WatSPEED at the University of Waterloo

09/30/2026

Last chance to register for Reinforcement Learning, starting October 5.

Learn how AI systems improve through experience, interaction, and feedback to make smarter decisions in dynamic environments.

In this course, which is part of the AI Certificate, you’ll gain hands-on experience with reinforcement learning techniques, including Q-learning, deep reinforcement learning and policy optimization. You’ll also explore how reinforcement learning is used with language models and autonomous agents, and build an agent that learns to play a game.

Register now and build practical skills in one of the foundational approaches powering modern AI.

🔗 Learn more and register:

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09/30/2026

The next round of courses in our Back-End and Intelligent Systems Development Certificate begin October 5!

Learn more and register:
https://na3.hubs.ly/y0F2gN0

09/30/2026

AI adoption is accelerating across industries, —but adopting technology is only the first step.

The real challenge for organizations is building a strategy that translates AI into measurable business impact.

WatSPEED’s AI and Business Strategy course helps leaders develop the frameworks needed to identify opportunities, align initiatives with business goals, and guide AI-driven transformation.

The next cohort begins on October 13.

Learn more and reserve your spot:
https://na3.hubs.ly/y0F3t90

09/30/2026

Last chance to register for Agentic AI, starting October 5.

Go beyond traditional AI models and learn to build autonomous, goal-driven AI systems capable of reasoning, planning and taking action.
In this six-week course, you’ll gain hands-on experience with tools and frameworks such as LangChain and Model Context Protocol, explore autonomous and multi-agent systems, and build a personalized agentic AI assistant capable of executing tasks.

Agentic AI is part of both of the AI Certificate and Back-End and Intelligent Systems Development Certificate.

Register now and build practical skills for the next frontier of AI.
🔗 Learn more and register:
https://na3.hubs.ly/y0F2240

09/23/2026

⏰ Last call to join the Data Science Certificate!

This four-course program, which begins on September 28, takes you from the fundamentals all the way to the skills employers are actively hiring for:

📊 Statistical modelling, regression, and hypothesis testing
🤖 Machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning
💾 Big data tools like Spark, NoSQL, and cloud analytics

📈 Data visualization to turn findings into decisions
Whether you're breaking into data science or levelling up from where you are, this is the toolbox that gets you there.

Just a reminder that the first two courses in our certificate, Foundations of Data Science and Statistics for Data Science, are now 10 (instead of 12) weeks and eligible for OSAP funding.

🔗 Register now:
https://na3.hubs.ly/y0DpYk0

Learn Data Science from two of Canada's leading universities in computer science. Explore advanced statistical modelling, machine learning, and big data tools.

09/22/2026

How do you secure information systems as AI becomes increasingly embedded in the way organizations operate?
WatSPEED and Digital Nova Scotia have partnered to offer AI & IT Security Systems, an 8-week virtual program designed for professionals who work with, support, or oversee information systems and AI-enabled technologies.

Through live online sessions and applied learning, you’ll learn how to assess information security controls, evaluate AI system risks, identify security gaps, and develop a prioritized roadmap to strengthen system security and AI oversight using internationally recognized standards including ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 42001.
The program starts the week of October 5, 2026.

Applications close September 25.

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09/22/2026

The next round of courses in our Back-End and Intelligent Systems Development Certificate begin October 5. Use the code HORIZONS20 until September 25, 2026 to save 20%, including our brand new Coding Agents course, which you can start anytime.

Learn more and register:
https://na3.hubs.ly/y0DfsH0

09/21/2026

Ready to take the next step from cybersecurity expertise to strategic leadership?

WatSPEED and Digital Nova Scotia have partnered to offer Cybersecurity Governance and Risk Management, an 8-week virtual program designed for mid-career and senior cybersecurity professionals looking to strengthen their leadership impact.

Through live online sessions and applied learning, you’ll learn how to translate technical cybersecurity risks into executive-ready insights, assess organizational maturity, develop strategic roadmaps and budgets, and communicate cybersecurity priorities to senior leaders.

The program starts the week of October 5, 2026.

Applications close September 25.

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09/18/2026

Coding Agents is now open for enrolment. 🎉 This is the newest course in WatSPEED's Back-End and Intelligent Systems Development Certificate — built for developers who want to move beyond "using" AI coding tools and start architecting real workflows around them: writing, debugging, testing, and shipping software with agents in the loop.

You'll build practical skills to:
→ Debug, test, and improve software using AI coding agents
→ Apply AI-enabled development practices across cloud, back-end, and intelligent systems work
→ Evaluate how coding agents affect software quality and delivery speed

Start anytime!

Save 20% with the code HORIZONS20 through September 25.

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Use AI to Write, Debug, Test, and Ship Better Code

09/17/2026

⏰ Tomorrow is the final day! Expand Your Horizons ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Last call to save 20% on WatSPEED programs and start building the skills that move your career forward this fall.

https://na3.hubs.ly/y0CG4M0

Code: HORIZONS20

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