AICTE Sponsored Short-Term Course on Data Analytics using R

20-26 November, 2017

Objective of the short-term course

The objective of the short-term course is to cover the recent trends and advancement of Data Analytics concepts and tools and practice the same using R Programming.

Topics to be covered

  1. Introduction to Data Science: Data definition, data categorization, data exploration and preparation, life cycle of analytics modelling
  2. Descriptive Statistics: Measurement of central tendency, measures of dispersion
  3. Basic Analysis Techniques: Hypothesis testing, regression analysis, correlation analysis, maximum likelihood testing
  4. Predictive modelling: Bayesian method, decision tree induction, support vector machine, clustering techniques
  5. Case study with R Programming: Introduction to RStudio, R Programming, case studies
Event:

Period: 20-26 November, 2017

Venue: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Prospective participants

  1. Faculty members from engineering colleges.
  2. Students doing under graduate studies in CSE, IT, ECE, EE.
  3. Post graduate and research scholars in any discipline.
  4. All participants should have good knowledge of Probability & Statistics, Programming.

Registration procedure

  1. (a) Download the Application Form. The duly filled-in form should be attested by the head of the institution and submitted through post/courier to Dr. Debasis Samanta, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, P.O. Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302.
  2. (b) Fill the Google Form.
  3. (c) Selection of the applications will be based on first-come-first-serve.

Registration fees

    Category Fees Accommodation
    Faculty members from AICTE approved colleges NIL Free (Double occupancy)
    Students from IIT Kharagpur NIL No accommodation
    Students from other institutions Rs. 5000 Accommodation on payment basis
    Participants from industry/non-AICTE colleges Rs. 10000 Accommodation on payment basis
    Note:

    See the tariff of accommodations in Institute guest houses.

    All fees must be received in the form of DD/Cheque/NEFT in favour of 'CEP-STC, IIT Kharagpur'. Bank A/C No. 95562200002955, Syndicate Bank, SRIC, IIT Kharagpur. MICR:721025103, IFSC: SYNB0009556, SWIFT: SYNBINBB120.

Important dates :

  1. Announcement: 20 September, 2017
  2. Late date of receiving applications: 20 October, 2017
  3. Notification to selected candidates: 21 October, 2017

Accommodation of the Participants:

See the allotment of accommodations in the Institute guest houses.