Data Science Professional Program

Master core Data Science concepts, statistical analysis, and data-driven problem solving through real-world projects and hands-on labs to build industry-ready data science skills.

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Professional Certification

Upon successful completion, you will receive an industry-recognized credential.

Industry-Validated Certification

Accredited by the Global Data Science Alliance and recognized by top tech employers worldwide.

Digital Verification

Includes a unique blockchain-verified ID that can be added directly to your LinkedIn profile.

Completion Criteria

Awarded upon submission of all 5 capstone milestones and passing the final technical assessment.

GOBINATH ARUMUGAM

Chief Technology Officer | AI, ML & Data Science Trainer

With a strong background in software and data technologies, Gobinath Arumugam delivers a practical, results-driven approach to Data Science training, simplifying complex data concepts into clear, structured, and job-ready skills.
Focused on transforming Data Science knowledge into real-world applications through hands-on projects, data analysis, and practical problem-solving.

13+ years

at Xplore IT Corp

150+

Institutions Reached

2000+ Batches

Trained Across India

50,000+

Students Trained

Course Syllabus

A comprehensive 12-week journey from basics to professional mastery.

Gives beginners the base they need before jumping into Python and full
stack AI.

  • Programming Logic: Flowcharts & Pseudocode
  • Refresher in C & C++ Fundamentals
  • Basics of Web: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap
  • Installing Python (Anaconda, venv, VS Code, Jupyter)
  • IDE Setup: PyCharm, VS Code, Jupyter Notebook
  • What Python is and where it’s used (AI, ML, Web, Automation, etc.)
  • History, Versions, Advantages
  • Compilation vs. Interpretation
  • Writing and executing Python programs
  • Understanding indentation, blocks, and comments
  • Dynamic Typing & Memory Management
  • Numeric, String, Boolean, List, Tuple, Set, Dictionary
  • Type Casting and Type Checking
  • Input/Output Operations
  • Arithmetic, Relational, Logical, Assignment, Bitwise
  • Membership & Identity Operators
  • Operator Precedence
  • Conditional Statements (if, elif, else)
  • Loops: for, while, Nested Loops
  • Loop Controls (break, continue, pass)
  • Using else with loops
  • Strings, Lists, Tuples, Sets, Dictionaries
  • Indexing, Slicing, CRUD Operations
  • Comprehensions & Nested Comprehensions
  • Advanced Data Structure Modules: collections, itertools
  • Defining & Calling Functions
  • Arguments (positional, keyword, default, *args,
    **kwargs)
  • Return Statements & Scope (Local, Global, Nonlocal)
  • Anonymous Functions (Lambda)
  • Higher-Order Functions (map, filter, reduce)
  • Decorators & Closures
  • Errors vs. Exceptions
  • Try-Except-Else-Finally
  • Raising Exceptions
  • Custom Exception Classes
  • Logging & Debugging
  • Classes, Objects, Constructors, Destructors
  • Instance, Class, and Static Variables
  • Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism
  • Method Overloading & Overriding
  • Magic Methods (__init__, __str__, etc.)
  • Real-world Project: Inventory or Student Management System
  • Reading/Writing Files (Text, Binary, CSV)
  • File Pointers, Modes, and Context Managers (with)
  • Working with JSON Files
  • Exception Handling in File Operations
  • Creating and Importing Custom Modules
  • Standard Libraries (os, sys, math, datetime, random, shutil)
  • Installing and Managing Packages (pip, venv)
  • Understanding Namespaces and __init__.py
  • Iterators and Generators
  • Regular Expressions (Pattern Matching & Validation)
  • Command-Line Arguments (sys, argparse)
  • Working with the OS, Subprocess, and Environment Variables
  • The threading and multiprocessing modules
  • Thread Lifecycle and Synchronization
  • Client-Server Communication (Socket Programming)
  • Mini Project: Chat Application
  • Tkinter Widgets, Layouts, and Events
  • PyQt5 & Qt Designer Integration
  • Signals, Slots, and Database Handling
  • Project: Desktop App (Expense Tracker / Student Database
    Manager)
  • SQLite3 & MySQL with Python
  • CRUD Operations and Transactions
  • Using SQLAlchemy ORM
  • Connecting Databases with Flask and Django
  • Database Design and Relationships

Frontend Development

  • HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap
  • JavaScript (ES6+), DOM Manipulation, Events
  • AJAX & Fetch API
  • Optional: React.js or Vue.js Basics for Modern UI
  • Flask Installation & Setup
  • Routing, Templates, and Static Files
  • Form Handling & Validation
  • REST API Development with Flask
  • Connecting Flask with Databases (SQLite/MySQL)
  • JWT Authentication
  • Deploying Flask Apps (Render, AWS Elastic Beanstalk)

Why Django?
Django is a high-level Python web framework that promotes rapid
development and clean, pragmatic design. It follows the MVT (Model–
View–Template) architecture and is ideal for building scalable, secure,
and maintainable web applications.

