Webinar on Diagnostics and Optimization of Deep Learning and Machine Learning Models

A successful webinar on Diagnostics and Optimization of Deep Learning and Machine Learning Models has been successfully arranged by IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter on 5th March 2021 at 7:30 pm through virtual zoom platform. The keynote speaker for this event was Anindya Das Antar, Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan, USA, Former visiting researcher, Osaka University, Japan. The webinar was conducted by the 2021 IEEE Computer Society, Bangladesh Chapter and supported by the IEEE CS BDC Team SPARK. 

Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Professor at the University of Dhaka, and Especially Appointed Associate Professor at Osaka University, inaugurated the program and introduced the keynote speaker. The speaker, Mr. Anindya took a beginner to advanced approach while presenting the content of the webinar. Basic topics like the difference between deep learning and machine learning, a basic model of a neural network, building your first machine learning model were explained at the beginning of the presentation. As the webinar progressed, more complex topics like bias-variance trade-off, debugging and optimization, error and ablative analysis etc. were discussed. The speaker also introduced a bonus topic on the state-of-the-art of machine learning in the research sector and job market. Finally, the event was concluded with an interactive question-answer session with the ML enthusiasts, where the speaker answered various questions related to the given topic.

Machine Learning and Deep learning are popular topics among students, academicians, professionals and even business analysts. Over 250 participants including 144 IEEE and 106 non-IEEE members attended the webinar. Overall, it was met with a huge response from machine learning and data science enthusiasts all over the country. 

Executive committee members of the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter (IEEE CS BDC) including Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Chair, Sajeeb Saha, Secretary, Md. Ahsan Habib, Student Activity Coordinator, Md. Samin Rahman Publicity Coordinator of IEEE CS BDC and so on were present in the webinar.