The School of Artificial Intelligence (ScAI), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has declared to introduce a new post graduate programme ‘Mtech in Machine Intelligence and Data Science (MINDS).
The new programme is expected to start from July 2022 onwards. The students who have completed undergraduate programmes in science and engineering are eligible to apply for the course.
The programme is industry sponsored and will provide industry-relevant skills to the students.
The official said that the programme will provide students with AI solutions and industry-relevant problems while using AI. The students will be co-advised by the IIT Delhi professor and a researcher from the sponsoring company.
The MINDS programme will include core AI technologies such as deep learning, data mining, application-oriented courses like computer vision, natural language processing and AI for healthcare and also fundamentals of mathematics.
The schools already provide courses on Phd Artificial Intelligence. The founding head of ScAI, Professor Mausam, said, “Our PhD programme has gathered a lot of interest in its first year. We had a 90% success rate in PhD students joining ScAI last semester, which is exceptional for a young academic unit like ours, as students generally prefer more established academic programmes. But they chose us, suggesting that we have put together a really strong faculty team in AI.”
Professor V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, said, “Academic institutions today cannot remain in silos. They must work closely with all stakeholders, including industry, non-profit, and governmental organizations. M.Tech programme in MINDS will energize academia-industry collaboration in AI.”
