IIT Madras is offering an online course called “Large Scale Data Analytics Driven Systems Design” for interested participants. The course is being offered through the IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation, a technology innovation hub hosted at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The course director is Dr V Kamakoti, senior professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Associate Dean ICSR, IIT Madras.
The two-semester course is 50 weeks long and consists of three hundred hours of sessions. It will be conducted on Saturdays and Sundays on alternate weekends. Although the classes will be conducted online, post the COVID-19 pandemic in-person classes will be conducted at IIT Madras for those who wish to take the classes at Chennai. To take the certificate online course on data analytics, a basic level understanding of programming language and database is required.s
What the IIT Madras Certificate Online Course on Data Analytics Will Cover?
The course, which is most suited for senior software engineers, module leads, team leads and project managers, will give knowledge on the end to end hardware and software stack on which the data resides and moves. The course will enable participants to be fully independent in conceptualizing, designing and implementing internet-scale applications of the future, says the IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation website. The following topics are some of the modules that will be covered in the course:
- Introduction to Data science
- Introduction to data management
- Tools and Techniques for Data Visualization and Communication
- Introduction to business metrics
- Introduction to applied business statistics
- Python programming
- Statistics using Python
- Systems Design and Architecture
- Performance Monitoring and Management
How to Apply for the Online Course on Data Analytics by IIT Madras?
Interested participants need to apply online before 7 November 2020. The course begins on 7 November, and also consists of two ungraded assignments, two graded assignments and two exams, which participants need to clear along with 80 percent attendance to obtain the certificate. The fee of the course is Rs 1,47,500, which can be paid in two installments. Those who wish to know more about the course are advised to visit the official website for more information.