Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science conducted a very beneficial workshop regarding “Peer Pressure and Addiction” on 6th April,2023 by our college counselor Ms. Hitakshi Vyas Joshi.

The event was quite informative and interactive as a lot of students was able to express themselves during the session.Ms Hitakshi gave us an introduction regarding different aspects of Peer pressure such as social media , fear of missing out, etc. The students were introduced to different types of peer pressure.Ms Hitakshi explained each type of peer pressure and discussed the solutions on how to deal with them.

There was an activity conducted where there were five groups of four-five individuals each. These groups were given a problem and they needed to come up with their own solutions. The session proceeded further by discussing addiction and why an individual gets an addiction.

Ms Hitakshi discussed the common types of addiction these days, especially among youth and enlightened about constructive measures to deal with all the problems.The session ended on a good note leaving the students with a lot to think about and with the information necessary to make healthy choices in life!

SAKEC AI-DS Department in collaboration with CogniScience club, NDLI and SAKEC IIC 5.0
Conducted an event on AI tools titled “AI beyond Sci-Fi” on 5th April, 2023. The event had two keynote speakers which were Second Year students from AI-DS Department. The event was focussed on AI tools and how these tools can be helpful to improve business and society as a whole. The speakers also gave us an insight on how to use these AI tools effectively. The participants departed with a better understanding of the utilization and implementation of various AI tools.

The Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in collaboration with CogniScience Club and SAKEC-IIC 5.0 and in association with Microsoft Azure Developer community conducted an event “Cloud with azure” on 13th february, 2023.

The event started by seeking blessings from Goddess Saraswati by lighting the diyas. Host welcomed their chief guests by introducing them to the audience followed by felicitation of Chief guests by Mr. Milind Khairnar.

Mr Milind Khairnar also enlightened the audience with a few words of wisdom. Before inviting our chief guests on stage , the host briefed the audience about the importance of cloud.

The first speaker Mr. Nilesh Shinde is then called on stage for his speech.
He explained the term “community” and also made the audience realize the importance of certification.He also shared his journey on this path and what all challenges he faced so that audience could learn some important lessons from it.

The session was quite interactive and the speaker tried to answer various types of questions asked by many students.

The next speaker Mr. Kasam Shaikh is welcomed on stage. He explained about Microsoft Azure and what all features or platforms we can use in it. He also explained that how beginners could use Microsoft azure by introducing them to another platform called Microsoft Learn, which will be quite useful for students. The audience was interactive and asked various questions.

After the speech there was a podcast with Mr. Kasam Shaikh where he described his journey with azure. He also highlighted some fascinating features about azure. He also shared with the audience how various sectors are using Artificial Intelligence in a really effective way in order to tackle real life challenges faced by common people.

The Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Department in collaboration with Intellectual Property Rights Cell Organized a Session on Copyright Filing which was taken on 1st February 2023. This session aimed for the awareness of copyright filing and its importance. Also guided the audience for Online Copyright Filing Process. The speakers were Ms. Dimple Rathod and Mr. Yash Barai, our very own Third Year students of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Department and also the members of SAKEC IPR Cell.
Faculty coordinator: Ms. Tina Maru.

The Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science had collaborated for Pariksha pe Charcha event by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where SE and TE students participated in this country wide event. Gallery shows the glimpse of event.

The CogniScience club in collaboration with the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science conducted a 5-day hands-on workshop on, “ML with Web Development” from 09/01/2023 to 13/01/2023. Event Coordinator: Mrs. Tina Maru and Mrs. Pooja Prajapati, Kuntal Thakur and Rohit Wahwal

Topics covered were:

• Introduction to basic Web Development using flask
• Basics of Web Scraping
• Database Connectivity using Mysql
• Building a Machine Learning model

The CogniScience club in collaboration with the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science conducted an event on KAGGLE FOR DATA SCIENCE on 30th September 2022. The lead speaker was Ms. Ibtesam Ahmed popularly known for her work in dataset and Kaggle notebooks master, she is one of the top Kagglers worldwide. This event aimed to have the students of data science an insight on how to use Kaggle on their journey to a successful data scientist. Faculty coordinator: Ms. Tina Maru, Student Coordinator: Yash Barai.

The Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in collaboration with CognicScience Club held a session regarding Mini-Project for SE students on 27/07/2022. The session started with a brief introduction and instructions given by Ms. Pooja Prajapati. This session was followed by a noteworthy introduction to AI by Kapil Phadale with interesting insights on why AI is unique from other fields. Project demonstrated were are follows
Movie Recommendation System by Nisarg Sheth.
Book Website by Poojan Vig.
E-Commerce Website by Sanchay Thalnerkar
Diet Plan Maker by Rohit Wahwal and Vaishnavi Sarmalkar
Sweet Cart Website by Yash Barai and Manish Patil

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science conducted a very beneficial session regarding “Goal Setting” on 21st July 2022 by our college counselor Ms. Hitakshi Vyas Joshi.

The Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in collaboration with CogniScience Club and Training And Placement Cell celebrated, “AI Appreciation Day 2022” on 16/07/2022.The event started with the presence of Principal – Dr. Bhavesh Patel Sir, Dr. V.C Kotak, HOD – Dr. Rekha Ramesh, HOD’s of different departments and Faculty Co-ordinator Mr. Milind Khairnar. Speakers, Dr. Deepak Garg, Director of NVIDIA-BU Research center on AI and Mr. Kasam Shaikh, Among INDIA’s first 5 MVP in Microsoft AzureAI, highlighted AI and IoT Integration for growth in the industry, giving a real life example.
Event Coordinators: Faculty-Mr. Milind Khairnar, Students- Mr. Yash Barai and Mr. Rohit Wahwal.

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in collaboration with CogniScience Club conducted a 5-days hands-on workshop on, “Data Science Fundamentals with Python” from 04/07/2022 to 08/07/2022.
Event Coordinators: Faculty-Ms. Tina Maru, Student: Mr. Nisarg Sheth
The Day 1 of the workshop started with a speech given by the HOD of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science that is Dr. Rekha Ramesh. In her speech she motivated the students to learn about Machine Learning and made the participants aware about the importance and benefits of the workshop. She thanked the participants for registering in the workshop.
After the speech of the HOD the session was continued by the CogniScience Club members where they gave them the flow and overview of the 5-days workshop. In the first slot they explained and taught them about the python libraries which are Numpy and Pandas. The participants were very interactive during the session. The second slot began after a break where the participants learned about Data cleaning and then implemented on the given dataset. All doubts and errors were solved by the club members. The first day was concluded with a quiz based on the things which were taught.
On the Day 2 of the workshop the participants were taught about Data visualization by the club members. In the first slot they learned to create interactive graphs using python libraries Matplotlib, Seaborn and Plotly and solved the problem statements based on these graphs. With the help of PowerBI, participants created their own graphs during the second slot which clearly showed their interest in learning.
Day 3 of the workshop was conducted on the hybrid mode due to heavy rains. During the first slot Ms. Pinki Vishwakarma introduced machine learning to the participants and explained Linear Regression which is a Machine Learning algorithm. She explained them about types of regression and trian & test of model and also cleared the conceptual part with real life example. These examples were understandable and informative. They implemented the code and concept of linear regression by building an ML model in the second slot.
The Day 4 of the workshop was also hybrid. Ms Pinki Vishwakarma taught the next algorithm of machine learning that is Naïve Bayes Classifier in the first slot. The participants learned about how to classify the data and find an appropriate output. After the teaching in the first slot Ms. Pinki Vishwakarma was felicitated by Dr. Rekha Ramesh the HOD of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Department. The participants implemented the code and concept in the second slot. The Day 4 of the workshop was concluded with a brief information about the competition on the Day 5.
On the Day 5 of the workshop 2 hours competition was held. The participants were randomly given the problem statements and they had to do Data cleaning, Data Visualization and building of ML model. After 2 hours the three judges Dr. Rekha Ramesh, Ms. Jalpa Mehta and Ms. Tina Maru gave the scores to the participants as per their output. In the second slot there was a half an hour session on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science by the speaker Mr. Shaikh Mohammad Salman who was also an alumni from Shah And Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College. In his speech he talked about machine learning and also motivated the participants to be confident with his enlightening words. There were many questions and answers during the session thereby making it interactive and interesting. Lastly he also discussed about his experience which is faced by most of the students. After his speech the speaker was felicitated by a certificate as a token of appreciation by the HOD Dr. Rekha Ramesh. Meanwhile winners were decided and were felicitated with certificate and cash prize from the speaker. Participants were provided with a participation certificate. The HOD Dr. Rekha Ramesh gave certificates to the CogniScience club members for organizing this event and making it a great success. The workshop was concluded with a vote of thanks given by the student co-ordinator Mr. Nisarg Sheth. The participants gave a positive feedback to this successful event and learnt a lot during these 5 days.

