Technologies / Infrastructure

IBM Watson Application Developer Certification Bootcamp

This intensive, 3-day intermediate level course covers an overview of concepts contained in the IBM Watson Application Developer Certification exam. You will learn concepts essential to cognitive technologies and application development and administration using IBM Watson services.

Required Participant Preparation

Working knowledge of building applications using IBM Watson services
Working knowledge of basic cloud services (monitoring, logging, scaling) and security
Working knowledge of designing, building, and deploying RESTful APIs
Working knowledge of use cases using IBM Watson services
Working knowledge of cognitive concepts such as intent, relationships, entities, and ground truth
Working knowledge of application starter kits and demos available in IBM Watson Developer Cloud
Working knowledge of open technologies such as CloudFoundry and Git-like repositories
Basic knowledge of building applications using popular web technologies such as Node.js, Javascript, HTML, and CSS
Basic knowledge of machine learning methods and technologies

Who is this training for?

Intermediate level technical specialist who understands concepts essential to building applications using IBM Watson services

You have experience using IBM Bluemix PAAS/IBM Cloud and can use IBM Watson services in an application

You can perform these tasks with minimal help from documentation, support, or peers

Training program

Defining main characteristics of a cognitive system
Explaining neural networks
Explaining machine learning technology (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning)
Defining common set of use cases for cognitive systems
Defining precision, recall, and accuracy
Explaining importance of separating training, validation, and test data
Measuring service accuracy
Domain adaptation using Watson Knowledge Studio (WKS)
Defining intents and classes
Explaining differences between ground truth and corpus
Defining differences between user question and user intent
Cognitive Services Use Cases
Selecting appropriate combination of cognitive technologies based on use case and data format
Applying Watson services in application starter kits
Describing Watson conversational agent
Use cases for integration with external systems (such as Twitter, Weather API)
IBM Watson Developer Cloud Fundamentals
Differentiating cognitive services in WDC that require or do not require training
Examples of text classification using NLC
Explaining Watson SDKs available within Watson Developer Cloud services
Explaining Watson REST APIs within Watson Developer Cloud
Configuring Text to Speech function
Configuring Speech to Text function
Configuring Tone Analyzer function
Configuring Conversation function
Configuring Discovery function
Configuring Document Conversion
Configuring Visual Recognition
Configuring Language Translator
Configuring Natural Language Classifier
Configuring Natural Language Understanding
Configuring Personality Insights
Building Cognitive Applications Using Watson Developer Cloud Services
Calling Watson API to analyze content
Describing tasks required to deploy conversational agent or digital bot
Transforming service results for use by other services
Defining common design patterns for combining multiple Watson services (in API)
Designing and executing service choreography based on use cases (in API)
Deploying web application in IBM Bluemix
Administration and DevOps for Applications Using IBM Watson
Describing process of obtaining credentials for Watson services
Monitoring application resource usage with IBM Watson services
Monitoring application performance in IBM Bluemix/IBM Cloud

Delivery Methods

Online

Convenience of participating from anywhere
Interactive live sessions with trainer
Materials available for 30 days
No travel costs

On-site

Direct contact with trainer and group
Intensive hands-on workshops
Networking with other participants
Full focus on learning

Training Topics

Frequently asked questions

What are the prerequisites for this training?

The IBM Watson Application Developer Certification Bootcamp training does not require specialized prior knowledge. Basic IT knowledge is sufficient.

What is the format and duration of this training?

The training lasts 3 days and is available in online and on-site format. Sessions run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We can also customize the schedule to fit your team's needs.

Who is this training designed for?

This training is designed for: Intermediate level technical specialist who understands concepts essential to building applications using IBM Watson services; You have experience using IBM Bluemix PAAS/IBM Cloud and can use IBM Watson services in an application; You can perform these tasks with minimal help from documentation, support, or peers.