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22 2022 | Spectrum | Volume 15 Number 7

Workshop on data science using

python with hands-on Sessions

STAFF WRITER

The Data Science Using
Python workshop was conducted
on the 9th and 10th of March
2022 by DCSE , SRMIST
– Vadapalani Campus . The
Resource Person was Dr.T
Karthick from the Dept. Data
Science And Business Systems,
SRMIST, KTR Campus . The
first session started with the
resource person giving an
introduction to data science and
why python is more required
in this field instead of java. He between Business Intelligence basic commands and a mini-iris
also gave a brief note on the and Data Science. Hands-On project was also performed.
prerequisites of being a data sessions were conducted on During the last session, he
scientist and mentioned the Numpy and Scipy . On day gave more real-life example
works and tools used by a data 2, the first session started with problems and encouraged
scientist. He also mentioned the the resource person giving an the students to come up with
reasons for the demand for a data introduction on Scikit-Learn programs based on real-life
scientist in business in current and making them use tools like problems of any domain and
Hands-on workshop on times. He started off the second Colab and Kaggle on basic many students actively showed
session by introducing what commands. He also showed their completed outputs. The
nvidia Jetson Nano Dli Statistical Analysis and Business how real-world problems were workshop was conducted by
applications are all about. He solved using the scikit-learn Mrs.K.Meenakshi, DCSE ,
also mentioned the difference library. A practical session on VDP Campus.
STAFF WRITER The second-day FN session
started with Image classification
The Department of Computer concepts, followed by a lab
Science and the Centre of session, where students were Workshop on deep
Excellence NVIDIA conducted taught to use Jupyterlab on
a three days workshop on the NVIDIA platform. During
“NVIDIA DLI:JETSON NANO” the session, students were learning and its applications
at SRM IST,VDP campus put on project building. The
from 10th March - 12th March participants were assigned to STAFF WRITER session on image clarity, edge was fascinating, and it’s on AI
2022. The workshop primarily different projects to explore
intended to introduce the Jetson- the technology. The attendees The workshop on Deep detection, grayscaling, blurring, by Dr.P.Supraja. She started with
Nano device to students and worked on Image Classification Learning and its Applications and face detection. The 2nd and an introduction to Explainable
get them started with the kit. ; coded using Jupyter lab and was conducted on 16th and 3rd sessions were conducted by AI(XAI) and briefed on how
The instructor – Mr.Akash worked with real-time data by 17th March 2022. The resource Mrs. Helen Victoria where she AI can have a great impact in
James – NVIDIA certified DLI capturing various gestures and persons for this workshop were discussed vision transformers, real life situation. She covered
instructor started the session expressions. They trained the Dr.V.M. Gayathri, Dr. P. Supraja Sequence-based prediction, CNN various new topics like XAI word
on Introduction to AI and the model with the dataset and did and Mrs. Helen Victoria – & RNN, Attention mechanism, cloud, Need for XAI, Image
concepts of DL Techniques. live demonstrations. On the faculties from SRMIST – KTR Patch embedding, Positional recognition, XAI Application
The AN session was hands-on final day of the workshop, the Campus. The first session on embedding, etc, and concluded Domains, Categorization in
with JETSON NANO; following participants worked on Image image processing was handled with a hands-on session on XAI and Black box. The
the instruction of the resource Regression with real-time by Dr. V.M. Gayathri. She gave image classification with vision workshop was coordinated
person students configured the data during the FN session. the participants a hands-on transformers. The final session by Mrs.K.Meenakshi, DCSE .
NANO kit. The goal of the project was
to build an Image Regression
The attendees project that can predict the X
worked and Y coordinates of a facial
feature in a live image. During
on Image the post lunch session, the

Classification; participants took an assessment
to complete the course. Mr.
coded using Unnikrishnan A R, Head
Developer Marketing & CSP
Jupyter lab and Biz- South Asia, NVIDIA, visited
worked with the participants attending the
workshop and gave innovative
real-time data ideas on DL. The workshop

by capturing came to an end with a vote of
thanks and all the participants
various gestures successfully completed their

and expressions certifications. The event was
coordinated by Dr.Meenakshi
S Arya and Ms.Deepa.