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Kick-start your ML journey with personalised mentorship from Industry experts, 7 hands-on projects in Machine Learning & Natural Language Processing from IIIT Bangalore and upGrad.
Program Highlights:
- Executive Post Graduate Certificate Programme from IIITB - Differentiate yourself from your peers by earning the industry recognised Executive Post Graduate Certificate Programme from IIIT Bangalore.
- For the Industry, by the Industry - Learn and apply concepts on industry projects along with personalised industry mentorship.
- Personalised Mentorship - Get unparalleled personalised mentorship and doubt resolution from IIITB faculty and our panel of industry experts.
- Dedicated Student Success Mentor - Get a dedicated student mentor with proactive support every step of the way to ensure a seamless learning experience.
- 360 Degree Career Assistance - Receive 360 degree career support from access to upGrad’s job opportunities portal, 1:1 profile reviews, career mentorship from industry experts and much more.
- Unparalleled Learning Experience - Learn the concepts from experienced IIITB faculty & understand the applications from Industry experts to get a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical-hands on experience.
Please feel free to send an email to admissions-acpnlp@iiitb.ac.in for any queries and clarifications.
The program curriculum has been designed to give an in-depth understanding of Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. The curriculum, meticulously designed with inputs from the industry, will equip participants with knowledge of statistics,expertise in relevant tools/languages and understanding of cutting-edge algorithms and applications in Natural Language Processing. The key areas of focus will be:
Course 1 - Data Science Toolkit
- Introduction to Python
- Python for Data Science
- Data Visualisation in Python
- Data Analysis Using SQL (Optional)
- Advanced SQL & Best Practices (Optional)
- Data Analysis in Excel (Optional)
- Analytics Problem Solving (Optional
Course 2 - Statistics & EDA
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Investment Assignment
- Inferential Statistics
- Hypothesis Testing
- Lending Club Case Study.
Course 3 - Machine Learning I
- Linear Regression
- Assignment: Linear Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Naive Bayes
- Module Selection
Course 4 - Machine Learning II
- Advanced Regression
- Advanced Regression assignment
- Support Vector Machine (Optional)
- Tree Models
- Model Selection - Practical Considerations
- Boosting
- Unsupervised learning: Clustering
- Unsupervised Learning: Principal Component Analysis
- Telecom Churn Case Study
Course 5 - Natural Language Processing
- Lexical Processing
- Syntactic Processing
- Syntactic Processing -Assignment
- Semantic Processing
- Classification of Customer Complaints
Industry Projects:
Telecom Churn Case: Solve the most crucial business problem for a leading telecom operator in India and southeast Asia - predicting customer churn.
Investment Analysis: Learners will fill in the shoes of an analyst at an investment bank and determine where the firm should invest. They will then have to explain their recommendations in lieu of the analysis conducted.
Lending Club Case: Determine which customers are at the risk of default and what are their characteristics so as to avoid providing loans to similar people in the future.
Car Price Prediction: Build a model to understand the factors car prices vary on and help a Chinese company enter the US car market
House Price Prediction: Build a model to understand the factors house prices vary on and help an American company enter the Australian housing market.
Part-of-Speech tagger project: Build a POS tagger for tagging unknown words using HMM’s and modified Viterbi algorithm.
MINI CAPSTONE PROJECT: Building Chatbots: Imagine if you could make restaurant booking without opening Zomato. Build your own restaurant-search chatbot with the help of RASA - an open source framework and deploy it on Slack.
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What is the Executive Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Machine Learning & NLP? |
This is an industry-relevant yet academically-rigorous 6-month program covering Natural Language Processing concepts. It is specifically designed for working professionals with Math/Software Engineering/Statistics/Analytics backgrounds to help them gain practical knowledge and to accelerate their entry into Advanced Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing roles. |
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What should I expect from the Executive Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Machine Learning & NLP? |
This program is designed for working professionals looking to pick up skills in advanced concepts like Classification Algorithms, Clustering, Decision Trees, and Natural Language Processing along with a solid foundation of Statistics. This program demands consistent work and time commitment over the entire duration of 6 months. |
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Which topics are going to be covered as part of the program? |
This program intends to produce extremely well-rounded Data Scientists and AI professionals with deep knowledge of mathematics, expertise in relevant tools/languages and understanding of cutting-edge algorithms and applications. The program will first take the learner through the Data Toolkit, introducing python and SQL. Then, the topics of Statistics and EDA will be taught, followed by 2 courses on Machine Learning. Finally, Deep Learning will be covered and the program ends with a mini Capstone Project. |
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What type of learning experience should I expect? |
The content will be a mix of asynchronous lectures from industry leaders as well as world-class faculty. Additionally, the program comprises of some live lectures or hangout sessions dedicated to solving your academic queries and to reinforce learning. |
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Is any certification granted at the end of the program? |
Post completion of the program, an Executive Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Machine Learning & NLP would be awarded by IIIT Bangalore.. |
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What is the time commitment expected for the program? |
At least 12 hours per week of time commitment is expected to be able to complete the program. |
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What is the program fee for the Executive Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Machine Learning & NLP? |
The program is priced at ₹1,50,000 inclusive of taxes. |
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What is the selection process for this program? |
IIIT-B, world-renowned faculty, and many industry leaders have committed a lot of time in conceptualising and creating this program to make sure that the candidates can receive the best possible learning experience. Hence, we want to make sure that the participants of this program also show a very high level of commitment and passion for Natural Language Processing. The applicants will have to complete their Application Form with the correct details. If the applicant meets the minimum eligibility criteria, their application will be reviewed by the IIIT Bangalore and upGrad's Admission committee and they will be shortlisted for the program |