mtech-ai-ml
mtech-ai-ml
Programme highlights 03
Programme objectives 05
Mode of learning 07
Experiential learning 09
Programme curriculum 11
Eligibility criteria 13
Fee structure 14
Course-wise syllabus 15
Mode of examination 22
How to apply 23
Students speak 26
Program Introduction
Prepare for a career with infinite possibilities in AI and ML with India’s most
comprehensive and world-class M.Tech. Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning programme without taking any career break.
IT and Software
professionals working
as Software Engineer,
Software Developer,
Programmer, Software
Test Engineer, Support
Engineer, Data Analyst,
Business Analyst, who
wish to transition to
roles such as ML
Engineers & AI
Scientists, etc. should
consider applying to this
programme
Demonstrate conceptual
Demonstrate conceptual Understand the system
understanding and
understanding and and software engineering
hands-on knowledge of
hands-on knowledge of requirements for
traditional and
AI application areas such implementing machine
contemporary AI and
as natural language learning systems on large
machine learning
processing, computer datasets and in
techniques, including
vision, robotics or cyber resource-constrained
deep learning, and
security. environments.
reinforcement learning.
Understand the
underlying ethical issues
in applying AI and
machine learning.
The innovative Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP) of BITS Pilani are quite
aligned with the above definition and requirements. The programs are designed in
collaboration with its industry partners, subject matter experts from industry and
academia that enable the students to remain relevant in their chosen profession, grow in
their career and retain the habit of lifelong learning. The continued availability of
workplace related experiences along with the weekly instruction sessions promote
integration of theory with practice. An active participation of the organization mentor in the
learning process of the student plays a key role. Case studies, simulation exercises, labs
and projects further strengthen this integration.
● Can pursue the programme without any career break and along with the job.
● The programme curriculum is highly relevant to sectors, industries and
organisations they work for
● In addition to the institute, the learning experience of working professionals in the
programme is also supported by the employer organisation and Industry Mentors.
● Effective use of technology to deliver a range of learning interventions at the location
of the working professional such as faculty contact sessions, asynchronous learning
materials, remote, virtual and cloud labs, Learner support, peer to peer collaboration
etc.
● Contact sessions with faculty take place mostly over weekends or after business
hours and are conducted over a technology platform that can be accessed from
anywhere.
● Mid semester and End semester examinations for every semester are conducted
mostly at designated examination centres distributed across the country. For details,
click here.
● Learners can access engaging learning material which includes recorded lectures
from BITS Pilani faculty members, course handouts and recorded lab content where
applicable.
This is achieved through: Simulation Tools, Platforms & Environments: Some or all of the
following would be utilised across the programme.
Tensorflow for Deep Learning and various Python libraries for data processing, machine
learning, OpenCV for computer vision, NLTK for NLP etc.
Supplementary Learning
Project Work
The fourth semester offers an opportunity for learners to apply
their knowledge gained during the programme to a real-world
like complex project. The learner is expected to demonstrate
understanding of vital principles learnt across semesters and
their ability to successfully apply these concepts
Continuous Assessment
The assessment includes graded assignments/quizzes,
mid-semester and comprehensive exam
Note: 3 courses are required including the course Note: 3 courses are required including the course
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Note: Choice of Electives is made available to enrolled students at the beginning of each semester. Students' choice will be
taken a s one of the factors while deciding on the Electives offered. However, Electives finally offered will be at the discretion of
the Institute.
Important: For every course in the programme, institute will recommend textbooks,
students would need to procure these textbooks on their own.
● NLP Applications
● Sentiment Analysis
● Grammar and Spelling Checkers
● Cross Lingual Language Models,
● Machine Translation including Indic Languages
● Question answering and Chatbots
● Information extraction (named entity recognition, relation extraction)
● Knowledge graph
MLOps
● Adaptation of DevOps for building and deploying machine learning systems,
● Model Deployment: Infrastructure requirements
● Deployment patterns, Model CI/CD (Build, Test, Integration and Delivery of model),
● Model Serving tools and technologies
● Model life cycle management, ML pipelines with data management support, model
assessment, evolution, and management in production
● MLOps infrastructure and tools
● Trends in Model deployment: ML on the Cloud / Edge / Browsers; VMs, Containers,
Docker, Kubernetes (K8S), FaSS, ML-as-a-Service
Design of Algorithms
● Review of important data structures
● Design techniques such as divide-and-conquer, greedy, recursion, backtracking,
branch-and-bound, simulation
● Dynamic Programming (Examples, Analysis, General Structure of Solutions
Limitations and Applicability)
● Illustrations dealing with problems in AI and machine learning
● Computational complexity and bounds, NP-hard and NP-complete problems
● Introduction to Approximation algorithms; Randomized algorithms
Computer Vision
● Image formation, structure, and transformations
● Low-level (filters, features, texture)
● Mid-level(segmentation, tracking, morphology) and High-Level Vision (registration
contour geometry
● Object detection and classification, segmentation)
● Deep learning for object detection
● Recognition
Information Retrieval
● Organization,
● Representation and access to information
● Categorization, indexing, and content analysis
● Data structures for unstructured data, design and maintenance of such data structures,
● Indexing and indexes, retrieval and classification schemes; use of codes, formats, and
standards; analysis, construction and evaluation of search and navigation techniques,
search engines and how they relate to the above
● Multimedia data and their representation and search
Machine Learning
● Introduction to Machine Learning
● Various kinds of learning
● Supervised Learning
● Unsupervised Learning
● Model Selection, Bayesian Learning, MAP Hypothesis, MDL Principle, Bias Variance
● Decomposition
● Bayes Optimal Classifier
● Naive Bayes Classifier, Linear Models for Regression,
● Linear Models for Classification; Non-Linear models, Decision trees, Instance Based
Learning, KNN Algorithm, Support Vector Machines, Ensemble methods: Random
Forest, Bagging, Boostin
● Students can take their examination at any of our 23 designated examination centres in
India at the following locations:
● South Zone: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Kochi,
Thiruvananthapuram and Coimbatore.
North Zone: Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Chandigadh, Lucknow and Pilani.
West Zone: Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Ahmedabad, Indore and Nagpur.
East Zone: Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati and Jamshedpur.
In addition to these locations, the Institution also has a designated examination
centre in Dubai.
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In the printout of the downloaded Application Form, you will notice on page no. 3 a section called the
Employer Consent Form. Complete the Employer Consent Form. This form needs to be signed and
stamped by your organisation’s HR or any other authorised signatory of the company.
Important: In view of work-from-home policies mandated by many organisations, a few candidates may
not be able to get the physical forms signed by their HR/other authorised organisational representative.
Such candidates may instead request an email approval to be sent to their official email ID by the HR
using the format available through this link.
On page 4, complete the Mentor Consent Form, Due to remote work policies, some candidates
which needs to be signed by your Mentor. may struggle to get physical mentor signatures.
They can request email approval using a
provided format.
The material in this brochure is provided for educational and informational purposes only. All the
images that have been used belong to their respective owners and have been picked up from the
public domain.
C R Bhargavi
Software Engineer, Ford Motor Pvt Ltd
Pursuing masters, learning more about Data Science and how could I
apply it to my work was something that I always wanted to do. BITS
Pilani WILP helped me pursue my dream without taking a career
break. The group assignments, last-minute preparations and
discussions for exams felt like I am back in college.
Chaithanya Rai K
Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
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