  • Introduction to MVT Architecture
  • Installing Django and Setting Up Virtual Environments
  • Creating a Project and an App
  • Understanding Django Folder Structure
  • Models:
     Defining Models and Fields
     Database Migrations (makemigrations, migrate)
     QuerySets, Filters, Lookups
     Model Relationships (One-to-One, One-to-Many, Many-to-Many)
  • Views:
     Function-based Views (FBVs)
     Class-based Views (CBVs)
     HTTP Request and Response Cycle
  • Templates:
     HTML Templates with Django Templating Engine
     Template Inheritance and Filters
     Static and Media Files Handling
  • Django Forms and ModelForms
  • Validation and CSRF Protection
  • File Uploads
  • Handling POST Requests
  • User Authentication (Signup, Login, Logout)
  • Sessions & Cookies
  • Custom User Models
  • Role-based Access Control (Admin, Users, Staff)
  • Customizing the Django Admin Interface
  • Adding and Editing Data from Admin Panel
  • Admin Filters and Search
  • Performing CRUD Operations through ORM
  • Query Optimization
  • Using Related Managers and Reverse Relations
  • Creating REST APIs
  • Serializers and ViewSets
  • Authentication & Permissions
  • Token-Based and JWT Authentication
  • API Testing with Postman
  • Environment Configuration and .env Setup
  • Debug vs. Production Mode
  • Deploying Django Apps on AWS / Render / Heroku
  • Integrating Django with Nginx and Gunicorn
  • Dockerizing a Django Application
  • Full Stack Project (e.g., E-Commerce Site, Job Portal, Student
    Management System)
  • End-to-End: Frontend → Backend → Database → API → Deployment

Objective: Build foundational understanding of how AI, ML, and DS
connect to each other.

  • What is Artificial Intelligence?
  • AI vs. Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning vs. Data Science
    Branches of AI:
  • Symbolic AI (Rule-based systems)
  • Statistical AI (Machine Learning)
  • Cognitive AI (Deep Learning, LLMs)
  • AI & DS Lifecycle: Problem → Data → Model → Evaluate → Deploy →
    Feedback
  • Overview of Tools: Python, Jupyter, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn,
    TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch
  • Use Cases: Healthcare, Finance, Automation, Chatbots, Vision,
    Robotics

End-to-End “Hello AI” Example — Simple Prediction
Model

Objective: Learn how to handle, analyze, and visualize data effectively

  • Data Types (Structured, Semi-structured, Unstructured)
  • Loading and cleaning datasets (CSV, JSON, SQL, APIs)
  • Handling missing values, duplicates, outliers
  • Encoding categorical data
  • Feature scaling (Normalization, Standardization)
  • Feature engineering and transformation
  • Descriptive Statistics: Mean, Median, Variance, Correlation
  • Data Visualization:
    Matplotlib for static visualizations
    Seaborn for statistical plots
    Plotly for interactive dashboards
  • Building insights from patterns and relationships

Data Cleaning and EDA Report on Real Dataset

Objective: Understand the math that drives ML and DL algorithms.

  • Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, Eigenvalues, Operations
  • Probability: Bayes’ Theorem, Conditional Probability, Distributions
  • Statistics: Sampling, Hypothesis Testing, p-values, Confidence
    Intervals
  • Calculus: Derivatives, Gradients, Optimization, Gradient Descent
  • Optimization Concepts: Cost Function, Learning Rate, Convergence

Linear Regression from scratch using Gradient
Descent

Objective: Learn classical ML models using the Scikit-learn library.

  • Introduction to Scikit-learn Ecosystem
  • Data Preprocessing Pipelines
  • Supervised Learning Algorithms:
  • Regression: Linear, Ridge, Lasso, Polynomial
  • Classification: Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, Random
  • Forest, SVM, k-NN, Naïve Bayes
  • Unsupervised Learning Algorithms:
  • Clustering: K-Means, Hierarchical, DBSCAN
  • Dimensionality Reduction: PCA, LDA
  • Model Evaluation Metrics: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1, ROC-AUC
  • Ensemble Learning: Bagging, Boosting, XGBoost, LightGBM
  • Model Saving and Deployment (pickle, joblib)
  • Credit Risk Prediction using Scikit-learn

Objective: Build and train deep neural networks for image and text data.

  • Building Sequential & Functional Models
  • Activation Functions and Optimizers
  • Loss Functions and Metrics
  • Dropout & Regularization
  • Transfer Learning using Pre-trained Models (VGG, ResNet)
  • Callbacks and Early Stopping
  • Tensors and Graph Execution
  • TensorBoard Visualization
  • Custom Training with Gradient Tape
  • Dataset Pipelines and TFRecords
  • TensorFlow Serving for Model Deployment

Image Classifier using Keras + TensorFlow

Objective: Learn to implement neural networks from scratch with
PyTorch.

