Guidelines for Choosing M.Tech(IT)  Specialization 2021-22

This document supersedes all prior documents in this regard

1. The Department of Information Technology (IT) offers 7 Specializations as shown in Table 2.
2. Students are selected through CCMT (CENTRALIZED COUNSELLING FOR M.TECH. / M.ARCH. / M.PLAN. ADMISSIONS : https://ccmt.nic.in/WebInfo21/Page/Page?PageId=1&LangId=P

Table 1.

3. Apart from CCMT selection, the Department of IT takes admission of limited students through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA): DASA PG 2021

3. First semester subjects for all the candidates admitted in M.Tech. (IT) programmes shall remain common.

4. Seat details in M.Tech. Specializations: Table 2.

Table 2.

* Total Eligible students: The Total number of students who are eligible to move to the 2nd Semester is considered as 100%. It has been decided that each specialization will have a Minimum and a Maximum percentage of the number of students as reflected in Table 2. In case of any discrepancy the decision of the Head-IT will be final and binding on all 

5. Seat Allocation

1. After completion of the first semester, the students will be asked to select the specializations offered by the Department in that academic session as per the procedures laid down by the Department of IT.
2. The following procedure will be followed for allocation of the specializations

1. The students will be asked to submit their preferences for all 7 specializations + M.Tech.(IT) (Generic). It will be mandatory for the students to fill all 8 preferences.
2. The department will allocate the specializations to the students in accordance with

1. 1st semester SGPI.
2. Total number of the seats in a specialization maintaining the Minimum/Maximum number of seats in each specialization.
3. Students’ preferences

6. The Department reserves the right to offer or not a particular specialization. It is possible that all specializations given in Table 2 may not run. The specializations that will be offered shall be announced before the commencement of the 2nd  Semester.

7. It is expected that the student will work on M.Tech. Project/Thesis in tune with the specialization assigned to him/her. So the selection of project Mentor(s)/Supervisor(s) has to be made where the Mentor/Supervisors is willing to guide the students in a Project/Thesis attuned to the specialization.

8. Students will have to register their Project Mentor/Supervisor for the 2nd Semester Project as soon as their specialization is decided. To ensure an optimum number of M.Tech. students to all faculties of the department, the department will ensure a procedure for the number of students to be Supervised by a Faculty. In normal circumstances, the Project  Mentor/Supervisor will not be changed for the 3rd and 4th semester Thesis work. It shall be the endeavor to see the three semester projects/Thesis to be connected, which will enable the students to go deep into the specialization and at the end students will be able to have a good research outcome in the form of publication out of their M.Tech. Thesis work. It is to be noted that if they do not have any research outcome i.e. publication out of their Thesis work, then students may not be able to obtain more than 8 GPA points in their final Thesis project.  

9. Under extraordinary circumstances the change of supervisor will be with the approval of the DPGC. The extraordinary circumstances shall be limited to personal/administrative reasons only.

10. The Institute reserves the right to take appropriate decisions in regard to the implementation of the “Guidelines for choosing M.Tech(IT)  Specialization 2021-22 ”, which shall be binding to all concerned.

For any other Details regarding the M.Tech. Course :

The M.Tech Ordinance of IIIT-Allahabad may please be referred to:

Reference Link: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. .

https://examcell.iiita.ac.in/pdf/10.05%20Ordinance%20for%20M%20Tech.pdf

Faculty Coordinators for Different Specializations

Incase of any doubt/additional Clarification: The faculty coordinator for the different specializations may be contacted with a CC to hod.it@iiita.ac.in and Hodoffice.it@iiita.ac.in. Below are the contact details of the faculty coordinator for each specialization.

Table 3.

M.Tech (IT) Course Structure with Different Specializations

M.Tech Credit Distribution

Table 4.

First Semester Courses Common to all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations

Table 5.

Annexure-1

Structure of M.Tech. (IT) program with specialization in

Data Engineering (DE)

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization: Data Analytics Lab (DAL), Big Data Analytics Lab(BDAL), Analytics and Application Lab(AAL)

Note: Faculties from all other labs of IIITA are also associated. 

Motivation        

• Research Intensive & Industry Oriented M.Tech. program.
• Strong group of faculty members exist in the department.  
• Demanded by students and the IT industry.
• Importance of Data analytics at present. It is one of the current trends in the academia & industry.
• This course consists of varied subjects covering various aspects of Data storage, preprocessing, analytics and related topics which prepares students for research and Industry as well.
• Many Ph.D thesis going on in this area by current students. M.tech students may be benefitted also.

