This long course equips you with practical knowledge and hands-on skills required to design, architect, and optimize autonomous AI agents that solve multi-step tasks reliably, efficiently, and responsibly. You will study reward-design and reinforcement-learning foundations to translate business objectives into robust reward signals, while learning to evaluate ethical, legal, and societal impacts of agent decision policies. The course covers competing reasoning-loop architectures (e.g., ReAct and Reflexion), modular agent component design with clear APIs, and search and planning strategies (A*, beam search, and heuristic augmentation). You will also practice feature engineering and model-interpretability methods to expose spurious correlations and produce explainable agent behaviors. Finally, the course guides you to make strategic modeling choices—such as fine-tuning large models versus training smaller task-specific models—and to package reproducible, reusable ML pipelines for agent subsystems. Throughout the course, practical labs and engineering-focused examples emphasize production-readiness, modularity, and trustworthiness.
This module is for professionals and data scientists aiming to build responsible AI. As AI reshapes business, balancing performance with ethics is vital. This course provides a deep dive into reinforcement learning, teaching you to craft reward functions that align with corporate goals and global regulations like GDPR. Through hands-on labs and real-world case studies, you’ll learn to identify biases and implement fair governance. By bridging theory and practice, the program empowers you to lead initiatives that prioritize accountability, ensuring your AI systems deliver immense value without compromising integrity or public trust.
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6个视频2篇阅读材料3个作业1个非评分实验室
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6个视频•总计40分钟
Why Ethical AI Rewards Matter?•6分钟
What Is a Reward Function?•6分钟
How to Code a Basic Reward Function?•8分钟
The Real-World Cost of Algorithmic Bias•6分钟
What are Ethical Frameworks & GDPR?•8分钟
How to Conduct a Bias Audit?•6分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计12分钟
A Successful Chatbot Reward Strategy•7分钟
Deep Dive into the AI Bias Lawsuit•5分钟
3个作业•总计65分钟
AI Agent Policy Synthesis and Ethical Justification•30分钟
Hands-On Learning: Scenario Challenge: The Overly-Efficient Chatbot•20分钟
Hands-On Learning: Formative Quiz: Bias and GDPR Compliance•15分钟
1个非评分实验室•总计40分钟
Reward Scheme Optimization Lab•40分钟
Architect Reusable AI Agent Systems
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This module is for engineers transitioning from single-purpose bots to scalable, modular architectures. You’ll master advanced system design to build maintainable AI that evolves with business needs. The curriculum focuses on evaluating reasoning loops like ReAct and Reflexion through data-driven A/B testing. Through hands-on labs, you will apply software engineering best practices to develop reusable components—Planner, Memory, and Executor—using typed API contracts. By the end, you’ll be equipped to design and document a complete Python package of agent components, ready for seamless integration into high-value production environments.
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4个视频3篇阅读材料3个作业2个非评分实验室
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4个视频•总计24分钟
When Good Agents Go Bad?•7分钟
How-To: Run a Data-Driven Agent Comparison?•5分钟
The Monolith vs. The Micro-Agent•6分钟
How-To: Define a Clear API Contract in Python?•6分钟
3篇阅读材料•总计15分钟
ReAct vs. Reflexion: A Tale of Two Architectures•5分钟
The Anatomy of a Reusable Agent•5分钟
AI Agents in the Wild: Case Studies•5分钟
3个作业•总计50分钟
Agent Architecture & Design Report•30分钟
Knowledge Check: Architecture Scenarios•10分钟
Knowledge Check: Component Roles•10分钟
2个非评分实验室•总计120分钟
A/B Testing ReAct vs. Reflexion•60分钟
Architecting Modular Agent Components•60分钟
Optimize Agentic AI: Algorithms for Peak Performance
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This module is focused on building fast, scalable, and responsive systems. Recognizing that speed is as vital as intelligence, this program equips engineers to diagnose and resolve critical performance bottlenecks. You will master optimization techniques, replacing brute-force methods with sophisticated algorithms like beam search. Through hands-on labs, you’ll apply Big-O notation to analyze multi-tool reasoning pipelines and use profilers to pinpoint slowdowns. By learning to implement optimizations—such as indexing to reduce complexity from O(n^2) to O(log n)—you’ll gain the technical expertise to justify engineering decisions through professional proposals.
