Amid growing demand, IIT Kanpur to offer new courses in AI, data science

NEW DELHI : Looking at the demand for data science and artificial intelligence (AI) professionals, the Indian Institutes of Technology in Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) will offer undergraduate (UG) and integrated masters programmes on the subject.

The governing board of the IIT has approved a four-year UG degree, and a five-year integrated programme in statistics and data science. The institute will select students to the coubased on their scores in the Joint Entrance Exam-Advanced (JEE-Advanced).

“Data science, artificial intelligence/machine learning are playing increasingly important roles in finding solutions to diverse real-world problems. Research in data science in the next 20 years is expected to focus on developing mathematically rooted models that can be implemented efficiently,” IIT-Kanpur said.