VTEC Training
Course Code: 31424
AI Fundamentals Course
VTEC Training
Portland,
ME
Class Dates:
1/5/2026
2/2/2026
3/2/2026
Length:
3 Days
Cost:
$1995.00
Class Time:
Technology:
Desktop
Delivery:
Instructor-Led Training, Virtual Instructor-Led Training
Overview
- Course Overview
- In this 3 day AI training course designed for professionals in business or government environments who want to understand the benefits and applications of AI in their work environment. This course covers topics such as data management for AI, building and assessing AI applications, ethics and trustworthiness and organizational success factors for enabling humans and machines to work together.
The course addresses key questions such as “Where does Data Management end and AI application begin?” from a management perspective. Subjects covered include the applications and benefits of AI, data and robots, predictions and algorithms, machine and deep learning, building and reviewing AI applications, data management for AI, ethics and trustworthiness, organizational success factors for helping humans and machines work together, and the future of AI. - Audience
- The course is suitable for beginners and professionals across various roles who need to understand foundational AI concepts and their practical applications:
Business leaders and decision-makers
IT professionals
Data analysts
Developers and engineers
Policy makers
Students and enthusiasts
Prerequisites
- No prerequisites
Course Details
- The course addresses crucial questions from a management perspective, such as the relationship between data management and AI application
- Introduction to AI Fundamentals: Establishes a common vocabulary and sets out the fundamental concepts of AI, data, and intelligent agents.
- Applications and benefits of AI: Explores a range of AI applications and their impact on organizations and society, including examples like classification systems and cluster analysis.
- Data Management for AI: Teaches the basics of data literacy, different data types, and the importance of semantics and syntax.
- Address Privacy Concerns
- Insights that can be derived from data.
- Predictions, algorithms, machine, and deep learning:
- Provides an overview of different levels of prediction
- Key algorithms
- Learning approaches
- Highlighting which are suited for specific types of problems.
- Ethics, risks, and trustworthiness:
- Explores the ethical challenges and risks of A
- Including bias
- Explainable AI
- Relevant legislation like EU guidelines.
- Intelligent agents and robotics:
- Defines intelligent agent types
- Robotics, and different agent models.
- Organizational success factors for human and machine coexistence:
- Looks at the future of collaboration between humans and machines and factors for organizational success.
- Certification pathways - The AI Fundamentals course prepares participants for three certifications:
- EXIN BCS Artificial Intelligence Essentials: Tests the fundamental concepts of AI.
- EXIN BCS Artificial Intelligence Foundation: Focuses on the more IT-technical perspective of AI.
- AI Brevet: An AI for business and government certification established by the Netherlands AI Coalition (NL AIC). It is aimed at professionals who wish to progress beyond basic awareness to apply AI in
- Available in self-paced: The self-paced online course covers foundational AI concepts, including:
- An introduction to core AI concepts such as machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision.
- The benefits and applications of AI in business and government.
- Data management for AI applications.
- Building and assessing AI applications.
- Ethical, trustworthy, and sustainable AI.
- An overview of the future of AI and collaboration between humans and machines.