AI IN FINANCE: DELIVERING BUSINESS VALUE
Online short course
Learn how to leverage AI solutions to create business value for your organisation in the financial sector.
6 weeks, excluding orientation.
4–6 hours of self-paced learning per week, entirely online.
Email: nusonline@getsmarter.com
Call: +65 3129 6611
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become commonplace in the world of finance. Innovations such as process automation, machine learning, and predictive analytics are transforming the industry. But those who want to harness it in their business need the skills to implement solutions effectively.
The AI in Finance: Delivering Business Value online short course from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE) equips you with the knowledge to manage the design, development and deployment of AI solutions in your context. With an understanding of AI technology fundamentals, you’ll be ideally positioned to identify the solutions that best add value to your organisation, and gain the ability to commercialise these solutions. Expert NUS faculty will guide you through the non-technical material of this course as you examine the potential of AI for your business.
WHAT THIS COURSE COVERS
Over six weeks, you’ll dive into the fundamentals of AI and data science in the financial sector. Guided by expert NUS ACE faculty, you’ll gain insight into planning and managing AI project risks by taking into account ethical considerations and regulatory compliance requirements. You’ll also unpack the concepts and principles of AI in a financial business context. Finally, you’ll learn how to predict future AI trends. Walk away from the course with an understanding of AI’s potential to help promote business value and discover how your organisation can commercialise an AI product.
A POWERFUL COLLABORATION
The National University of Singapore (NUS) Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE) has partnered with digital learning expert GetSmarter to take its transformative education and multidisciplinary research online. In keeping with its mission to educate, inspire and transform, NUS hopes to equip participants worldwide with the knowledge and skills to shape a better tomorrow.
About NUS
Founded in 1905, NUS started with just 23 students. Over 100 years later, it has established itself as Singapore’s flagship university, with a continued commitment to academic excellence and the betterment of society as a whole. As a future-focused university with innovation at the core of its values, NUS strives to prepare individuals for a future that demands resilience and adaptability.
About ACE
Aimed at equipping business leaders and information communication technology (ICT) professionals with the skills to thrive in the digital world, ACE focuses on emerging technology and how organisations can harness it to gain a competitive edge. As part of the NUS School of Computing, ACE gives participants an opportunity to learn about the technologies transforming business and society, with insights from leading researchers and practitioners.
About GetSmarter
GetSmarter, a 2U, Inc. brand, partners with the world's leading universities and institutions to select, design and deliver premium online short courses with a data-driven focus on learning gain.
Technology meets academic rigour in GetSmarter’s people-mediated model, which enables lifelong learners across the globe to obtain industry-relevant skills that are certified by the world’s most reputable academic institutions.
As a participant, you will also gain unlimited access to 2U’s Career Engagement Network at no extra cost. This platform will provide you with valuable career resources and events to support your professional journey. You can look forward to benefits including rich content, career templates, webinars, workshops, career fairs, networking events, panel discussions and exclusive recruitment opportunities to connect you with potential employers.*
*Some of these events may be virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
You’ll be welcomed to the course and begin connecting with fellow participants, while exploring the navigation and tools of your Online Campus. Be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and review how your results will be calculated and distributed.
You’ll be required to complete your participant profile, confirm your email address for the delivery of your digital certificate and submit a digital copy of your passport/identity document.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
Learn how to frame the right questions about the application of AI in finance.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how AI works in delivering business value
- Identify global trends in the use of AI in finance
- Interpret the practical workings of AI and its limitations in daily operations
- Extrapolate the right questions in exploring AI as a solution to business problems
- Investigate AI solutions to business problems
Explore how AI is currently being implemented in finance.
- Identify trends in the application of AI across industries
- Describe the application of AI in the banking and finance sector
- Determine how AI can be employed in finance roles for risk management and generating business value
- Investigate emerging trends in the development of new business models for the application of AI in finance
- Reflect on the real-world application of AI in finance to drive better performance
Explore how to plan and manage AI in finance projects in terms of design, development and implementation of projects to deliver higher performance.
