The objective of the course is to introduce various methods from the domains of machine learning and optimization that will be useful to make business decisions when faced with large amount of data. The objectives of the course are as follows:

• Train the participants on handling both small and large amount of data and perform tasks such as classification and predictive modeling. The training will be useful in automating business operations decisions with the use of data.

• Train the participants on using important data analysis and optimization libraries that are available off-the-shelf.

• Give an insight to the participants on how data-driven ideas are being used to develop artificial intelligence technologies to enhance human potential and solve challenging problems using machines.

Following are the concepts that will be covered during the programme.

• Introduction to Python
• Classification Techniques
• Clustering Techniques
• Dimensionality Reduction for Large Datasets
• Neural Networks
• Deep Learning
• Text Mining
• Applications of Analytics in Business

Prior preparation: A three-hour Python video tutorial customized for the participants will be shared before the start of the programme.

Applications: Following are the products that the participants will be trained on building during this programme:

• A platform that assesses the credit worthiness of banking customers and automatically makes loan decisions.
• A recommendation engine that identifies customer characteristics based on their past purchases and makes recommendations
• Location clustering for routing of vehicles to efficiently provide service to customers in diverse localities
• Sentiment analysis engine to make buy, sell and hold decisions for stocks based on the business news headlines
• An object detection model capable of identifying objects and persons in images and videos.

The codes/models/datasets for all the above products will be shared with the participants during the programme.

• Case studies
• Lectures
• Computer Labs and Exercises

The programme will be targeted towards participants and organizations that are looking to build expertise in data science and intend to utilize machine learning tools for their data analysis needs. The cohort will be a mix of junior and middle level participants with at least a bachelors degree. The bachelors or higher degree should have provided sufficient exposure to the participants on mathematics and computing.