Java AI Mastery Guide (2025 Edition)
Introduction to AI with Java
- What is AI, ML, and Deep Learning?
- Why use Java for AI development?
- Java vs Python for AI
- Real-world AI applications built in Java
Core Java Foundations
- Java basics: Variables, loops, OOP, inheritance
- Collections, Generics, Streams, Lambdas
- Multithreading & concurrency
- Maven & Gradle for dependency management
Mini Projects:
1. Simple Weather App using API
2. Basic Telegram Bot using Java
3. Student Data Analyzer
Mathematics for AI
- Linear Algebra: Vectors, matrices, transformations
- Probability & Statistics: Bayes Theorem, distributions
- Calculus: Derivatives, optimization
- Java Libraries: Apache Commons Math, EJML, ND4J
Mini Project:
- Implement Linear Regression in Java using EJML
Data Handling & Visualization
- CSV, Excel, and JSON handling in Java
- Libraries: Apache POI, Jackson, Gson, Tablesaw, XChart
Mini Project:
- COVID-19 dataset analysis & visualization
Machine Learning with Java
Libraries: Weka, Smile, DL4J
Key Algorithms:
- Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forest, SVM
- K-means, PCA, Naive Bayes, Gradient Boosting
Mini Projects:
1. Movie Recommendation Engine (Smile)
2. Spam Detection (Weka)
3. House Price Prediction (DL4J)
Deep Learning with Java
Frameworks: DL4J, TensorFlow Java API
Topics:
- Neural Networks & Backpropagation
- CNNs for Image Classification
- RNNs & LSTMs for Sequence Modeling
- Transformers & GPT integration
Mini Projects:
1. Handwritten Digit Recognition (MNIST + DL4J)
2. AI Image Classifier
3. Music Generation App
Natural Language Processing (NLP) with Java
Libraries: Stanford CoreNLP, Apache OpenNLP, DL4J + BERT
Topics:
- Sentiment Analysis
- Tokenization & POS Tagging
- Named Entity Recognition
- Transformer-based NLP
Mini Projects:
1. Java AI Telegram Chatbot
2. Resume Analyzer
3. Email Spam Detector
AI Integration & Deployment
- Build REST APIs using Spring Boot
- Expose AI Models as Services
- Integrate GPT, Hugging Face & Gemini APIs
- Deployment: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Dockerize Java AI Applications
Mini Projects:
1. Deploy AI Chatbot with Spring Boot
2. Host AI Image Generator on AWS
3. AI Voice Assistant
Capstone Projects
1. GPT-powered AI Telegram Bot in Java
2. AI Image Classifier Web App (DL4J + Spring Boot)
3. AI-Powered Face Recognition System
4. Generative AI Art Platform
5. Stock Price Prediction Engine
Free Resources & Cheat Sheets
- DL4J: https://deeplearning4j.org/
- Smile: https://haifengl.github.io/
- Weka: https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/
- Stanford CoreNLP: https://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/
- TensorFlow Java: https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/java
- Tablesaw: https://jtablesaw.github.io/tablesaw/
