IIT Kanpur offers online course on artificial intelligence; apply now

Candidates can apply for the online course at ict.iitk.ac.in/product/introduction-to-artificial-intelligence/. Postgraduate students, teachers and professionals can take up the course. 

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur is offering an online course on Introduction to Artificial Intelligence that can be taken by students and professionals and can be completed in six weeks. 

The course provides participants with an understanding of the basic techniques for building intelligent computer systems and an idea of how artificial intelligence is applied to problems. The course covers the introduction to formal logic, types of logic, the properties of logic systems, proposition logic, syntax, semantics, and entailments and models. 

Upon completion of the course, participants will be subjected to a final assessment along with assignments given to them for better learning throughout the duration of online learning. Only students who successfully complete all the assignments and pass the assessment will be given certificates of completion from the E&ICT Academy at IIT Kanpur, which is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the institute. Students who do not complete the course or leave it midway will not be awarded any certificate, said the institute. 

Students who are pursuing professional graduate or postgraduate courses related to computer science or information technology; computer science and engineering teachers or faculties and IT professionals, who wish to acquire new skills or improve their existing skills by learning artificial intelligence concepts, can take up this course 

Candidates can apply for the course at https://ict.iitk.ac.in/product/introduction-to-artificial-intelligence/. They will have to pay Rs 4,237 plus GST. 

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