ACM India Bootcamp on AI Development Lifecycle
April 18, 2025
ACM India Bootcamp on AI Development Lifecycle
ACM India, in partnership with IBM Research India and International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore , is conducting a hands-on Bootcamp on end-to-end AI lifecycle in May 2025.
The 3-day program is geared towards industry professionals and senior researchers to get a deep perspective of different aspects of the AI lifecycle (like data lifecycle and model lifecycle). Subject matter experts of international repute will conduct their sessions and combine it with several hands-on exercises.
Please register your names and make the respective payment to attend this bootcamp. All attendees will get a Certificate of Participation.
Bootcamp Theme: AI Development Lifecycle
Dates: Afternoon of Thu, May 22 to Forenoon of Sun, May 25, 2025
Venue: IIIT-Bangalore campus, Hosur Road, Electronics City, Bengaluru 560100
Registration Fees: INR 10,000/- per person (covers the sessions, lunch on 4 days, 1 banquet dinner and tea/snacks twice a day)
Registration Link: https://in.explara.com/e/bootcamp-at-iiit-bangalore
About the Bootcamp on AI Development Lifecycle
This bootcamp offers a practical, hands-on journey covering the complete AI lifecycle—from data collection and preprocessing to model development, deployment, and monitoring. The bootcamp has been specifically designed for aspiring AI professionals to bridge the gap between theory and real-world applications, empowering participants to build and manage AI systems at scale.
Key objectives of the bootcamp are: Understand different phases of the AI/ML lifecycle, Collect, clean, and prepare data for modeling, Train (pre-train/fine-tune) and evaluate (using appropriate metrics and validation techniques) machine learning models, Build applications using AI models for real-world use-cases and learn aspects of Trust in AI adoption (like safety, reliability and transparency).
Tentative Program Schedule (subject to minor modifications)
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Day 1 - Thu, 22-May-2025 |
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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14:00 - 14:15 |
Welcome and Introduction to the Bootcamp |
Meenakshi / Sameep |
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14:15 - 15:30 |
Data Lifecycle |
Parameswaran Selvam (IBM Research) |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
BREAK |
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16:00 - 17:30 |
Data Lifecycle |
Shanmukha Guttula (IBM Research) |
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Day 2 - Fri, 23-May-2025 |
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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09:30 - 10:30 |
Model Training |
Dinesh Garg (IBM Research) |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
BREAK |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Model Training |
Dinesh Garg (IBM Research) |
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12:30 - 14:00 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 - 15:30 |
Model Fine-tuning |
Padmanabha Venkatagiri Seshadri (IBM Research) |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
BREAK |
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16:00 - 17:30 |
Model Fine-tuning |
Padmanabha Venkatagiri Seshadri (IBM Research) |
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19:00 – 22:00 |
BANQUET Dinner |
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Day 3 - Sat, 24-May-2025 |
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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09:00 - 10:30 |
Trust in AI |
Aparna Gupta (Microsoft) |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
BREAK |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Trust in AI |
Aparna Gupta (Microsoft) |
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12:30 - 14:00 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 - 15:30 |
Building an Information Retrieval System |
Rudra Murthy V (IBM Research) |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
BREAK |
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16:00 - 17:30 |
Building an Information Retrieval System |
Rudra Murthy V (IBM Research) |
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Day 4 - Sun, 25-May-2025 |
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
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09:00 - 10:30 |
TBD |
Prof Mayank Vasta (IIT Jodhpur) |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
BREAK |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Prompt Engineering Techniques |
Prof Raghuram Bharadwaj (IIIT - Bengaluru) |
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12:30 onwards |
LUNCH & Wrap up |
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