Course Structure

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations in Table 5)

Table 5:  Second Semester

Table 7: Third Semester

Table 8: Fourth Semester

Table 9: List of Electives:

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. 

Annexure-2

Structure of M.Tech. (IT) program with specialization in

Cyber Laws and Information Security (CLIS)

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization: Network Security and Cryptography (NSC) Lab

Motivation        

• The needs of cyber security professionals are increasing exponentially to counter the various cyber-attacks in the world.
• CLIS is one of the strongest and well established specializations of the institute. One of the unique courses Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Cyber Laws and Information Security took its first batch of students in 2014 but originally started as Master of Science (M.S.) course in 2004.
• Research, Practical and Industry oriented teaching of the courses by our strong Faculty group.
• This course consists of varied subjects covering various aspects of Cyber laws and Information Security related topics which are essential to create a successful cyber security workforce for organizations.
• On demand and competitive Research oriented thesis by our students.
• Laboratories are made with necessary infrastructure.

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations in Table 5. )

Table 10.: Second Semester

Table 11.: Third Semester

Table 12.: Fourth Semester

Table 13: List of Electives:

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. 

Annexure-3

Structure of M.Tech. (IT) program with specialization in

Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization: Interactive Technologies and Multimedia Research (ITMR) Lab, Speech Image and Language Processing (SILP) Lab, Software Engineering Research Lab, Analytics & Application Lab, Computer Vision and Biometrics Lab.

Motivation        

• This course has been running successfully at IIITA since 2007. Strong group of faculty members exist in the department.
• Research Intensive & Industry Oriented M.Tech. program.
• HCI is the study of designing computers and machines so that they best serve their users (i.e. humans). HCI is closely related to the field of User Experience (UX) design.
• The MTech IT (HCI) course aims to provide the practical skills and theoretical understandings needed to become leaders in the design, implementation and evaluation of the next generation of human-computer or human-machine interfaces.
• HCI students learn how to identify areas of improvement and then create better services and products. In today's highly competitive digital markets, HCI design can be the difference between success and failure.
• This relatively new field offers a multitude of career options for tech-savvy students. Specific career paths include software engineer, UX designer, system engineer, Human Factors Engineer, and project manager, while others go on to build their own tech startups or work freelance.
• The HCI graduates will be working at the forefront of innovation, helping to create and design the next generation of technology that could vastly improve the lives of millions of people. It is particularly relevant in Indian perspective where a major population lives in rural areas and there is a large digital divide.
• Almost all tech companies/ organizations including the most successful and influential tech giants, such as Google, Microsoft, and Samsung (to name a few) require HCI graduates.
• The graduates will also have opportunities of Higher education (e.g. MS, PhD) in top Universities all over the world. The Master’s course in HCI is offered in almost all top Universities in USA, Europe, UK, Canada and other e.g. CMU, University of California Irvine, Georgia Tech, University of Waterloo, London’s Global University, The Technical University of Berlin to name a few. In India, the top Institutes offering HCI courses are IIT Bombay, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Delhi, Mandi, IISc and other Universities. IIIT-Allahabad was the first Institute in India to start a formal MTech specialization in HCI in India.
• Many projects/thesis going on in this area by current students.

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations in Table 5. )

Table 14.: Second Semester

Table 15.: Third Semester

Table 16.: Fourth Semester

Table 17: List of Electives:

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. 

Annexure-4

Structure of M.Tech. (IT) program with specialization in

Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems  (MLIS)

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization:

Machine Learning & Optimization Lab (MLO Lab), Computer Vision & Biometrics Lab (CVB Lab), Speech Image and Language Processing Lab (SILP Lab).

Some other labs, also, from the Department.

Note: This course has been running successfully at IIITA since 2007. Strong group of faculty members exist in the department.

Objective :

MLIS, MTech Program provide the foundation and advanced skills in the principles and technologies that underlie, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, probabilistic models and Convex & Non convex optimisation. Students can pursue advanced research topics in areas such as cognition, vision, natural language processing and representation Learning.

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations in Table 5. )

Table 18.: Second Semester

Table 19.: Third Semester

Table 20.: Fourth Semester

Table 21.: List of Electives:

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. 

