Google Cloud Computing Foundations

By Prof. Soumya Kanti Ghosh | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 32388 | Exam registration: 7393

Those enrolling for the course should ideally:

● Have basic IT knowledge and be interested in learning more about Cloud and ML.

● Have competency in at least one language (such as Python, Java).

● Be familiar with the basics of shell scripting, SQL.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Computer Science and Engineering
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	21 Aug 2023
End Date :	13 Oct 2023
Enrollment Ends :	21 Aug 2023
Exam Registration Ends :	15 Sep 2023
Exam Date :	29 Oct 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 0 : Introduction to the course
Week 1 : So, What's the Cloud anyway? Start with a Solid Platform
Week 2 : Use GCP to build your Apps
Week 3 : Where do I store this stuff?
Week 4 : There's an API for that! You can't secure the Cloud right?
Week 5 : It helps to network!
Week 6 : It helps to network (continued)
Week 7 : Let Google keep an eye on things. You have the data, but what are you doing with it?
Week 8 : Let machines do the work

Books and references

https://cloud.google.com/docs/
https://www.qwiklabs.com/

Instructor bio

Prof. Soumya Kanti Ghosh

IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Soumya K. Ghosh received the Ph.D. and M.Tech. degrees from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. Presently, he is a Professor with Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. Before joining IIT Kharagpur, he worked for the Indian Space Research Organization in the area of satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems. He has more than 200 research papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include spatial data science, spatial web services and cloud computing.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 29 October 2023 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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