Faculty Development Programme on Application Areas of Data Analytics [Online Mode]

(23th to 27th October 2021)
Organized by

Data Analytics Lab, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad with the support of
AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Programmes

Venue: Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIITA)
     
(As a part of celebration of IIIT-A beyond 20 by 2020)


Faculty Development Programme on Application Areas of Data Analytics

About the Programme

Data analytics is confluence of mathematics, statistics and computer science disciplines, and incorporates techniques like machine learning, cluster analysis, data mining and visualization. It is a multi-disciplinary area that uses scientific methods, algorithms and systems to extract hidden knowledge and insights from (structured and unstructured) data. Application areas of data analytics include important domains like, banking, finance, smart city, multimedia data analysis etc. Hence, it is important to bring awareness among researchers & academicians and train manpower on applications of data analytics to do innovative research work, projects, and create knowledge base.

Objectives of the Programme

  • To disseminate the knowledge of application areas of data analytics among students, researchers and academicians.

  • To provide conceptual understanding of how data analytics can be used for to innovate and improve business processes.

  • The create awareness and interest in this technology among students, and researchers.

  • To focus on providing the researchers and students insight of overall components of data analytics.

  • To focus on providing the researchers and students insight of overall components of applications of data science.


About IIIT-Allahabad and Data Analytics lab

The institution was founded in 1999, and in the following year received university status and the right to award its own degrees. In 2014, the IIIT Act was passed, under which IIIT-A and four other Institutes of Information Technology funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development were classed as Institutes of National Importance. Data Analytics Laboratory under Department of Information Technology, IIIT- Allahabad is established with the vision to solve the data sciences and big data related challenges faced by the individuals, Government and Non-Government organization & industries. Various research areas in the field of Data sciences are identified and research is initiated to fulfill the data analytics requirements. Data Analytics Lab is started to provide necessary infrastructure to the students of IIIT-Allahabad to carry out their research in the field of data sciences.