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4个视频4篇阅读材料3个作业2个非评分实验室
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4个视频•总计23分钟
A* vs. Beam Search: Choosing the Right Tool•7分钟
How to Implement Beam Search in Python?•6分钟
A Visual Guide to Big-O Notation•5分钟
How to Profile Code and Find a Bottleneck?•6分钟
4篇阅读材料•总计21分钟
Understanding Informed Search Algorithms•5分钟
Choosing the Right Algorithm: A Scenario-Based Guide •5分钟
Case Study: The Real-World Cost of Inefficiency•5分钟
Anatomy of an Optimization Proposal•6分钟
3个作业•总计50分钟
Submit Your Optimization Project•30分钟
Knowledge Check: Search Algorithm Concepts•10分钟
Knowledge Check: Complexity Concepts•10分钟
2个非评分实验室•总计75分钟
Optimizing a Planner with Beam Search •60分钟
From Quadratic to Indexed: Kill the O(n²) Bottleneck•15分钟
Hybrid AI Search Workflows
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This module is for engineers and data scientists aiming to build intelligent, factually reliable search systems. While generative AI excels at reasoning, it often hallucinates; traditional search is accurate but lacks context. This program teaches you to architect hybrid workflows that ground LLMs with verifiable data. You will move beyond basic prompting to design and optimize systems for performance and cost. Through hands-on labs, you’ll master parameter tuning and modularizing code for production-ready CI/CD pipelines. By the end, you’ll be equipped to deploy trustworthy, context-aware AI applications that deliver reliable results at scale.
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5个视频4篇阅读材料3个作业2个非评分实验室
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5个视频•总计30分钟
Designing an Effective Prompt Template•5分钟
Evaluating Model Output with a Rubric•6分钟
The Best of Both Worlds•7分钟
Architecting a Sequential Hybrid Workflow•7分钟
Turning a Script into a Python Module•6分钟
4篇阅读材料•总计24分钟
What is a Generative Search Workflow?•6分钟
How-To: Building an Evaluation Framework•5分钟
What is a Hybrid Algorithmic Workflow?•5分钟
How-To: Modularizing Your Workflow for CI•8分钟
3个作业•总计65分钟
Implement a Complete Hybrid Search Pipeline•30分钟
Knowledge Check: Prompt and Evaluation Scenarios•5分钟
Knowledge Check: Hybrid Search Pipeline•30分钟
2个非评分实验室•总计45分钟
Build and Evaluate a Generative Search•20分钟
Build a Modular Hybrid Search Workflow•25分钟
Engineer and Explain AI Model Decisions
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This module is aimed for ML professionals who prioritize trust and accountability. In modern AI, high accuracy is insufficient; you must justify model outputs and mitigate harmful biases. This program teaches you to combine advanced feature engineering with model interpretability for ethical deployment. Through hands-on training, you will transform unstructured chat logs into model-ready tensors using Python, scikit-learn, TF-IDF, and embedding aggregation. You’ll then deconstruct "black box" models using SHAP to diagnose misclassifications and flag spurious correlations. By the end, you’ll develop an AI Model Decision Toolkit, equipping you to deliver stakeholder-ready reports that ensure transparent, reliable production AI.
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7个视频3篇阅读材料3个作业1个非评分实验室
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7个视频•总计47分钟
From Chaos to Clarity: The Need for Feature Engineering•5分钟
Core Techniques for Processing Text Data•7分钟
Building a Preprocessing Pipeline in Python•7分钟
When Good Models Make Bad Decisions•6分钟
Understanding Model Decisions with SHAP•7分钟
How to Run SHAP on Misclassified Data•8分钟
Presenting Your Findings to Stakeholders•7分钟
3篇阅读材料•总计30分钟
The Foundation of Feature Engineering•10分钟
An Introduction to Interpretable Machine Learning•10分钟
Structuring Your Interpretability Report•10分钟
3个作业•总计60分钟
AI Model Decision Toolkit•30分钟
Transforming Raw Conversation Logs•25分钟
Knowledge Check: Feature Engineering Concepts•5分钟
1个非评分实验室•总计60分钟
Detecting Spurious Correlations with SHAP•60分钟
Optimize AI: Build Reusable Model Pipelines
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This is a module for engineers and data scientists focusing on scalable, maintainable workflows. Beyond simple model selection, this program teaches you to build standardized, reusable pipelines that accelerate development and ensure consistency. You will strategically evaluate trade-offs between large pre-trained models and efficient, custom alternatives, balancing performance with inference speed and cost. Through hands-on labs, you’ll master modular construction using Scikit-learn, emphasizing best practices for model management and versioning. By the end, you will transition from ad-hoc development to a systematic, pipeline-driven approach, essential for deploying robust, production-ready AI solutions.
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3个视频2篇阅读材料3个作业2个非评分实验室
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3个视频•总计16分钟
Comparing Model Inference•6分钟
Why Standardize? The Reproducibility Crisis•5分钟
Building a Scikit-learn Pipeline•5分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计15分钟
Understanding the Size-Performance Trade-Off•8分钟
The Scikit-learn Pipeline Object•7分钟
3个作业•总计42分钟
Project: Model Analysis and Pipeline Implementation•30分钟
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This course is advanced and assumes foundational ML knowledge and programming ability. Learners without that background should first consider introductory ML or Python courses to gain the most from the hands-on engineering labs.
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