This Specialization offers a comprehensive learning path across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle Cloud Applications, and cutting-edge AI technologies. You will begin by exploring Oracle’s complete cloud solution, including key OCI components, service offerings, and its security model. Dive into Oracle Cloud Applications such as ERP, SCM, HCM, and CX to understand their business value. Build a strong foundation in AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI, and apply these technologies through Oracle's AI services. Gain hands-on skills in leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), and learn to develop intelligent applications like chatbots using Oracle Generative AI Agents and custom knowledge bases. This specialization culminates in the Oracle Cloud Essentials and AI Specialization certification, validating your ability to navigate Oracle Cloud, harness AI technologies, and develop practical, enterprise-grade solutions using OCI's advanced capabilities
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Oracle Cloud and AI Specialization
Oracle Cloud & AI: From Foundations to Solutions. Build and deploy enterprise-ready Generative AI solutions on OCI
Instructors: Michelle Malcher
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What you'll learn
Understand the fundamentals of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle Cloud Applications, including ERP, SCM, HCM, and CX
Learn core concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI within the Oracle ecosystem
Explore Oracle’s AI stack and Generative AI services, including foundational models, model fine-tuning, inference, and security architecture
Build and deploy an end-to-end Generative AI solution using LLMs, including a fully functional chatbot with RAG, Vector DBs, and semantic search
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Skills you'll gain
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Supply Chain Management
- Cloud Computing
- Natural Language Processing
- Application Deployment
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Deep Learning
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Cloud Solutions
- Cloud Services
- Large Language Modeling
- Generative AI Agents
- Human Capital
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
This course introduces you to the complete Oracle Cloud Solution, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Applications.
Learn the key features and components of OCI, identify the core OCI service offerings, and understand the OCI security model.
Define SaaS, discuss advantages of SaaS applications, review the complete Oracle SaaS portfolio of applications - ERP, SCM, HCM, Advertising & CX.
Skills you'll gain
What you'll learn
Understand and describe AI concepts and workloads, explain Machine Learning concepts and terminologies.
Explain Deep Learning concepts and terminologies. You will understand the fundamentals of Generative AI and Large Language Models.
Understand Oracle AI Stack, including Infrastructure, Data, ML and AI Services. Describe Oracle Generative AI services.
Skills you'll gain
What you'll learn
Fundamentals of LLMs: LLM basics, architecture, Prompt Engg, Fine-tuning techniques, fundamentals of code models, Multi-modal LLMs & Language Agents
OCI Gen AI Deep-Dive: Pretrained Foundational Models, Flexible Fine-tuning, Model Inference, Dedicated AI Clusters, Gen AI Security architecture
Build a Conversational Chatbot with OCI Gen AI: Understand RAG, Vector DBs, Semantic Search, Build chatbot, Trace & Evaluate chatbot, deploy on OCI
Skills you'll gain
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