Big data, ML, and AI are today’s hot computing topics, but these fields are quite specialized and introductory material is hard to come by. Fortunately, Google Cloud provides user-friendly services in these areas and Qwiklabs has you covered with this introductory-level quest, so you can take your first steps with tools like Big Query, Cloud Speech API, and AI Platform.

This Quest has 6 steps. 

Complete all of the labs in the session’s quest, and you’ll earn an additional free month of access to Qwiklabs as well as a badge for your online profile.

Together we will do the 1st workshop. You will do the rest by yourself. But if you need help you can sign up/subscribe at this YouTube channel https://bit.ly/AheadOfTech where I will upload videos with the steps.

1. AI Platform: Qwik Start

In this lab, you train and deploy a TensorFlow model to AI Platform for serving (prediction). Watch these short videos Harness the Power of Machine Learning with AI Platform and AI Platform: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.

1 hour, Introductory, 1 Credit

2. Dataprep: Qwik Start

Google Cloud Dataprep is an intelligent data service for visually exploring, cleaning, and preparing data for analysis. Watch the short video Dataprep: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.

1 hour, Introductory, 1 Credit

3. a. Dataflow: Qwik Start - Templates

This page shows you how to create a streaming pipeline using a Google-provided Cloud Dataflow template.

30 minutes, Introductory, 1 Credit

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3. b. Dataflow: Qwik Start - Python

In this lab, you will set up your Python development environment, get the Cloud Dataflow SDK for Python, and run an example pipeline using the Google Cloud Platform Console.

30 minutes, Introductory. 1 Credit

4. a. Dataproc: Qwik Start - Console

This lab shows you how to create a Google Cloud Dataproc cluster, run a simple Apache Spark job in the cluster, then modify the number of workers in the cluster, all from the gcloud Command-Line. Watch these short videos, Dataproc: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview and Run Spark and Hadoop Faster with Cloud Dataproc.

30 minutes, Introductory, 1 Credit

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4. b. Dataproc: Qwik Start - Command Line

This lab shows you how to create a Google Cloud Dataproc cluster, run a simple Apache Spark job in the cluster, then modify the number of workers in the cluster, all from the gcloud Command-Line. Watch these short videos, Dataproc: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview and Run Spark and Hadoop Faster with Cloud Dataproc.

30 minutes, Introductory, 1 Credit

5. a. Cloud Natural Language API: Qwik Start

The Cloud Natural Language API lets you extract entities and perform sentiment and syntactic analysis on text. Watch these short videos Gain Valuable Insights from Text with Cloud Natural Language and Cloud Natural Language: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview.

40 minutes, Introductory, 1 Credit

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5. b. Google Cloud Speech API: Qwik Start

The Google Cloud Speech API integrates speech recognition into dev apps; you can now send audio/receive a text transcription. Watch these short videos Powerful Speech Recognition Using Google Machine Learning and Google Cloud Speech: Qwik Start - Qwiklabs Preview

15 minutes, Introductory, 1 Credit

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5. c. Video Intelligence: Qwik Start

In this lab use the Google Cloud Video intelligence app to extract metadata from a sample video file. Watch the short video Google Cloud Video Intelligence - Search every moment of every video in your catalogue.

30 minutes, Introductory, 1 Credit

6. Reinforcement Learning: Qwik Start

In this lab, you will learn and get hands-on practice with the fundamental concepts of Reinforcement Learning.

45 minutes, Fundamental, 5 Credits