Faculty Development Program on “Data Science using AI and Soft Computing techniques ”

 SRM Institute of  Science and Technology, Ramapuram in  association with E& ICT Academy,  NIT Warangal has organized online Faculty development program on Data science using AI and soft computing techniques from 18.09.21 to 27.09.21 .This program was sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information  Technology ( *Meity) GoI .

The aim of this FDP is  to disseminate the knowledge in the domain of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Techniques. It empowers the participants to understand how AI and Soft Computing can be used to innovate and improve the various Data Science based approaches. The participants will be trained with hands-on approach in order to have an in-depth insight into the domain of Data Science and expose them to Feasibility & future scope.

Inaugural function

Inaugural function of the FDP was held  at 2.30 PM on 18/09/2021. The program began with virtual lighting of the lamp followed by  the  National song.

Dr. Sujit Das coordinator, NIT Warangal gave a brief introduction about the program and welcomed the participants. Dean, E&T SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram congratulated coordinators of  host institutes for their interest in taking up this FDP with trending technology which has brought 4th Industrial revolution in the world today.

Director, SRM group of Institutions Ramapuram, mentioned in his inaugural address that, Data Science is the current reining technology that has conquered industries around the world. He has encouraged the participants to abreast with the latest technology. Dr. Shakeela Sathish, Coordinator, SRMIST Ramapuram proposed vote of thanks.

The sessions for the ten days were scheduled as follows.

Day 1

Date : 18.09.2021

Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr. Sujit Das

Assistant Professor,

Department of Computer Science & Engineering,

NIT Warangal

Topic

Data Science, AI and Soft Computing: An Introduction

Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. P. Radha Krishna

Professor & Head

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Data Science: Fundamentals, Challenges and  Opportunities

 Day 2

Date:19.09.2021

Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr. Samarjit Kar

Assistant Professor,

Department of Computer Science & Engineering,

NIT Warangal

Topic

Data Science and Machine learning: Mathematical Foundations

 Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. M. Srinivas

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Research in Machine Learning

Day 3

Date: 20.09.2021

Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr. RBV Subramanyam

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Decision tree based methods and applications

Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. M. Srinivas

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Bayesian Decision Tree

Day 4

Date: 21.09.2021

Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Professor (Dr.) Debabrata Datta

Retired Senior Scientist

Former Head of the Radiological Physics &

Advisory Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Topic

Applications of AI and Data Science towards COVID-19

 Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. RBV Subramanyam

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Decision tree based methods and applications

 Day 5

Date: 22.09.2021

Session I & Session II

Time : 3.00 PM – 7.00 PM

Resource person

Dr. Debasis Samanta

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

IIT Kharagpur

Topic

Support Vector Machine and its Applications

Day 6

Date: 23.09.2021

Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr. Tanmoy Som

Professor

Department of Mathematical Sciences,

IIT Waranasi

Topic

Tolerance-based intuitionistic fuzzy- rough set approach for feature selection

Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. Ujjwal Maulik

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Jadavpur University

Topic

Advances and Trends in Data Science

Day 7

Date: 24.09.2021

 Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr. P. Radha Krishna

Professor & Head

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Regression Models  and Applications

Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. M. Sandhya

Assistant Professor,

Department of Computer Science & Engineering,

NIT Warangal

 Topic

Hands-on Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for Machine Learning Applications

Day 8

Date: 25.09.2021

Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr.Tandra Pal

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Durgapur

Topic

Multi-objective GA including NSGA-II ( for ‘Multi-objective Machine learning’)

Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. Manjubala Bisi

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Optimization Techniques and Implementations

Day 9

Date: 26.09.2021

Session I

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr.Sanjay Kumar Panda

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Recommender System : Case study of  Machine Learning

Session II

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr. Snehashish Chakraverty

Professor

Department of Mathematics

NIT Rourkela

Topic

Neuro Fuzzy System and practical Applications

Day 10

Date: 27.09.2021

 Session I

Time : 2.00 PM – 3.00 PM

Resource person

Dr.Sushil Kumar

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Warangal

Topic

Differential Evolutionary Algorithms

 Session II

Time : 3.00 PM – 5.00 PM

Resource person

Dr. Jyotsna Kumar Mandal

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Kalyani University

Topic

Predictive Data Modeling and Analytics on Neural Computing for Cryptography and Authentication

Session III

Time : 5.15 PM – 7.15 PM

Resource person

Dr.Tandra Pal

Professor

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

NIT Durgapur

Topic

SOM and Clustering (for ‘Unsuupervised learning, dimension reduction methods’)

Valedictory Function

The valedictory function  was conducted on 27.09.2021 at 7.15 PM with the welcome address. At the very outset Dr. Sujit Das, coordinator, NIT Warangal, presented a brief report of FDP.

Dean (E&T)  in his falicitation  address congratulated and appreciated the department for taking up the latest trend of the Industry as the FDP topic,  to upgrade the skill and competency of the Faculty members. He thanked E &ICT Academy, NIT Warangal for associting with SRMIST, Ramapuram in organising the FDP.

Dean  Research in his valedictory address mentioned that there has been an enormous increase in the importance and usage of data science. He emphasized that the proposed concept is essential to equip ourselves according to the demand of the industry.

Dr. Shakeela  Sathish, Coordinator, SRMIST, Ramapuram proposed the vote of thanks. The program concluded with the national anthem.

Research scholars and faculty members from all over the nation participated in this FDP. The intensive exposure to the subject, through presentations and discussions led by multiple experts, renewed the motivation of the participants to pursue higher productivity and fulfillment of professional and academic goals.  They appreciated, congratulated and thanked the organizers for organizing such informative sessions thereby acknowledging the success of the FDP.