- Indicate how AI-based projects are designed and planned to optimise financial operations
- Identify how AI projects can enhance risk management approaches and deliver business value
- Articulate the development of AI solutions in financial operations
- Analyse how performance issues need to be managed from a business and technical perspective
Explore the ethical and regulatory compliance challenges for AI projects.
- Indicate how to manage pitfalls in an AI project to ensure that a project's outcomes meet its targets
- Identify ethical issues that exist in AI
- Relate ethical principles to AI projects
- Classify an AI governance policy at the corporate level
- Recommend an approach to deal with regulatory compliance issues from the perspectives of the regulator and regulated
Learn how to use AI innovation in finance, including the creation, protection and commercialisation of AI-enabled products and services.
- Indicate how AI innovation processes are managed in the finance sector
- Illustrate how to manage technological innovation with the emergence of Web 3.0
- Interpret the ways intellectual property rights can be used to protect AI
- Explore ways in which AI innovation can be commercialised
Explore how organisations can prepare strategically and operationally for the future of AI in finance.
- Demonstrate how new technologies will impact the way business is conducted
- Determine future challenges in the field of AI in finance
- Distinguish how future-ready teams can proactively manage the impact of AI
- Hypothesise how AI in finance will be implemented in the future
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE
This non-technical course is designed to empower decision makers with a deeper understanding of the opportunities that come from exciting AI technology. Executives and business leaders who wish to stay ahead of the curve will benefit from the practical aspect of this course which demonstrates how to create business value through AI solutions. The course also offers leaders and managers the opportunity to learn how to commercialise AI products, while considering the ethical and regulatory requirements involved.
This course is for you if you want to:
Upgrade your skills
Learn the fundamentals of how AI works within the finance industry.
Capitalise on opportunity
Discover how your organisation can commercialise an AI product and promote business value.
Predict AI finance trends
Investigate how implementing new technologies will impact the way you do business.
ABOUT THE CERTIFICATE
Earn a digital certificate of professional achievement from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE) as recognition of your newly developed skills.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.
Your digital certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you upon successful completion of the course, as per the stipulated requirements.
WHO YOU’LL LEARN FROM
These subject matter experts from NUS guide the course design and appear in a number of course videos, along with a variety of industry professionals.
Your Course Convenors
Sarat Mohanty
Executive Education Fellow, Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE), National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing
Zaid Hamzah
Executive Education Fellow, Advanced Computing for Executives (ACE), National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing
HOW YOU’LL LEARN
Every course is broken down into manageable, weekly modules designed to accelerate your learning process through diverse activities:
- Work through your downloadable and online instructional material
- Interact with your peers and learning facilitators through weekly class-wide forums and reviewed small group discussions
- Enjoy a wide range of interactive content, including video lectures, infographics, live polls and more
- Investigate rich, real-world case studies
- Apply what you learn each week to quizzes and ongoing project submissions, culminating in the ability to propose an AI solution to enhance value in your organisation
YOUR SUCCESS TEAM
GetSmarter, with whom NUS is collaborating to deliver this online course, provides a personalised approach to online education that ensures you’re supported throughout your learning journey.
Head Tutor
A subject expert who’ll guide you through content-related challenges.
Success Advisor
Your one-on-one support, available during university hours (8am–5pm SST), to resolve technical and administrative challenges.
Global Success Team
Available 24/7 to solve your tech-related and administrative queries and concerns.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Basic requirements
In order to complete this course, you’ll need a current email account and access to a computer and the internet, as well as a PDF Reader. You may need to view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create documents in Microsoft Word or Excel.
Browser requirements
We recommend that you use Google Chrome as your internet browser when accessing the Online Campus. Although this isn’t a requirement, we’ve found that this browser performs best for ease of access to course material. This browser can be downloaded here.
Additional requirements
Certain courses may require additional software and resources. These additional software and resource requirements will be communicated to you upon registration and/or at the beginning of the course. Please note that Google, Vimeo and YouTube may be used in our course delivery, and if these services are blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficulty in accessing course content. Please check with an Enrolment Advisor before registering for this course if you have any concerns about this affecting your experience with the Online Campus.
