Course Details

Course Code: IT7207
Course Title: Cloud ML Fundamentals
Short Title: CML
Course Level:: Level 7
Valid From:: 2025/2026 Sem 1
Credits:: 15
Owner: ICT
Assessment Method: Competency
Course Aim

This course provides an in-depth exploration of the intersection of cloud computing and machine learning (ML). Students will gain theoretical and practical knowledge of deploying, scaling, and managing ML models on cloud platforms. The course focuses on leveraging cloud-native tools, infrastructure, and best practices to design efficient, scalable, and cost-effective ML workflows. Key topics include cloud-based ML frameworks, data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training and evaluation, automated model deployment, model optimization, and monitoring in cloud-based machine learning systems.

 
CILO
On Completion of this course, the learner will be able to
# Learning Outcome Description
1 Evaluate appropriate cloud services for various ML tasks.
2 Deploy machine learning pipelines using cloud-based tools and platforms.
3 Implement distributed training for large-scale ML models using cloud resources.
4 Analyze cloud resource usage for cost efficiency while maintaining performance.
5 Evaluate deployed ML models in a cloud environment.
Requisites
  • Pre Requisite: AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • Pre Requisite: Intermediate Python programming skills
 
Examinations
Assessment Type
Examination (Unseen)
No Other Controlled Assessments
Uncontrolled Assessments
Assessment Type
Lab Assignment

The institute reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

Affiliated Entities
Entity Code Entity Title Entity Version Entity Type
ICT8023 Bachelor of Science in Cloud Computing and Information Systems 1 Programme