人工智能证书的目的是使学生了解用于体现具有人类智能功能的机器的原理和技术，并使机器能够协助人类执行复杂而危险的任务。完成此证书课程的学生将有机会在人工智能的不同领域学习并进行动手实验，包括自动化软件系统（例如软件代理，多代理和多机器人系统，机器视觉和图像处理技术，基于神经网络的自适应软件系统，用于关键决策的启发式和随机优化技术以及将智能嵌入计算机和信息系统的机器学习和知识工程技术。
The objective of the certificate in artificial intelligence is to expose students to the principles and technologies used to embody machines with human-like intelligent capabilities and to enable the machines to assist humans in performing complex and hazardous tasks. Students completing this certificate program have an opportunity to learn as well as perform hands-on experiments in different areas of artificial intelligence, including automated software systems such as software agents, multi-agent and multi-robot systems, machine vision and image processing technologies, neural network-based adaptive software systems, heuristics and stochastic optimization techniques for critical decision making, and machine learning and knowledge engineering techniques that embed intelligence in computers and information systems.