AWS Academy Machine Learning Foundations
Module 1: Welcome to AWS
Academy Machine Learning
Foundations
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Module objectives
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
• Identify course prerequisites and objectives
• Describe the various roles that require machine learning knowledge
• Identify resources for further learning
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Module 1: Welcome to AWS Academy Machine Learning Foundations
Section 1: Course prerequisites and objectives
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Prerequisites
• IT technical knowledge • Familiarity with cloud
• Completion of AWS computing concepts
Academy Cloud • Working knowledge of
Foundations distributed systems
• Intermediate skills with • Familiarity with general
Python programming networking concepts
• General knowledge of • Working knowledge of
applied statistics multi-tier architectures
General
Preferred
required
knowledge
knowledge
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Course objectives
• Describe machine learning (ML)
• Implement a machine learning pipeline using Amazon
SageMaker
• Use managed Amazon ML services for forecasting
• Use managed Amazon ML services for computer vision
• Use managed Amazon ML services for natural language
processing
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Course outline
Module 1: Welcome to AWS Academy Module 6: Introducing Natural
Machine Learning Language Processing
Module 2: Introducing Machine Module 7: Course Summary
Learning
Module 3: Implementing a Machine
Learning Pipeline with Amazon
SageMaker
Module 4: Introducing Forecasting
Module 5: Introducing Computer Vision
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Module 2: Introducing Machine Learning
Module sections:
1. What is machine learning?
2. Business problems that are solved with machine learning
3. Machine learning process
4. Machine learning tools overview
5. Machine learning challenges
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Module 3: Implementing a Machine Learning
Pipeline with Amazon SageMaker
Module sections:
1. Scenario introduction
2. Collecting and securing data
3. Evaluating your data
4. Feature engineering
5. Training
6. Hosting and using the model
7. Evaluating the accuracy of the model
8. Hyperparameter and model tuning
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Module 4: Introducing Forecasting
Module sections:
1. Forecasting overview
2. Processing time series data
3. Using Amazon Forecast
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Module 5: Introducing Computer Vision
Module sections:
1. Introducing computer vision
2. Analyzing image and video
3. Preparing custom datasets for computer vision
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Module 6: Introducing Natural Language
Processing
Module sections:
1. Overview of natural language processing (NLP)
2. Natural language processing managed services
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Module 7: Course Summary
Module sections:
1. Course summary
2. Amazon documentation
3. Certification requirements
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Module 1: Welcome to AWS Academy Machine Learning Foundations
Section 2: Machine learning job roles
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Data scientist role
• Applying knowledge of statistics
and analytical skills to interpret
data
• Data scientists often have
degrees in statistics, computer
science, or economics
• Some programming skills are
required
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Machine learning engineer
• Emphasis on programming and
system design skills
• Often have background as a
developer or software architect
• Some knowledge of statistics
required
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Applied science researcher
• Applies machine learning
technology to a specific domain
• Requires knowledge of both the
domain and machine learning
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Machine learning developer role
• Integrating machine learning
with software applications
• Requires strong application
development skills and machine
learning knowledge
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Section 3: Resources, documentation, and
whitepapers
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Resources and documentation
• Machine Learning on AWS
• AWS Machine Learning Blog
• Machine Learning Solutions in AWS Marketplace
• Amazon Machine Learning Service Documentation
• Machine Learning Solutions in AWS Marketplace
• Amazon Machine Learning Service Documentation
• Machine Learning in the AWS Partner Network
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