Srinagar: The Week-long National Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Deep Learning and its Applications” was inaugurated at Amar Singh College, here today.

The programme is organised by the College in collaboration with E&ICT Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Supported by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
Vice-Chancelleor, Cluster University Srinagar, Dr. Shiekh Javed was the Chief Guest and Dr. Partha Pratim Roy, from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Roorkee was the Guest of Honour on the occasion.

Among others Registrar, Cluster University Srinagar, Prof. Abdul Hameed; Dean Academic Affairs, Cluster University Srinagar, Prof. M.Y. Peerzada, President, College Teachers Association, Prof. Tariq Ashai and the senior faculty of Amar Singh College.

The programme was also attended by Technical Expert from Devarthy Technologies, Industry Partner, Bande Nawaz Bagwan, scholars, teachers and students from diverse fields.
The week-long programme is being coordinated by Prof. Syed Ishfaq Manzoor and Dr. Syed Mutahar Aaqib from the Department of Computer Sciences.

Principal Amar Singh College and Programme Director, Prof. Bashir Ahmad Rather addressing the gathering highlighted need of organizing such programmes and importance of Deep Learning in contemporary technological world.

The Keynote Address was presented by Dr. Partha Pratim Roy who spoke about emerging trends in Machine Learning and Deep Learning. He also presented detailed presentation regarding various facets of Deep Learning and contemporary use of Aritificial Intelligence in Pattern Recognition, Autonomous Self-driven Vehicles, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Medical-Image Processing, Computer Human-Interaction, Machine Translation and EEG-based Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Earlier, the introductory address was presented by the Programme Co-ordinator, Dr. Syed Mutahhar Aaqib, who introduced the theme, structure, outcomes and relevance of the Programme.

The proceedings of the function were conducted by the students of the college Syeda Asma Hossieni and Malik Moin Abbas.
The function concluded with a formal vote of thanks proposed by Programme Co-ordinator, Syed Ishfaq Manzoor.

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Accenture has announced the return of its award-winning Women in Data Science Accelerator for the second year. The six-week evening programme is free to attend and combines industry-led lectures, hands-on workshops and career guidance to help women become successful leaders in data science.

The aim of this programme is to build and develop the data science capabilities of women who already hold applied data skills or have broader numerical experience and are interested in the field. Participants will get the opportunity to network with other women pursuing data science careers and learn from Accenture experts in the field. Accenture STEM research published in December 2019 highlighted that 85% of girls in school are very inspired by role models, reinforcing the importance of women working in STEM careers, such as data science, that younger girls can look up to.

What’s Involved?

30 women will be selected to participate in the six-week programme hosted at The Dock, Accenture’s flagship R&D and Global Innovation Centre in Dublin’s Silicon Docks. The curriculum consists of a blend of modules that will help participants build their data science skillsets and further their professional development. There will also be a collaborative practical project throughout the six weeks.

Sessions will run for two hours, one evening per week in a classroom environment, with an additional 2-4 hours weekly focused on the practical project in the participant’s own time. The programme will provide a unique insight into the day-to-day work of in the field of data science while at the same time offering great networking opportunities with Accenture’s experienced data scientists and digital leaders.

Commenting on the launch of the 2020 programme, Oonagh O’Shea, Women in Data Science Programme MD Sponsor, said: “The accelerator is a great opportunity for participants to upskill, collaborate and network with fellow and aspiring data scientists to help further their careers. I am deeply proud of the success of the programme last year. The commitment of our people to develop this resulted in Accenture winning the Analytics Institute’s 2019 ‘Diversity in Analytics Award’. The feedback from last year’s participants has been really overwhelming so I am delighted that we are running the programme again this year.”

Following the inaugural six-week accelerator in 2019, 82% of participants felt more equipped to make a career move into data science after the programme, while 100% of participants would recommend it to other women.

To find out more and to register interest, visit www.accenture.com/WomenInData. The closing date for expressions of interest is Friday, 31st January 2020. Participants will be notified of their acceptance into the programme by 12th February 2020. It will begin on Wednesday 19th February 2020 and run for six weeks, until Wednesday 25th March 2020.

In 2019, Accenture in Ireland was awarded ‘Diverse Company of The Year’ at the annual Women in Tech Awards and ‘Employer of the Year’ at the Women in IT Awards.

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