The department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML) is approved by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi from the academic year 2020-21. The exiting journey of the department is started in the year 2020. The department offers an undergraduate B.E. program with an intake of 60 students.
The department is started to cater the needs of Industry 4.0, which has created revolution by integrating new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT) etc., into their production facilities and their operations.
The Department has well qualified faculty with rich research and teaching experience and is committed to impart rigorous training to the students to generate knowledge through the state of art concepts and technologies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The department has adequate infrastructure with state-of-art laboratories to facilitate an advanced learning environment. Workshops, Bridge Courses, Carrier guidance, technical skills and soft skill programs are conducted by industry experts and academicians to enhance the skills of the students to meet the cutting-edge technologies. The Department has MOUs with several industries which in turn provide internship and training to our students.
To cope up with the upcoming Industrial demands, it is highly required to ensure adaptation of latest skills among students of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to meet the Industry standards. With this objective the department organizes School of Artificial Intelligence program, spread across 4 years, being conducted in collaboration with M/s Tequed Labs, Bangalore, to help the students improve on cutting edge technologies and develop AI applications.
The Department coordinates Infosys Campus Connect program, regular training sessions are being organized for the students of all the streams to ensure preparedness for Infosys Certification Examination. The students are also motivated to get certified on various certification courses available on Infosys Springboard platform which helps to bridge the gap between Industry and Academia.
Vision
To promote partnership between the academic and industry sectors to bring in an innovative ecosystem and being very beneficial to the whole society.
Mission
1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning department intends to provide major support to enable R&D to contribute to the fundamental research in AI and ML.
2. Commit to openness and inclusiveness in a collaborative and constructive spirit to boldly attack challenging problems with high social and economic impact.
3. Initiate education and training paying special attention to the necessary skills of the next generation workforce.
About Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is a method of making a computer, a computer-controlled robot, or a software think intelligently like the human mind. AI is accomplished by studying the patterns of the human brain and by analyzing the cognitive process. The outcome of these studies develops intelligent software and systems
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently one of the hottest buzzwords and with good reason. The various sub-domains of Artificial Intelligence are
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The department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML) is started in the academic year 2020-21 with the intake of 60 students. The department offers undergraduate B.E. program. The Department has well qualified faculty with rich research and teaching experience and is committed to impart rigorous training to the students to generate knowledge through the state of art concepts and technologies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
The department has adequate infrastructure with state-of-art laboratories to facilitate advanced learning environment. Value added courses, Workshops, Bridge Courses, Student development programs, Technical skills and Soft skill programs are conducted by industry experts and academicians to enhance the skills of the students to meet the cutting edge technologies. The Department has MOUs with several industries which in turn provide internship and training to our students. Sports, Co-curricular and Extra-curricular activities takes place at Institute level and students participate in various Intra-College, Inter-College, Inter-University competitions.
Course Outcomes:
Faculties frame the Course outcome by using the four components: Action, Knowledge, Condition, benchmark and shall focus on what the student should know and realistically be able to do by the end of the course.
Choose the Action verb required for learning based on the level, this measures the student ability in demonstrating the concept which is required (Apply, Analyze, . . . .).
The Knowledge and its level required to reach/achieve the concept, some of the concepts required are specific to the domain knowledge.
what are the conditions on which the above knowledge specified is achieved / or the conditions under which the operations happen to achieve the above said knowledge.
To characterize the acceptability levels of performing the action. Bench mark methods are specified for the Optional element.
Programme Specific Outcomes:
Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning:
Graduates will be able to:
Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Some of the more common applications of AI are: Google’s AI-powered predictions (E.g.: Google Maps), Ride-sharing applications (E.g.: Uber, Lyft), AI Autopilot in Commercial Flights, Spam filters on E-mails, Plagiarism checkers and tools, Facial Recognition, Search recommendations, Voice-to-text features, Smart personal assistants (E.g.: Siri, Alexa), Banking Fraud protection and prevention, Online Customer Support, Cyber Security and Virtual Assistants. Finally the major reasons to acquire an Engineering degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are Demand for Certified AI Professionals will continue to Grow, New and Unconventional Career Paths and Improve Earning Potentials.
Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence Engineers
Careers in Artificial Intelligence have shown steady growth over the past few years and will continue to grow at an accelerating rate. 57% of Indian companies are looking to hire the right talent to match the market requirements. Aspirants who have successfully transitioned into an AI role have seen an average hike in salary of 60-70%. As per WEF, 133 million jobs would be created in Artificial Intelligence by the year 2023. Major Companies that offer artificial intelligence jobs are Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Accenture, IBM, Microsoft, Baker Hughes and PepsiCo etc.
Appreciation/Achievement
1. Prof. Geetha C Megharaj awarded doctorate in Computer and Information Sciences for her Thesis titled “ Approaches for Power Optimized Load Balancing in Private Cloud Systems”
2. Dr Geetha C Megharaj has received National Faculty Award 2021-2022 and Best Women Faculty Award by Novel Research Academy
3. Dr Geetha C Megharaj developed Leave Management System for Sri Krishna Institute of Technology
Upcoming Event
One day National Conference on “Recent Trends in Computer Science and Information Technology - 2022” (RTCSIT-2022) has been jointly organized by the department of Computer Science & Engineering and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on 10 rd June 2022
R&D CELL:
The National Project Exhibition, “SKIT EXPO-2021” (Virtual), was organized by Research and Development cell of Sri Krishna Institute of Technology on 4thAugust, 2021.
Activities
1. Bridge Course on C Programming was conducted for II year students from 18th Oct to 31st Oct 2021
2. Bridge Course on C++ Programming was conducted for II year students from 23rd May 2022 to 27th may 2022
3. Constitution Day was celebrated on 26th November 2021
4. Level 3 Training on School of AI conducted for II year students of AIML/CSE/ISE/ECE students from 16 th MAY to 20 th MAY
5. Knowledge sharing session on Microsite Creation on Infosys Springboard Platform was conducted on 21.12.2021 for all the department coordinators of INFYTQ
6. Awareness session on MOOC platforms was conducted by Dr.Geetha Megharaj for I year students during Induction program held on 27.12.2021
7. Parents Teachers Meeting with the Parents 3rd semester AIML Students and Teachers of the department was held on 8/1/22 in online mode
8. Awareness Session on Infosys Certification Exam was conducted for the 5th Semester students of all branches on 29th December 2021 by Dr. Geetha Megharaj.
9. 12th National voters day was celebrated in Department of AIML on 25/01/2022
Career in AI
Artificial intelligence is a lucrative field with above-average job growth, but the industry remains competitive. Roles in this discipline are very niche, requiring both an advanced technical background and extensive hands-on experience.
Those with this rare balance of skills and real-world exposure will be able to land any number of roles in AI and continue shaping the landscape of this constantly evolving field for years to come.
