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IISc to offer MTech in Artificial Intelligence

Last Updated 24 March 2019, 19:14 IST
The course has been designed exclusively by experts at the IISc. 
The course has been designed exclusively by experts at the IISc. 
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The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) will offer a "first-of-its-kind" MTech in Artificial Intelligence (AI) course starting this academic year.

The course will address the growing demand for AI with its increasing application in a host of areas from healthcare to aerospace engineering.

The IISc's division head for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Prof Y Narahari told DH that 40 seats would be on offer for the new course. Admissions will be completed by July while classes will begin in August.

"We're looking at students from computer science, electronics and communication and electrical engineering," Prof Narahari said, adding that the AI course was designed exclusively by experts at the IISc.

The course will be an interdisciplinary programme. While offered by a division of the EECS, it will have inputs from Computer Science and Automation (CSA), Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical Engineering (EE) and Electronic Systems Engineering (ESE).

Aspiring students should take a written test and clear interviews. "Applicants from CS, EC and EE GATE disciplines will be called for interview based on their GATE scores," Prof Narahari said.

During the course, students could either work with a mentor at the IISc or opt for an internship programme with the industry depending on the field of work.

"AI has captured the imagination of the entire world with its potential to solve complex societal problems: universal access to healthcare and education, efficient transportation, increased efficiency in providing e-governance services to the public, etc.

"The government has initiated widespread discussion on how India should strive to be among the top nations in the AI ecosystem. As a step in that direction, the two-year MTech programme in Artificial Intelligence is being launched to fill the critical needs of the industry and the gap in the availability of high end AI scientists and engineers," the IISc said.

Among the subjects taught will be Machine Learning for Signal Processing, Machine Learning with Large Data Sets, Deep Learning for Computer Vision, Deep Learning: Theory and Practice, Approximation Algorithms Cryptography, Intelligent Agents, Information Theory and Online Prediction and Learning.

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(Published 24 March 2019, 18:51 IST)

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