New tech courses at IIT Madras and IIIT Delhi

IIIT, IBM Research launch data lifecycle management course

The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) on Monday announced a partnership with tech giant IBM Research to introduce a Data Lifecycle Management course for computer, science and engineering (CSE) students of the institute.

The course will be offered to the pre-final year and final year undergraduate (UG), postgraduate PG) and doctorate students. Although IIIT-Delhi already has many data science courses in its programme structure, the proposed course is unique and focuses more on data management issues for the artificial intelligence (AI) pipeline. The course will cover the different components and challenges of 'Data Lifecycle'.

It will help the students understand the evolution of data research from business intelligence to AI to hybrid cloud.

"The course will expose students to the data side of the AI pipeline with a healthy mix of theoretical concepts and hands-on labs," Vikram Goyal, HOD, Department of CSE, IIIT-Delhi, said in a statement.

The course will take the students' knowledge on data science and AI a step further by explaining the different challenges involved in the management and preparation of data for ML applications.

It will also cover state-of-the-art algorithms and best practices to handle data to construct better ML pipelines.

"It is important for our next generation of AI researchers to understand the data lifecycle," said Sameep Mehta from IBM Research.

The course will also feature a couple of guest lectures from industry experts to showcase how these principles are applied to build large scale data lakes. — IANS

IIT-M, edtech firm launch new programme in next-gen tech

Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and ed-tech company, Great Learning on Monday launched a new programme that aims at making technology professionals advance their careers by learning software engineering technologies using cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain.

This nine-month-long 'Advanced Certification Programme' offers 300 hours of robust online video learning sessions, live learning sessions, and a series of practical projects in cloud computing, blockchain and IoT.

This programme focuses on making current and aspiring software developers job-ready and future-proof by teaching them cutting edge technologies.

It is designed to bridge the talent shortage faced by the industry in the areas of cloud computing, blockchain and IoT.

"We are delighted to collaborate with IIT Madras to offer this program and further our mutual objective of making high-quality education more accessible through online programme," Mohan Lakhamraju, Founder and CEO, Great Learning said in a statement.

According to the company, this programme aims to help learners develop the required skills for roles like software development engineers, software or technical architects, solution architects, cloud engineers, etc.

"We, at IIT Madras are happy to offer this Advanced Software Engineering programme in collaboration with Great Learning," said Dr Janakiraman, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras.

This programme begins with a foundational knowledge of software engineering such as data structures, software architecture and algorithm design.

Then dives deeper into IoT data sources, networking, implementation of IoT on the cloud, big data and analytics, containers & microservices, cloud deployment & DevOps.

It will also provide an in-depth understanding of Blockchain fundamentals and creating blockchain applications, the company said.  — IANS