Annexure-5

Structure of M.Tech. (IT) program with specialization in

Robotics and Machine Intelligence 

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization:Robotics and Machine Intelligence Lab, Analytics and Application Lab.

Motivation:

The Robotics and Machine Intelligence laboratory of the Information Technology department  is the oldest research and teaching laboratory  of the institute which started in 2001. The laboratory now is regarded as one of the foremost seats of learning in the area of Robotics, in the country .The laboratory is also well networked within the robotics community of the country and abroad and is well equipped with a number of the state of the art mobile, manipulating and Humanoid robots ().

Robotics program has brought many laurels to the institute, one such evidence could be seen in (https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/6-best-institutes-in.../)) together with producing high quality alumni who can be seen at all major robotics companies and the alumni also got admits into the top Ivy league universities. During the two years Robotics and Machine Intelligence program, we are committed to provide a stimulating environment to the deserving candidates so that they can showcase their talents and build up an illustrious career in this niche area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-dffwsYIA8

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializationsion in Table 5. )

Table 22.: Second Semester

Table 23.: Third Semester

Table 24.: Fourth Semester

Table 25.: List of Electives:

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. 

Annexure-6

Structure of M.Tech. (IT) program with specialization in

Software Engineering

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization: Software Engineering Research Lab (SER Lab), Big Data Analytics Lab, Analytics and Application Lab.

• Research Intensive & Industry Oriented M.Tech. program(s)
• Strong group of faculty members and researchers with well equipped research labs.  
• Suitable to get successful professional careers in industry, government and academia.
• Helpful to take up entrepreneurship for the growth of the economy and to generate employment.
• Develop ability to analyze and evaluate problems and draw on the theoretical and technical knowledge to develop solutions and systems
• To establish awareness on the current research in software development, the analytical skills and research techniques for their critical and independent evaluation and their application to new problems.

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations in Table 5. )

Table 26.: Second Semester

Table 27.: Third Semester

Table 28.: Fourth Semester

Table 29.: List of Electives:

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. 

Annexure-7

Structure of M.Tech. (IT) program with specialization in

Wireless Communication and Computing

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization: Center of Research and Development for IoT Lab, Systems Lab, Wireless sensor lab.

Motivation: Wireless Communication and Computing is one of the oldest specializations in IIIT Allahabad. The specialization is offered with the support of many research and academic enthusiastic faculties of the institute. The courses in this specialization are designed to equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge of Wireless Communication, Wireless and Mobile Networks, IoT, and their applications. The courses are supported by state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure which includes multiple sensor motes, sensors, IoT kits, and software to simulate various aspects of wireless communication. The main focus of this specialization is to make students Industry and research-ready in the domain of Wireless Communication and Computing.

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations in Table 5. )

Table 30.: Second Semester

Table 31.: Third Semester

Table 32.: Fourth Semester

Table 33.: List of Electives:

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad. 

Annexure-8

Structure of M.Tech (IT)

(Generic)

The Laboratory/ Centers offering the Specialization: All the research labs  of the Department of Information Technology.

Motivation:

1. Flexible, Multidisciplinary, General to Specialized, and Industry Oriented Masters Program.
2. Flexibility in terms of the electives to be opted by the students.
3. Multidisciplinary as students can opt for the variety of electives offered in other M.Tech Programs.
4. Allows the students to work on specialization not covered by the specific specialization offered by the department of Information Technology.
5. General to Specialized as students can choose all the electives from different domains making their knowledge base very general or by choosing all the electives in a single domain making it very specialized.
6. Industry Oriented as it includes the electives from data analytics & engineering, machine learning, software engineering, networks, security, computer vision, cognitive computing, natural language processing, deep learning, ERP, and many more.

(Please Note 1st Sem common for all M.Tech.(IT) Specializations Table 5. )

Table 34.: Second Semester

Table 35.: Third Semester

Table 36.: Fourth Semester

Table 37.: List of Electives*:

*Students may opt for the other electives offered to the other M.Tech (IT) specializations in the department after the recommendation by the Faculty Coordinator.

Link for: Ordinance for Choice & Credit Linked Continuous Assessment and Award (CCLCAA) implemented from 2018 for M.Tech. Degree Programs offered at IIIT Allahabad.