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Applied Deep Learning & Practical AI Engineering for Technical Professionals

1 okt. 2026 - 17 dec. 2026
Master practical AI for real-world application. Designed for engineers and IT professionals, this program covers Deep Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, and Edge AI using PyTorch. Build, explain, and deploy production-ready models through hands-on challenges to solve complex technical problems.
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Praktische info:

1 okt. 2026 - 17 dec. 2026
60 uur
UMONS Campus & FPMS Facilities, Mons, Belgium
Frans
Doelgroep: Engineers, IT professionals, developers, and technical researchers wanting hands-on skills in deep learning and Edge AI.

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  • Voorwaarden: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Exact Sciences, or an equivalent technical field , Technical & Programming Skills: Computer Programming, Python Familiarity.
  • Prijs: Full rate: €1500 (PhD students / Postdocs in Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles): €1000 (UMONS researchers / Postdocs): €750
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Master Applied AI & Deep Learning

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping technical fields from aeronautics and energy to healthcare and IT. However, bridging the gap between theoretical machine learning concepts and production-ready implementation remains a major technical hurdle.

This curriculum equips technical professionals with the end-to-end skills needed to build, analyze, and deploy robust AI solutions. By mastering deep learning architectures, explainability methods, and deployment strategies, participants gain a critical advantage in solving complex, data-driven engineering challenges.

Program Content & Practical Modules

The curriculum is structured around practical technical tracks and interdisciplinary expert insights to deliver comprehensive expertise in modern AI engineering.

Hands-On Technical Tracks

  • Environment Setup & Framework Foundations: Initiate workflows in Python and Jupyter Notebooks using cloud-based GPU resources. Load, normalize, and process data using Google Colab and PyTorch to build initial classification pipelines.
  • Computer Vision & Explainable AI (XAI): Train Deep Neural Networks (DNN) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) for image classification, real-time object detection, and localization. Apply XAI methods to interpret, evaluate, and validate model decisions in critical scenarios.
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL): Combine deep networks with reinforcement learning principles. Learn to train autonomous agents in simulated environments by optimizing reward functions for complex decision-making tasks.
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP): Apply deep learning to automated text processing, multilingual document categorization, and information extraction pipelines using modern NLP techniques.
  • Embedded & Edge AI Deployment: Develop and optimize lightweight models for deployment on resource-constrained hardware (Edge resources), applying smart-city and home-automation concepts with real-time video feeds.

Broader Perspectives & Seminars

  • Examine critical non-technical dimensions of AI implementation through targeted expert seminars covering AI & Ethics, AI & Society, Legal Frameworks, Healthcare Applications, and Fraud Detection.

Key Learning Objectives & Professional Advantages

By completing this program, participants will be able to:

  • Build and train modern deep learning architectures (CNNs, Vision Transformers, Reinforcement Agents) for real-world tasks.
  • Demystify AI decisions using Explainable AI (XAI) tools, ensuring model transparency, reliability, and safety.
  • Deploy AI at the Edge by optimizing algorithms for low-latency, resource-constrained environments.
  • Navigate the broader impact of AI technologies, incorporating ethical, legal, and domain-specific best practices into system design.

Lesgever/spreker

Thierry Dutoit

Thierry Dutoit graduated as an electrical engineer and Ph.D. in 1988 and 1993 from the Faculté Polytechnique de Mons (now UMONS), Belgium, where he teaches Circuit Theory, Signal Processing, and Speech Processing. In 1995, he initiated the MBROLA project for free multilingual speech synthesis. Between 1996 and 1998, he spent 16 months at AT&T-Bell Labs, in Murray Hill (NJ) and Florham Park (NJ). He is the author of several books on Speech Synthesis and Applied Signal Processing, and he wrote or co-wrote more than 20 journal papers, and more than 120 papers on speech processing, biomedical signal processing, and digital art technology. In 2005, he initiated the eNTERFACE 4-weeks summer workshops on Multimodal Interfaces and was the organizer eNTERFACE'05 and eNTERFACE'15 in Mons, Belgium. He was also part of the organizing committee of INTERSPEECH'07 in Antwerpen. T. Dutoit is a member of the IEEE Signal Processing societiy. He has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing (2003-2006) and a member of the Speech and Language Technical Committee of the IEEE from 2009 to 2011. He served as a President for the ISCA Special interest group on speech synthesis (2007-2010). He is involved in collaborations between UMONS and ACAPELA-GROUP, a European company specialized in TTS products. He founded or co-founded the NUMEDIART Institute for Creative Technology at UMONS, the FABLAB-MONS association, and recently the CLICK Creative Innovation Center, in Mons, Belgium.

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