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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Data science is the study of using machine learning techniques and statistics to analyse raw data and find patterns and information. Several industries use it to make better business decisions, and researchers employ it to test out models or theories. The Data Science for Engineers programme will explore two main concepts, Big data and Data Science.
Data Science for Engineers certification syllabus has been designed in association with NPTEL and IIT Madras. Professors Raghunathan Rangasamy and Shankar Narasimhan will teach the course, which aims to introduce participants to programming language R, familiarise them with mathematical foundations for data science, study data science algorithms, and provide practical knowledge using case studies.
Data Science for Engineers training is an eight-week online course with the option to obtain certification. Candidates will have to submit periodic assignments and appear for an end-of-term offline exam to qualify for certification. Furthermore, organisations like Honeywell, Gyan Data Pvt. Ltd., Ford, and ABB, recognise this programme, and thus, learners can seek job profiles in similar industries.
The Highlights
- UG/PG elective course
- Data Science, Programming, Computer Science and engineering category
- Eight-week online curriculum
- Faculty from IIT Madras
- NPTEL association
- Assignments
- R programming language
- Certification
- An optional proctored offline exam
- List of books and references provided
Important dates
Course Commencement Date
Start Date : 20 Jan, 2025
End Date : 14 Mar, 2025
Enrollment Date
End Date : 27 Jan, 2025
Other
End Date : 14 Feb, 2025
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 22 Mar, 2025
Programme Offerings
- Books And References Provided
- Optional proctored offline exam
- Faculty from IIT Madras
- UG/PG elective course
- assignments
- NPTEL association
- Eight-week
- Certification.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Madras (IITM) |
- Data Science for Engineers training by Swayam is a free audit MOOC. There is only an Rs. 1,000 fee for candidates who want to appear for the test.
Data Science for Engineers program fee structure
Course Name | Fee |
Data Science for Engineers | NA |
Data Science for Engineers (Exam fee) | Rs. 1,000. |
Eligibility Criteria
To join the Data Science for Engineers program, candidates will receive ten hours’ worth of pre-course study material. They should learn and practise the same before enrolment.
Certificate Qualifying Details
Besides that, participants need to submit all assignments and appear for an exam to qualify for the certification. They must score a minimum of 10/25 in assignments and 30/75 in the exam. A final score will be decided by adding the exam and assignment marks. The minimum passing final score is 40/100.
Participants who fulfil all the above-mentioned criteria and cross the final score minimum requirement will be given the certificate.
What you will learn
Participants who complete the Data Science for Engineers programme will be able to perform the following practices:
- Narrate a flow process for a given data science problem
- Classification of data science problems into standard typologies
- Development of codes using R for data science solutions
- Correlation of the results obtained to the solution approach followed
- Evaluation of the solution approach
- Construct and add used cases to validate and confirm the approach used
- Identification of any requirement of modification.
Who it is for
Data Science for Engineers is open for any interested learner who wants to study data science using machine learning techniques and statistics
Admission Details
Candidates can participate in the Data Science for Engineers online course by following the below-given guidelines:
- Visit the website link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_cs20/preview and click on the 'Sign-in/Register' button on the right-hand side top corner of the website.
- Candidates need to either create a profile on the Swayam platform or log in if they already have an account.
- Select ‘send verification code’, after which, Swayam will send it to your email.
- Receiving it, enter the code and choose ‘create’ to start your account and conclude admission.
Application Details
The Data Science for Engineers program has no form-filling. Candidates can either log in with an existing account, create a new account by entering an email address along with a username and password, or sign in using their Microsoft, Google, or Facebook account to enroll.
The Syllabus
- Course philosophy and introduction to R
Algebraic view
- Vectors
- Matrices
- Product of matrix & vector
- Rank, null space, solution of over-determined set of equations and pseudo-inverse)
Geometric view
- Vectors
- Distance
- Projections
- Eigenvalue decomposition
Statistics
- Descriptive statistics
- Notion of probability
- Distributions
- Mean
- Variance
- Covariance
- Covariance matrix
- Understanding univariate and multivariate normal distributions
- Introduction to hypothesis testing
- Confidence interval for estimates
- Optimisation
- Optimization
- Typology of data science problems and a solution framework
- Simple linear regression and verifying assumptions used in linear regression
- Multivariate linear regression, model assessment, assessing importance of different variables, subset selection
- Classification using logistic regression
- Classification using kNN and k-means clustering
Evaluation process
Data Science for Engineers training participants has the option to appear for an exam to qualify one of the criteria of receiving a certificate. The examination will be held in a designated exam center. There will be no online exam, only an offline proctored one. All the details related to the examination such as the examination date and time, the exam center address, etc. will be given to the participants beforehand via the form.
Students must fill this form once it’s out and provide its fee.
Instructors
IIT Madras (IITM) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Yes, the online Data Science for Engineers online course is supported by ABB, GYAN DATA PVT. LTD., FORD, and HONEYWELL.
No placement support is available. This Data Science for Engineers training is only for learning.
Yes. Data Science for Engineers course material is available online on the Swayam learning platform.
Professor Ragunathan Rengasamy and Professor Shankar Narasimhan designed the Data Science for Engineers syllabus.