About the Specialized AI Associate Training (v2024.10) training 

This learning plan tailored for Automation Developers and students covers the essential understanding of AI and process automation development. It provides a comprehensive overview of the technological landscape, enabling you to describe how AI and process automation work and articulate their benefits for businesses. Ideal for those looking to enhance their technical skills, this learning plan delves into the practical applications of Document Understanding and Communication Mining.  

By the end of the course, you'll be equipped to drive business transformation through advanced AI and automation strategies, setting the stage for further specialization and certification.

Specialized AI Associate courses in the learning plan 

The first section is a collection of courses that covers the most essential topics in automation development. You’ll discover the UiPath Business Automation Platform and dive into building your first automation process with UiPath Studio. You’ll also learn to harness the potential of variables and arguments, enabling dynamic data handling in your automation projects. In addition to this, you’ll master control flow activities to dictate the execution order of activities within your processes.  

Furthermore, you'll continue your journey by understanding data manipulation in Studio and go into more depth with how to effectively build user interface automation projects. Also, you’ll learn how to automate working with applications like e-mail and build components for enterprise-level automation projects driven by seasoned Automation Developers and Solution Architects. 

The second section introduces the main concepts related to AI, such as natural language processing, machine learning or specialized AI, and introduces the Specialized AI Associate and Professional profile. The third section introduces AI Center, the UiPath Platform component used to manage and deploy machine learning models in automation projects.  

The next section covers the Document Understanding capability of UiPath and how to use it to build reliable automations for document processing. 

The final section covers UiPath Communications Mining and the fundamentals of model training – the necessary knowledge required before training a model on their data in the UiPath Communications Mining platform.  

The overall learning plan takes around 34 hours to complete. At the end of this specialized AI training, you'll receive a digital badge for Specialized AI Associate.    

The full list of courses that make up the Automation Developer - Specialized AI Associate training can be found in the ‘learning plan curriculum’ tab. You can click on a specific course to view its specific agenda and learning objectives.  

Once you complete this learning plan, you will unlock the credential. You can access it from My Dashboard under the Achievements tab.    

Product alignment

This learning plan was originally built using the 2023.10 version of the UiPath Platform components. Although we're now aligning it with the 2024.10 version, the new features introduced in 2024.10 do not impact the core functionality covered in this course. Therefore, the videos and text remain fully relevant. 

You may notice some visual differences between the 2023.10 version shown in the course and the 2024.10 version you are using. However, these differences are minor and should not affect your understanding or execution of the tasks.

Certification alignment

This learning plan is aligned with the 2024.10 release. If you're preparing for the 2023.10 certification, make sure to follow the 2023.10 learning plan here.

Learning prerequisites

The Specialized AI Associate learning plan is comprehensive and covers all necessary courses to acquire the following skills: 

• Understanding the technological landscape of AI and process automation. 

• Articulating how businesses can benefit from these technologies. 

• Gaining proficiency in Document Understanding and Communication Mining. 

• Building foundational competencies in process automation and intelligent document processing (IDP). 

• This learning plan does not require any prior knowledge or courses.  

Completing this learning plan will prepare you for the Specialized AI Professional learning plan, setting you on the path to advanced expertise in building and leading AI-Powered production-level automations.

Audience

The Specialized AI Associate is a specialization for: 

• Junior automation developers and students who have basic hands-on experience with Document Understanding and Communication Mining. 

• Technical roles requiring automation developer expertise with a focus on Document Understanding and Communication Mining, including process automation developer, process automation solution architects, and more.