India’s Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched a unique initiative to offer a free online course for Engineering Students. This 8-week course, titled “Data Science for Engineers,” aims to enhance the skills of engineers in the latest technologies and tools, providing them with a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving industry. The course is designed to cover a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics, among others.
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About the IIT Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (popularly known as IITM or IIT Madras) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. As one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), IIT Madras is also recognized as an Institute of National Importance.
Founded in 1959 with technical and financial assistance from the former government of West Germany, it was the third Indian Institute of Technology established by the Government of India. IIT Madras is consistently ranked as the top engineering institute in India by the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework since the inception of the NIRF ranking system in 2016.
In 1956, the West German Government offered technical assistance for establishing an institute of higher education in engineering in India. The first Indo-German agreement was signed in Bonn, West Germany in 1959 for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. IIT Madras was started with technical, academic, and financial assistance from the Government of West Germany and was at the time the largest international educational project sponsored by the West German government. The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has agreed to provide the following assistance in the establishment of a higher technological institute at Madras.
This has led to several collaborative research efforts with universities and institutions in Germany over the years. Although official support from the German government has ended, several research efforts involving the DAAD program and Humboldt Fellowships still exist.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras started functioning with the first batch of 120 students being admitted in July 1959 to the first year of the Engineering Course. The institute was inaugurated in 1959, by the then Union Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs.
The first batch had an overall strength of 120 students from across India. In 1961, the IITs were declared to be Institutes of National Importance. The first convocation ceremony was held on 11 July 1964, with Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, then the president of India, delivering the convocation address and awarding the degrees to the inaugural batch of students. The institute got its first women students in the BTech batch of 1966. IIT Madras celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2009, and its Diamond Jubilee in 2019.
About the Free Online Course
Learning Objectives :
Introduce R as a programming language
Introduce the mathematical foundations required for data science
Introduce the first-level data science algorithms
Introduce a data analytics problem-solving framework
Introduce a practical capstone case study
Learning Outcomes:
Describe a flow process for data science problems (Remembering)
Classify data science problems into standard typology (Comprehension)
Develop R codes for data science solutions (Application)
Correlate results to the solution approach followed (Analysis)
Assess the solution approach (Evaluation)
Construct use cases to validate the approach and identify modifications required (Creating)
Eligibility Criteria
This Course for Open to all engineering students.
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Course layout
Week 1: Course philosophy and introduction to R
Week 2: Linear algebra for data science
1. Algebraic view – vectors, matrices, a product of matrix & vector, rank, null space, solution of an over-determined set of equations and pseudo-inverse)
2. Geometric view – vectors, distance, projections, eigenvalue decomposition
Week 3: Statistics (descriptive statistics, notion of probability, distributions, mean, variance, covariance, covariance matrix, understanding univariate and multivariate normal distributions, introduction to hypothesis testing, confidence interval for estimates)
Week 4: Optimization
Week 5: 1. Optimization
2. Typology of data science problems and a solution framework
Week 6: 1. Simple linear regression and verifying assumptions used in linear regression
2. Multivariate linear regression, model assessment, assessing importance of different variables, subset selection
Week 7: Classification using logistic regression
Week 8: Classification using kNN and k-means clustering
Books and references
1. INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ALGEBRA – BY GILBERT STRANG
2. APPLIED STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY FOR ENGINEERS – BY DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY
Duration
8 weeks long course
Deadline date
The Deadline Date is 15 Mar 2024
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How to Apply?
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FAQ
What is this free online course all about?
This course, “Fundamentals of Data Science,” is a collaboration between IIT Madras and Microsoft, offering engineering students an 8-week intensive program in the fundamentals of data science. You’ll learn about machine learning, deep learning, data analysis, and other essential skills for this in-demand field.
How can I register for the free online course?
The course is accessible on SWAYAM, India’s national MOOC platform. Simply head over to [link to the course page on SWAYAM] and create your account or log in if you already have one. Then, search for “Fundamentals of Data Science” and click “Enroll Now.”
