Foundations of Agent-Based AI Systems

Kickstart your journey in AI agent design by mastering foundational architectures and practical implementation tactics. Learn to decompose systems for effective design, map business goals to technical objectives, and visualize agent-environment interactions for stakeholder communication. Build skills in state encoding, action selection, and rigorous agent evaluation, ensuring you can confidently create baseline models for benchmark tasks and rapidly iterate toward practical solutions that address business needs in global contexts

• Decompose systems for effective design and map business goals to technical objectives
• Visualize agent-environment interactions to communicate with stakeholders
• Develop skills in state encoding and action selection
• Conduct rigorous agent evaluation and create baseline models
• Iterate rapidly to produce practical solutions for diverse business needs

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read course instructions in English and complete short practice activities