49-733 Designing Smart Systems

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course is an introduction to artificial intelligence and data science, with a focus on the needs of product designers. It covers a variety of technologies including machine learning, natural language understanding, and image processing, as well as implications of the technologies for humancomputer collaboration, and for society in general. The class includes handson exercises in building systems, but does not emphasize programming. At the conclusion of the class, students will be able to recognize when AI and data science techniques are or are not applicable to a given problem and will have completed a group project designing an AI application. This is a required course in the MIIPS degree program. All other students must contact the instructor for permission.

Prerequisites: none listed

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