Executive Certification in Advanced Data Science & Applications
IITM Pravartak
Technology innovation hub of IIT Madras
Programme Overview
- Provide a thorough introduction to the various methods in the field of data analytics, machine learning & artificial intelligence and its mathematical foundations
- Provide contextual understanding using case studies from various business verticals
- Self-study by applications of the various techniques to real-life data from multiple business verticals
Programme Highlights
Highly recognised Certificate of Completion from IITM Pravartak
3 days of Campus immersion at the end of the programme
Industry specified case studies
Peer-to-peer learning and mentoring from industry experts
The live programme is entirely taught by IIT Madras faculty
Pedagogy filled with case studies, industry projects & practical application
Admission Criteria
Selections will be based on a detailed Profile of the Candidate in his own words elaborating his Academic record, Profile, Designation, Salary, Roles, Responsibilities, Job Description, and a write-up on ”Expectations from the Programme”.
Eligibility & Selection
- Qualification: Graduate/4-year Engineering Degree/B.Sc+M.Sc from a recognised university (UGC/AICTE/DEC/AIU/State Government/recognised international universities).
- Minimum Experience: 3 years preferably in software engineering and/or other disciplines involved in computational work.
Syllabus Breakdown
- Overview of Course
- Introduction to Data Science
- Definition
- Application areas
- Past, Present and Future
- The role of computation in Data science
- The role of mathematics in Data science
- Python
- Install and run Python, use IDE
- Basic control structures
- Importing and Manipulating data, tools for plotting
- R
- Getting started with R
- Basics, control structures
- Functions
- Importing and manipulating data
- SQL
- Getting started with MySQL
- Creating, inserting, retrieving records
- Searching
- Interfacing with Python and R
- Probability and Statistics
- Probability and counting, Bayes Theorem
- Independence, Conditional Probability, Marginal Probability
- Random Variables, Probability Distributions
- Expectation, Variance, Covariance
- Descriptive Statistics
- Statistical Estimation
- Hypothesis Testing
- Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
- Practical Considerations in Data Science
- Linear Algebra
- Vectors and their operations
- Matrices and their operations
- Inner Products and norms
- Matrix Decomposition – Eigenvalues, SVD
- Applications
- Calculus and Optimisation
- Partial Derivatives, Multivariable Calculus
- Gradient, Jacobian
- Automatic Differentiation
- Constrained and Unconstrained Optimization
- Gradient Descent and its variants
- Introduction to Machine Learning (3 hours) - From Data Science to Machine Learning, Learning paradigm, Components of a machine learning algorithm, Bias-Variance tradeoff, Model selection, Hyperparameters, Regularisation
- Supervised Learning (15 Hours)- Definition of supervised learning, data requirements, types of supervised learning problems, algorithms for regression and classification using supervised learning
- Linear Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Multiclass Classification
- KNN
- Decision tree
- Random Forest
- Support Vector Machines
- Naïve Bayes
- Unsupervised Learning (7 Hours)- Definition of unsupervised learning, scenarios for unsupervised learning, types of data, examples, algorithms for unsupervised learning
- Agglomerative clustering
- K-Means
- Gaussian Mixture Models
- Introduction to Generative Models
- Deep Learning (35 Hours)- Artificial Neural networks and its evolution, Backpropagation algorithm, modern applications including text & speech analysis, computer vision and natural language processing using deep learning. State of the art Deep Learning techniques in –
- Deep Neural Networks (DNN)
- Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
- Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
- Transformers
- Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
The techniques discussed in the previous 4 modules will be applied to problems in various domains here. The students can visit the campus to learn in person from domain experts.
Practical applications will be selected from:
- Business Intelligence
- Business Analytics
- Sectorial Analytics (Marketing/ Finance/ Operations/ Supply Chain/ HRM)
- Computer Vision
- Language Modelling
- Applications in Engineering
- Healthcare
- Decision Making
- Project (In candidate's own time - 30 hours)
About IITM Pravartak
IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation is a section 08 Company housing the Technology Innovation Hub on Sensors, Networking, Actuators, and Control Systems (SNACS). IITM Pravartak is funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems and hosted as a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) by IIT Madras. The IITM Pravartak Technology Innovation Hub aims to focus on new knowledge in the SNACS area through extensive and application-oriented research. IITM-PTF gladly takes the role of preparing young India for the next generation of world-class technologies. The NM-ICPS is a comprehensive Mission aimed at complete convergence with all stakeholders by establishing strong linkages between academia, industry, Government, and International Organisations.
Know the Facilitators
PhD from Purdue University, and MSc in Physics from IIT Madras
B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Madras
Programme Certification
Participants who successfully meet the evaluation criteria and satisfy the requisite attendance criteria will be awarded a ‘Certification of Completion’ – Executive Certification in Advanced Data Science & Applications”.
Note: The sample certificate is indicative. The Institute reserves the right to revise it.
Fee Structure
7 days from the date of offer release (latest by 5th April 2023)
15th May 2023
15th August 2023
Note: *All the amounts mentioned above are exclusive of GST.
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You’ll learn
- Basic proficiency in Python, R and MySQL
- Basic proficiency in Machine Learning frameworks such as Pytorch and TensorFlow
- Formulate and programme models:
- Computer Vision tasks
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks
- Ability to implement business applications such as recommender systems, customer segmentation
- Ability to formulate and programme predictive models using advanced time series techniques
- Developing the ability to understand emerging paradigms in advanced data analytics
The total programme fee is INR 2,00,000/- + GST.
- The applicant will be able to use the methods taught in this case to interface with other teams and incorporate them into his or her business case. Additionally, it will assist candidates in transitioning into careers in machine learning and data analytics.
- Middle-level executives can benefit by understanding the strength and limitations of these methods in their business case.
- The core objectives of this interdisciplinary programme is to:
- Give a thorough introduction to the myriad of methods in data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, as well as their mathematical foundations.
- Case studies from various business verticals are used to provide contextual understanding.
- Self-study through the application of various techniques to real-world data from various business verticals.
- Acquire exposure to new age tools and techniques such as:
- AL
- ML
- Python
- R
- Matlab
- SQL
- Pytorch
- TensorFlow
- The assessment is divided with Homework, Final exam, project wherein:
- Final Certifying examination with grades ranging from A to F, with A as highest grade F indicating Failure.
- 50% weightage to homework/case studies and 50% to the final exam.
- Attendance: 70% attendance is mandatory.