The Department of MCA at Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad organized an AKTU sponsored One-Week Faculty Development Program (FDP) titled “Research & Development in Machine Learning / Deep Learning" from 05th to 09th, August 2024. With a focus on research & development, the FDP aimed to equip participants with practical insights for Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques with mathematical foundations and its applications in real time problems, cyber-attacks, trust management along with research ethics and hands-on sessions in python. Dr. Anurag Singh, NIT Delhi and Dr. B.K. Sharma, HOD MCA, FDP Coordinator, inaugurated the event. The inaugural session covered the basics of research and data requirements. The resource personnel for this conference were accomplished experts from various organizations. The details are given below:
| S.No | Day | Name of Resource Person | Affiliation |
| 1 | Day 1 | Dr. Anurag Singh | Associate Professor, NIT Delhi |
| Mr. Amit Sethi | President, Rancommunication, Delhi | ||
| 2 | Day 2 | Dr. Divakar Yadav | Professor, IGNOU, Delhi |
| Dr. Kumud Kundu | Professor & HOD, IPEC, Ghaziabad | ||
| 3 | Day 3 | Dr. S. N. Rajan | Professor, IMSEC, Ghaziabad |
| Dr. Mansaf Alam | Professor, JMI, Delhi, | ||
| Dr. Kiran Chaudhary | Associate Professor, Shivaji College, DU, Delhi | ||
| 4 | Day 4 | Dr. Mrinal Pandey | Professor, MRU, Faridabad |
| Dr. Sarfaraz Masood | Associate Professor, JMI, Delhi | ||
| 5 | Day 5 | Dr. Rabins Porwal | Professor & HOD, CSJM University, Kanpur |
| Dr. Karan Singh | Professor, JNU, Delhi |
The Valedictory Session was addressed by Dr. Saroj Bala, FDP Co-coordinator, stressing on the real-time problems that can be solved using ML/DL. The session concluded with the certificate distribution and vote of thanks.
