Coursera, the world's largest online education platform, today announced a Specialization on deep learning, one of the hottest emerging fields in artificial intelligence. Created by Coursera's co-founder and leading AI expert Andrew Ng, this certificate program will enable anyone with basic programming skills to explore the frontiers of AI. This is an extension to Andrew's landmark 'Machine Learning' course, which introduced nearly 2 million learners around the world to cutting-edge topics in data science, computer science, and AI.

Through five interconnected courses, learners will be abledevelop a profound knowledge of the keyAI algorithms, mastering deep learning from its foundations (neural networks) to its industry applications like Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition, etc. The Specialization not only will prepare learners to tackle the rise of deep learning but provide them with the opportunity to contribute in the development of cutting-edge AI technology. Many courses also include interviews and guest appearances from leading industry experts and top leaders in the field who will share their personal stories and give advice for aspiring AI engineers. The Specialization is appropriate for anyone with basic Python skills, a strong mathematics background, and some introductory-level machine learning experience.