{"id":344,"date":"2021-02-09T15:51:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T15:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:08:22","slug":"workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section data-kc-fullwidth=\"row\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-811522 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-510999 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-302017 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Post Conference Virtual Workshops<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-94590 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-625020 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-446160 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;\">Two virtual post-conference workshops are organized as a part of the ICDS 2021 conference events for those who are interested in the areas of machine learning and deep learning. Both workshops will be conducted by experts in Data Science who have experience in academia or industry. These workshops are designed to give its participants a dive into both theory and practical applications of the specified areas.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-363105\" style=\"height: 30px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-884095 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\"> 1.    WORKSHOP on Essentials of Decision Trees in Machine Learning<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-370833 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h4 class=\"kc_title\">30th June 2021 from 9 am  -  12 noon (IST) via Zoom<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-135994\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-960445 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-569484 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-724792 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h4 class=\"kc_title\">What will be covered?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-362898 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Introduction to decision trees<\/li>\n<li>Basic concepts of regression trees and classification trees<\/li>\n<li>Tree building algorithms<\/li>\n<li>Overfitting of decision trees<\/li>\n<li>Tree pruning<\/li>\n<li>Basics concepts of Bagging<\/li>\n<li>Basics concepts of Random Forest<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-131063\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-280849 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h4 class=\"kc_title\">Prerequisites<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-764375 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Knowledge and Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Basic knowledge in Statistics<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Intermediate R <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Software and hardware<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<li><em>RStudio<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-40180 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-196174 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resource Person:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"underline\" href=\"mailto:pemantha@stat.cmb.ac.lk\">Dr. G.P.Lakraj<\/a><br \/>Senior Lecturer<br \/>Department of Statistics, University of Colombo<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-198609 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: red; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>First come first serve. Send in your application for registration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/biu5A3XRkt7wv8m69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/biu5A3XRkt7wv8m69<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registration Deadline: <strong>20<sup>th<\/sup> June 2021<\/strong><br \/>Workshop Fee: <strong>2500 LKR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-252010 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MACHINE-LEARNING-flyer.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-541210 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-702615 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\"> 2.    WORKSHOP on Introduction to Deep Learning   <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-125174 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h4 class=\"kc_title\">30th June 2021 from 1 pm  -  4 pm (IST) via Zoom<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-50572\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-106015 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-549203 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-653663 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h4 class=\"kc_title\">What will be covered?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-129999 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Demand for AI in industry<\/li>\n<li>Foundations and mathematics of Deep Learning\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Neural network Architecture<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mechanics of forward and backward propagation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Optimizers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Practical Implementations<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Roadmap for further study<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-85036\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-419924 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h4 class=\"kc_title\">Prerequisites<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-653924 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Knowledge and Skills:-<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Basic linear algebra and calculus\n<ol>\n<li><em>Vector and Matrix multiplication, matrix invertibility and dot product<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Familiarity with derivatives and integration (eg:Chain rule)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Intermediate Python\n<ol>\n<li><em>Experience with Pandas<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Numpy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Working with functions<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Generic Python operations<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Preliminary exploration of Keras (Highly recommended)[RJ1]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Software and Hardware:-<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>You only need a google account and a good internet connection !!!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>All codes will be run on Google Colab<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-212676 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-786698 kc_row kc_row_inner\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-699496 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-508929 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resource Persons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #324e88;\">Gamika Seneviratne<\/a><br \/>Assistant Director<br \/>Investment Research<br \/>Acuity Knowledge Partners<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-42282 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column_inner kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc_wrapper kc-col-inner-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-334894 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #324e88;\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #324e88;\">Devin Kandage<\/a><br \/>Senior Associate<br \/>Quantitative Research<br \/>Acuity Knowledge Partners<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-819863 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: red; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>First come first serve. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;\">Since prerequisites are important to follow the workshop and to get the maximum benefit, participants will be screened. Please send your application for the workshop by filing the following online form. Suitable applicants will be informed of the registration process within 1- 2 days after receiving the application.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vSpS8CkdxZ7SyW7w8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/vSpS8CkdxZ7SyW7w8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Registration Deadline: <strong>20<sup>th<\/sup> June 2021<\/strong><br \/>Workshop Fee: <strong>2500 LKR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-827334 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Colombo-Uni-Deep-Learning-Flyer-Final.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-452197 divider_line\">\n\t<div class=\"divider_inner divider_line1\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-309830 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-640862 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-816557 kc-raw-code\">  <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":94,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.cmb.ac.lk\/icds2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}