  • Introduction to PyTorch Tensors & Autograd
  • Creating Custom Models using nn.Module
  • Datasets and DataLoaders
  • Training Loops, Loss Functions, and Optimizers
  • GPU Acceleration (CUDA)
  • Model Checkpointing and Loading
  • PyTorch Lightning (High-level API)
  • Transfer Learning & Fine-tuning
  • TorchServe for Deployment

Digit Recognition using PyTorch (MNIST Dataset)

Objective: Train AI systems to understand and process human language.

  • Text Cleaning: Tokenization, Stopwords, Lemmatization
  • Bag-of-Words and TF-IDF Representation
  • Word Embeddings: Word2Vec, GloVe, FastText
  • Named Entity Recognition (NER)
  • Sequence Modeling: RNN, LSTM, GRU
  • Sentiment Analysis and Text Classification
  • Topic Modeling: LDA and Transformers for NLP

Sentiment Analysis on Social Media Data

Objective: Understand, fine-tune, and deploy modern transformer-based
LLMs.

LLM Foundations

  • How LLMs Work: Tokens, Embeddings, Attention Mechanism
  • Transformer Architecture: Encoder-Decoder, Multi-Head Attention,
    Feedforward Layers
  • Pretraining Objectives: Masked LM (BERT), Causal LM (GPT)
  • Positional Encoding & Context Windows
  • BERT, GPT, T5, LLaMA, Falcon, Mistral, Gemma, Claude, etc.
  • Tokenization: BPE, WordPiece, SentencePiece
  • Fine-tuning LLMs: Full vs. Parameter-efficient (LoRA, PEFT,
    Adapters)
  • Prompt Engineering Techniques (Zero-shot, Few-shot, Chain-ofthought)
  • Inference & Decoding: Greedy, Beam Search, Top-k, Top-p Sampling
  • Evaluation Metrics: Perplexity, BLEU, ROUGE, BERTScore
  • Instruction-tuning for domain-specific tasks
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Building AI Assistants using LangChain
  • Vector Databases (FAISS, Pinecone) for Memory
  • Multimodal LLMs (text + image/audio/video inputs)

Domain-specific ChatGPT-style Assistant using
LangChain + LLaMA

Objective: Explore models that can generate new data — text, images,
or audio.

  • Evolution: From GANs to Diffusion Models to LLMs
  • Generative Models:
    GAN (Generator + Discriminator)
    Variational Autoencoders (VAE)
    Diffusion Models (Stable Diffusion Overview)
  • Text-to-Image Systems (DALL·E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion)
  • Prompt Engineering for Generative Systems
  • Responsible & Ethical AI Practices

Text-to-Image Generator using Diffusers

Objective: Understand the architecture that revolutionized modern AI.

  • The Transformer Revolution: Why RNNs failed
  • Attention Mechanism: Query–Key–Value Concept
  • Self-Attention and Multi-Head Attention
  • Encoder–Decoder Architecture
  • Positional Encoding & Token Embeddings
  • Scaling Transformers for Long Context
  • Transformers in Vision (ViT), Text (BERT, GPT), and Multimodal AI

Build a Transformer-based Text Classifier

Objective: Build pipelines to feed AI systems with reliable data.

  • Data Warehousing & ETL Concepts
  • SQL and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis)
  • Stream Processing with Kafka
  • Workflow Automation (Airflow, Prefect)
  • Big Data Tools Overview (Spark, Hadoop)
  • Integration with ML Pipelines

Real-time Data Pipeline for Prediction Model

Objective: Learn to build autonomous, reasoning AI systems that can
plan, act, and learn.

  • What are AI Agents? Difference from Chatbots
  • Components of an Agent:
    Perception (Input Understanding)
    Reasoning (Goal-Oriented Thought Process)
    Action (Tool or API Execution)
    Memory (Short-term & Long-term Context)
  • Frameworks for Building Agents:
    LangChain Agents
    OpenAI Function Calling / Tool Use
    AutoGPT & BabyAGI Concepts
    Multi-Agent Collaboration
  • Agents with External Tools:
    Web Search, APIs, Databases, File Systems
  • Memory Systems with Vector Stores
    Safety, Alignment, and Guardrails in Autonomous AI
  • Mini Project

    AI Research Assistant Agent using LangChain +
    OpenAI Tools

Objective: Bring it all together into a real-world deployment-ready
project. Options:

  • Data Science Dashboard (EDA → ML → Visualization)
  • Deep Learning Image Classifier (TensorFlow or PyTorch)
  • NLP Chatbot using Transformer LLM (BERT/GPT-based)
  • RAG-based GenAI Assistant using LangChain + VectorDB
  • End-to-End MLOps System with Docker + AWS
  • Predictive Analytics Pipeline for Business Insight
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