By Priya

Patna: Online GIAN course on Distributed Systems and Machine Learning will be organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna from June 6, 2022 to June 10, 2022.

Speaker at the programme will be Prof. Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Louisiana State University, USA

The primary objectives of the course are:

1. To provide an understanding of the principles behind the reliable and optimal operation of distributed computing systems
2. To provide an understanding of the interactions between the fields of machine learning and distributed computing
3. To provide an understanding of the use of distributed computing for accelerating machine learning algorithms
4. To provide an understanding of the use of machine learning for reliable and optimal operation of distributed systems
5. To provide hands-on experience in building applications using distributed machine learning frameworks
6. To provide exposure to state-of-the-art distributed machine learning frameworks like Petuum, GraphLab, etc. 

The course can be attended by executives, engineers and researchers from the software industry, service, and government organizations including R&D laboratories. Students at all levels (BTech/MSc/MTech/PhD) or Faculty from reputed academic institutions and technical institutions are also eligible to register for the course.

Steps to Register:

Step 1: One-time GIAN Registration to get access to all GIAN courses:

1. All prospective participants need to do mandatory web registration for this course on the GIAN portal through the link
2. https://gian.iitkgp.ac.in/GREGN/index by paying Rs. 500/- (those who have already registered, need not do it again)
3. After that, register for the course titled “Distributed Systems and Machine Learning” from the drop-down menu of course registration

Step 2: The course fee for attending the course is as follows:

1. Participants from abroad: Rs. 10000
2. Industry/ Research Organizations: Rs. 7500
3. Faculty from Academic Institutions: Rs. 5000
4. Research Scholars/Students: Rs. 2500

The above fee includes all instructional materials (soft copy) and virtual laboratory use for tutorials and assignments.

Steps 3: Payment (State Bank iCollect):

1. Payment Link: https://www.onlinesbi.com/sbicollect/icollecthome.htm?corpID=1968961
2. Select Payment Category “GIAN-DSML” and pay for the appropriate category

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