the deep learning era, invited experts in literature, social science, agriculture, arts, medical science etc., will introduce the latest applications of AI in a specific domain. As potential users of AI technologies and products, all students in this lecture are encouraged to experience recent off-the-shelf AI tools, without heavy programming loads.

Note: This project is one of the activities of the Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Research Center of the University of Tokyo.