From the birth of AI to recent achievements: how and why AI has become worldwide one of the most important enabling technologies. The MOOC will provide a non-technical overview of the artificial intelligence field.
Initially, a discussion on the birth of AI is provided, remarking the seminal ideas and preliminary goals. Furthermore, the crucial weaknesses are presented and how these weaknesses have been circumvented. Then, the current state of AI is presented, in terms of goals, importance at national level, and strategies. Moreover, the taxonomy of the AI topics is presented.
The course is structured in 5 weeks:
Week 1: History of AI
Week 2: AI Today
Week 3: AI Research Areas
Week 4: AI National Strategies
Week 5: Italian and European Players
In particular, Week 1 introduces the history of AI explaining what AI is, when it was born and its phases. Week 2 explores the situation of AI today focusing on its goals, its problems and progresses in the scientific community and companies. Week 3 explores research areas, while Week 4 examines national strategies in the USA, in China and in Europe. Finally, Week 5 focuses on Italian and European players: MISE, CINI Labs, AIxIA, and European Networks of Excellence.
By actively participating in this MOOC, you will achieve different intended learning outcomes (ILOs).
ILOs
WEEK 1 - Explain the seminal ideas leading to the birth of AI, the major difficulties and how the international community overtook them.
WEEK 2 - Describe what AI is today in terms of goals, scientific community, companies’ interests.
WEEK 3 - Describe the taxonomy of the know-how on AI in terms of techniques, software and hardware methodologies, and how they are related to each other.
WEEK 4 - Explain the need for national strategies on AI.
WEEK 5 - Identify the major Italian and European players on AI and their scope.
