IIT Delhi to offer free online course on Artificial Intelligence; Check details here

The course will be conducted by Professor Mausam, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, IIT Delhi. He is also an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington, Seattle.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has announced that it will be offering a free online course on 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' on the NPTEL platform. The course can be especially beneficial for undergraduate students in computer science with a fair knowledge of data structures and probability. The institute offered this free course on Artificial Intelligence at nptel.ac.in . 

Artificial Intelligence Course - Highlights

Events	Dates
Courses Name	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Exam Conducting Authority	IIT Delhi
Course duration	12 weeks
Course hours	120 hours
Course Mode	Online (Remotely based)
Official website	nptel.ac.in
Pre-requisites	Data Structures, Probability
Intended audience	Undergraduate students in computer science
Industries applicable to	Most software companies

About Artificial Intelligence Course by IIT Delhi

The course introduces a variety of concepts in the field of Artificial Intelligence. It discusses the philosophy of AI, and how to model a new problem as an AI problem. It describes a variety of models such as search, logic, Bayes nets, and MDPs, which can be used to model a new problem. It also teaches many first algorithms to solve each formulation. The course prepares a student to take a variety of focused, advanced courses in various subfields of AI.

The course is conducted by Professor Mausam, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, IIT Delhi. 

Artificial Intelligence Course Plan

Those candidates who want to enroll themselves must note that the following topics will be covered during the course

•  Week 1: Introduction: Philosophy of AI, Definitions
• Week 2: Modeling a Problem as Search Problem, Uninformed Search
•  Week 3: Heuristic Search, Domain Relaxations
•  Week 4: Local Search, Genetic Algorithms 
• Week 5: Adversarial Search
• Week 6: Constraint Satisfaction
• Week 7: Propositional Logic & Satisfiability
• Week 8: Uncertainty in AI, Bayesian Networks
• Week 9: Bayesian Networks Learning & Inference, Decision Theory
• Week 10: Markov Decision Processes
• Week 11: Reinforcement Learning
• Week 12: Introduction to Deep Learning & Deep RL

The 12-week long course was conducted from January 18 to April 9, 2021, and the last date to enroll for the course was January 25, 2021. Although the course is free to enroll and learn from, to receive certificates from NPTEL and IIT Delhi, participants will have to register and write the proctored exam to be conducted by NPTEL in person at any of the designated exam centers on April 25, 2021, in the morning and afternoon sessions.

About the Instructor

Prof. Mausam is an Associate Professor of the Computer Science department at IIT Delhi, and an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research explores several threads in artificial intelligence, including scaling probabilistic planning algorithms, large-scale information extraction over the Web, and enabling complex computation over crowdsourced platforms. He is also an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2007 and a BTech from IIT Delhi in 2001. He is an awardee of the prestigious AAAI Senior Member status for his long-term participation in AAAI and excellence in the field of artificial intelligence. ArnetMiner, a global citation aggregator, has rated Mausam as the 25th most influential scholar in AI for 2019.

FAQs related to Artificial Intelligence Course 

Q. How is the Nptel AI course?

A. It describes a variety of models such as search, logic, Bayes nets, and MDPs, which can be used to model a new problem. It also teaches many first algorithms to solve each formulation. The course prepares a student to take a variety of focused, advanced courses in various subfields of Artificial Intelligence.

Q. Which Nptel course is best for Artificial Intelligence?

A. Machine Learning, Deep Learning Specialization, Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate.

Q. What is artificial intelligence introduction?

A. Artificial Intelligence is an approach to make a computer, a robot, or a product think how smart humans think. The aim of AI is to improve computer functions that are related to human knowledge, for example, reasoning, learning, and problem-solving.

Q. What are the four types of AI?

A. Reactive Machines, Limited Memory, Theory of Mind and Self-awareness.

Q. What is the most common type of AI?

A. The most common type of AI is Reactive Machines.

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