IEEE CertifAIEd™ AI Ethics Professional Certification Program

IEEE CertifAIEd™ AI Ethics

Professional Certification Program

Enhance Your Knowledge in Ethical AI

The IEEE CertifAIEd Professional Certification demonstrates a professional’s experience and expertise in applying the IEEE AI Ethics framework and methodology to their work profession and covers responsible AI, global ethics initiatives, ethics profiling, IEEE ethical criteria (Accountability, Transparency, Privacy, Algorithmic Bias), and the AI Ethics Framework and Methodology.

Program Learning Objectives:

Understanding the need for addressing unintended ethical consequences and harm in the development and use of Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS) and how trustworthiness in AIS is critical for its adoption
Understanding the global regulatory efforts to implement trustworthy AIS
Understanding the IEEE CertifAIEd approach in addressing societal needs and risks towards the use of AIS
Understanding the required steps to become an IEEE CertifAIEd AI Ethics Professional

Benefits for Organizations and Managers*:

Training employees who deal with or manage AI Systems can help identify gaps in the organization’s AI ethics goals, processes, and implementation
Ensuring your organization is up to date and prepared to address forthcoming compliance regulations for the ethical use of AI (e.g., EU AI Act)
Implementing AI ethics and values in the process helps manage risk in the deployment of AI tools or systems

Benefits for Individuals*:

Add a recognized credential for professional development in a growing industry
Gain credibility with business partners and collaborators
Increase expertise in a framework for implementing responsible innovation in any organization
Grow a competitive edge over others in the field

Benefits for Professors and Faculty*:

Enhance teaching and curriculum quality by integrating responsible AI principles into courses, labs, and capstones, helping students navigate real-world AI risks and ethical design
Strengthen grant competitiveness by demonstrating ethical rigor in proposals using a globally recognized framework, increasing credibility with funding agencies
Stay current on global standards by remaining at the forefront of forthcoming regulations (e.g., EU AI Act) to enrich lectures and student guidance
Elevate academic reputation by earning a respected credential that strengthens promotion and tenure cases while increasing professional visibility

*To qualify, each person must have one year AI experience and/or one year project management experience. All applications will be reviewed, and applicants will be notified by email.

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What to Expect

Get CertifAIEd in Four Simple Steps

Step 3 Take the course and pass with 80+

Step 4 Obtain your three-year certification

Training Options

The IEEE CertifAIEd AI Ethics Professional Certification Program options to suit your schedule

Whether you prefer a self-paced option, or learn with a global community, we have an option that fits your life, connect with an IEEE representative for personalized guidance and upcoming cohort schedules:

Self-Paced Study: Start the moment your application is approved. Learn entirely on your own terms, at your own speed. The exam may also be paused and resumed at any time.
Guided Virtual Training: Join live, expert-led cohorts hosted in various time zones throughout the year. The proctored exam takes three hours.

Practical Assessment Master Class

Have you completed the IEEE AI Ethics Professional Certification course and passed the exam?

Take the next step and complete the IEEE CertifAIEd Practical Assessment Master Class

About the Master Class:

The IEEE CertifAIEd Practical Assessment Master Class is a crucial component in the overall IEEE CertifAIEd Program. This course bridges the gap between the foundational knowledge acquired in the IEEE CertifAIEd AI Ethics Professional Certification Program and the IEEE CertifAIEd Lead Assessor Credential. This deep-dive, hands-on training course is specifically designed to provide participants with the practical, real-world eperience needed to conduct a full AI ethics assessment using the IEEE CertifAIEd process.

This course will help develop the essential skills necessary to scope projets, expertly manage assessment workshops, and apply the CertifAIEd criteria suites to produce the core deliverables of an ethical AI assessment to create the "Case for Ethics."

Course Content and Focus:

Scope and Create the Concept of Operations (ConOps):

Understand what a ConOps is
Identify and classify stakeholders
Create a ConOps from provided information

Facilitate an Ethical Values Elicitation:

Facilitate the value elicitation process
Cluster elicited values to criteria suites
Understand the different perspectives in the profiling process (technical, customer, etc.)

Create the Case for Ethics:

Identify ethical impacts and risks within the process/ConOps
Perform an ethical profiling exercise
Understand how to assess ethical risk
Map values to criteria suite requirements

Evaluate a Case for Ethics:

Select and customize criteria EFRs and evidence
Translate requirements and evidence into client-appropriate and accessible language

Get Started:

Complete the form on this page to speak with an IEEE Respresentative for more details and registration.

To qualify for the IEEE CertifAIEd Practical Assessment Master Class, participants must meet one of the following requirements:

Have successfully completed the IEEE AI Ethics Professional Certification course and passed the exam
Possess an existing IEEE CertifAIEd Assessor Credential (legacy), or IEEE CertifAIEd Lead Assessor Credential

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