IIIT-Hyderabad launches course on Machine Learning for drug design

Hyderabad: IHub-Data in collaboration with IIIT-Hyderabad, is offering a 12 week course on ‘Machine Learning for Chemistry and Drug Design’ with special emphasis on drug discovery. The course is slated to commence from March 10. Participation is open to students, researchers, professionals with background in sciences who wish to understand methods and applications of AI/ML […]

Hyderabad: IHub-Data in collaboration with IIIT-Hyderabad, is offering a 12 week course on ‘Machine Learning for Chemistry and Drug Design’ with special emphasis on drug discovery. The course is slated to commence from March 10.

Participation is open to students, researchers, professionals with background in sciences who wish to understand methods and applications of AI/ML in domains like Chemistry, Biology and Pharmaceutical Science, according to a press release.

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The course offers fundamental theoretical and practical concepts in AI/ML and their application for drug discovery. There would be a series of lectures covering topics in both sciences and AI/ML to help build a strong theoretical foundation and there would also be accompanying hands-on tutorial sessions to help the participants pick up practical problem solving abilities.

An understanding of mathematics at intermediate or 2 level is deemed essential for participants. Knowledge of any programming language would be highly beneficial, it said. A few internships/research opportunities would be offered for top performing master’s and PhD students.

Participation fee is Rs.7,500 for UG/Masters students, Rs.15,000 for PhD/Post Doc students and Rs.30,000 for industry professionals. More details at https://ihub-data.iiit.ac.in/ml4chem/.