NPTEL Course on Accelerated Applied Artificial Intelligence
Offered by IIT Palakkad, KLE Technological University, and NVIDIA under the NPTEL/SWAYAM platform
Event Details
Date: Monday, July 25, 2022 to Friday, October 14, 2022
Venue: Online
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About the Course
This 12-week elective course introduces participants to the compute capabilities and system software required for deploying AI-based solutions in industrial domains such as healthcare and smart cities. It includes demonstrations of two end-to-end industrial use cases and hands-on exposure to state-of-the-art AI SDKs.
Key Topics:
- AI system hardware and accelerators (CPU, GPU, RAM, storage)
- System software: OS, virtualization, cloud platforms
- Containers, orchestration tools, and DeepOps with Kubernetes
- Accelerated frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow
- Distributed AI computing: MPI, NCCL, Horovod
- Inference optimization, accelerated analytics, ETL pipelines
- Applied AI use cases: Smart City (video analytics), Healthcare (federated learning)
Instructors
- Prof. Satyajit Das – IIT Palakkad
- Prof. Satyadhyan Chickerur – KLE Technological University
- Prof. Bharatkumar Sharma – NVIDIA
- Prof. Adesuyi Tosin – Kumoh National Institute of Technology
- Prof. Ashrut Ambastha – NVIDIA
Eligibility & Certification
- Intended for PhD scholars, PG students, senior UG students, and working professionals
- Prerequisites: Familiarity with computer organization, HPC, machine learning, and deep learning
- Certification available via proctored exam (optional, ₹1000 fee)
- Final score = 25% assignment + 75% exam; minimum thresholds apply
- E-certificate includes name, photo, score breakdown, and verification link
Course Status
- Course Type: Elective
- Level: Postgraduate
- Language: English
- Credit Points: 3
- Course Status: Completed