Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Machine Learning: Simplified”

Date   :   12^th February, 2022

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :  1. Computer Society (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                          2.      Consultants Networks ffinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3.      Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4.      Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5.      Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6.      IEEE Technology Engineering and Management (TEM) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            7.      IEEE System, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            8.      IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            9.  The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            10.  The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            11.  Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            12.  The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, New Delhi
                                            13.  AICTE’s IIPC of BVICAM, New Delhi
Report:

The Webinar was held in the benign presence of senior dignitaries from all collaborating societies and chapters. The webinar was aimed to give an overview and the importance of machine learning systems in current times. Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section gave welcome address and introduced the topic. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, BVICAM and Vice Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, welcomed the dignitaries and participants. He emphasized and motivated the participants to keep learning continuously regardless of disruptions, all around us. He has also discussed the background note of the topic and sensitized that how artificial intelligence and machine learning are considered synonyms in the common lingo but are two different things. He also emphasized that that the changes are inevitable and all of us have to be ready to keep ourselves relevant for the challenges being posed to us on account of huge technological change in the backdrop of these smart times.

Mr. Deepak Goyal, Senior Director, CapeGemini was the lead speaker of the webinar. He gave a very detailed background of the big picture of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Science and the technologies around it. He also cleared the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The basic process to be adopted to make a machine learn while applying the appropriate algorithms. The current trends in training a model were also explained along with the basic ethics which should be abided by while solving any business problem. Real-world cases were taken up to clarify technical concepts.

The session concluded with Question & Answer session where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Deepak Goyal for his valuable session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time in attending this webinar and making all the webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi, was the convener of the webinar and has coordinated the entire webinar with Ms. Ayushi Chopra. The other faculty members of BVICAM; Mr. Uttam Singh Bist was working at the backend to make it successful and present it in seamless manner to the participants. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the world and Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, proved itself, once again, as a perfect host.