Amazon India Launches Machine Learning Summer School

Amazon India on Sunday announced the launch of an integrated learning programme for students to learn applied Machine Learning (ML) skills, making them industry ready for careers in the new technology. The programme — ML Summer School — has been introduced to help train students in ML and address the growing demand for talent with this skill set across various industries, Amazon India said in a statement.

Rajeev Rastogi, VP of India Machine Learning at Amazon said, “With the pace of advancements in ML, we are proactively helping students to learn about the latest trends in the field of ML and apply them to solve real-world problems. Our aim is to prepare students for science roles — this will help to reduce the gap between the growing demand for ML roles across companies and the talent pool with applied ML skills.”

Who can take part in Amazon ML Summer School?

Amazon India has collaborated with IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IISc, IIT BHU, IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Bangalore, Indraprastha Institute of Technology in Delhi, BITS, IIT Hyderabad, ISM Dhanbad, IIT Roorkee, IIT Guwahati, NIT Tiruchirappalli, NIT Surathkal, NIT Warangal, Anna University and Delhi Technological University.

What will students learn?

Students will get to learn first-hand on how advanced ML techniques such as Deep Learning and Probabilistic Graphical Models can be leveraged to solve specific business problems in the e-commerce domain such as demand forecasting, catalogue quality, product recommendations, search ranking and online advertising, the e-commerce major noted.

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