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in association with NDLI conducted a very beneficial session about Explainable AI/ML Model Interpretability on 5th March 2022 by speaker Mr.Devesh Surve.
Event Coordinator: Faculty-Ms. Tina Maru
The event started with a little overview about NDLI by our college’s Librarian Ms.Gowri Prasad who gave us an insight about various resources made available by NDLI along with certificates for the sessions attended by the students.

The event was very insightful and informative for the students as Mr. Devesh Surve explained the topic with interesting stories and real-time examples. He started by the introduction of explainable AI which cleared the conceptual part for the attendees. This was followed by in depth information about ML,its evolution and deep learning given by the speaker. Along with this he also gave us an insight on meta-learning.

Later he explained the drawbacks of explainable AI ,the security issues and the improvements that can be made in this field. After this, he explained the difference between explanation and interpretation which was then followed by a detailed discussion on implementation of the model.
At last the event was wrapped up by discussing further in depth on basics and usage of the models. How they bridge the gap between application and usage. The discussion ended on the note that how models aren’t perfect but are still used widely and how they are improving in days to come. Overall the event was very informative and educational and ended on a positive note leaving the students curious and intrigued.

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science had conducted a very beneficial workshop regarding “How to deal with Peer Pressure and Addiction” on 20th January 2022 by college counselor Ms. Hitakshi Vyas Joshi.
Event Coordinator: Faculty-Ms. Tina Maru
It was a very informative and interactive session that benefited a lot of students in understanding what peer pressure is, forms of peer pressure and how to tackle them. Ms. Hitakshi started with some basic questions to understand our knowledge regarding the topic which was then followed by a thorough explanation regarding the topic.
Throughout the session, students were very interactive and got to learn many new things regarding peer pressure and how it can have positive effects too.

This was followed by further discussion on addiction where Ms. Hitakshi encouraged students to open up regarding addiction and peer pressure, which gave many students an open space to talk about their insecurities. In the end, she discussed with us the recent form of addictions like binge-watching, exercising, and ways to cope with them. The session ended on a good note leaving the students with a lot to think about and with the information necessary to make healthy choices in life!

Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science has formed a club name Cogniscience Club which got inaugurated on 24th September 2021 by Principal Dr. Bhavesh Patel. After inauguration of club, principal sir brief about the latest advancement in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and need for creating a platform which will help students to remain updated about latest technological advancement.Later Head of Department, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Dr. Rekha Ramesh briefed about the major objectives behind forming Cogniscience Club.

After the orientation, Expert talk was arranged by Dr. Arun Iyer, Principal Researcher, Microsoft on Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and difference between them. Initially he briefed about these 3 broad areas in depth. Later he briefed about various task performed under Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence domain. He also explained what all skills are needed to become Data Engineer, ML Researcher and AI/NLP/CV Researcher.After that Mr. Iyer briefed about what he is actually doing in Microsoft i.e Data Analysis, Data Interpretation and Presentation, Building model, Solving for business and using existing models. Atlast sir explained various real world applications in field of AI, ML and DataScience.

Event Coordinators: Faculty-Ms. Tina Maru, Ms. Shweta Patil.