Online Course On From Data to Decisions: Machine Learning & AI for Real-World Science & Engineering (3:0)

(JANUARY TO MAY 2026)

Last date to apply: 31 December 2025

Know The Course Instructor

Lakshminarayana Rao

Lakshminarayana Rao

Associate Professor

Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST), IISc, Bengaluru.

Course Fee

Course Schedule

Reference Books

Particulars Amount
Course Fee 15,000
Application Fee 300
GST@18% 2754
Total 18,054

Number of credits – 3:0
Mode of Instruction
Online Classes

Duration
(JAN – MAY 2026)

Class Start Date

17 January 2026

Timings of the class
Saturday 10 A.M. – 2 P.M.

1. Rabczuk, T., & Bathe, K.-J. (2023). Machine Learning in Modeling and Simulation: Methods and Applications. Springer Cham.
2. Brunton, S. L., & Kutz, J. N. (2022). Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
3. Zhang, A., Lipton, Z. C., Li, M., & Smola, A. J. (2023). Dive into Deep Learning. Cambridge University Press.
4. Douglas C. Montgomery, Design and Analysis of Experiments (2012), John Wiley and Sons, Inc

Objectives of the course

This course is aimed at participants interested in learning to use tools from data analysis, machine learning, and artificial intelligence for solving real world problems in science and engineering. The emphasis is on identifying and modelling problems, collecting and curating data, building models and interpreting the results, in various domains.

Who can apply?

Bachelor of Engineering or Science.

Pre-requisites

Inclination to learn mathematical aspects of ML and AI; Python programming

Who can benefit?

Corporate employees willing to up-skill or re-skill, Fresh graduates, Government employees working on big data analysis.

Syllabus

Introduction to data driven problem solving; Data types, collection and curation; Introduction and relevance of Data Analysis (DA), exploratory DA, visualization. Foundational statistics; Introduction to machine learning; types and models of learning. Neural networks and deep learning; Modern AI systems; Real-world case studies.