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Artificial Intelligence Specialist

rolein a work context:

An Artificial Intelligence specialist is aprofessional who combines excellent general computer skills with specificskills in the field of artificial intelligence and deals with the design,development, integration, engineering and maintenance of particularly complexand innovative computer systems in all contexts in which artificialintelligence is used. In particular, students will be able to work on implementing:

- expert systems;

- planning and optimisation systems;

- Machine Learning systems;

- Decision Support Systems;

- Computer Vision systems;

- Natural Language Processing systems;

- industrial automation systems.

in several fields of application including:

- Industry 4.0;

- Transport;

- Medicine;

- Smart cities;

- Home automation;

- Security;

- Fun and leisure.

These professionals will be able to findthe following positions:

- artificial intelligence researchspecialist;

- machine learning research specialist;

- teacher trainer in the field of AI;

- analyst, designer, project supervisor,software engineer for application projects in the field of AI;

- AI business specialist;

- consultant;

- ICT Innovation Manager.

skills associated to the profile:

To perform the functions described above,artificial intelligence specialists are required to use skills that involve:

- identifying, formulating and solvingcomplex problems that require artificial intelligence approaches in variousfields of application, including interdisciplinary ones;

- applying the main symbolic calculationtechniques used in IA, the main knowledge representation and managementtechniques, the main and most recent programming languages and environments,the main algorithmic techniques for IA and combinatorial optimisationtechniques for designing and implementing artificial intelligence systems;

- applying the main subsymboliccalculation, data mining, machine learning and deep learning techniques, aswell as

the main existing libraries in these fieldsfor designing and implementing artificial intelligence systems;

- applying the main computer vision andnatural language processing techniques;

- evaluating the impact of ethical andlegal aspects related to data management and to autonomous decision-makingsystems;

- use of basic knowledge relating to thecognitive aspects of smart systems.

This role also requires adequatecompetencies such as transversal self-learning and continuous updating skills,communication and relational skills, organisational and management skills, andplanning skills, in accordance with the assigned level of autonomy andresponsibility, with the organisational and working methods adopted and withthe main interlocutors (colleagues, other professionals and public and/orprivate clients).

careeropportunities:

Typically, artificial intelligencespecialists are employed by:

- companies and public bodies for high-techIT tasks;

- public or private research institutes;

- research and development departments inlarge private companies or in public bodies;

- universities and schools;

- consulting firms;

- startup companies;

- freelance engineer, after passing thestate exam according to current legislation.

Continuing to study

It gives access to third cycle studies (Dottorato di ricerca/Scuole di specializzazione) and master courses of second degree.