60-Day AI with Python Syllabus
(6Days/Week)
Objective
Build complete job-readiness in AI using Python, focusing on real-world AI applications
such as Computer Vision, NLP, and Deployment. Emphasis is placed on modern AI systems.
Week 1: Python Programming Foundations
Day 1: Python Setup
• Topics: Installing Python, pip, IDEs (VSCode/PyCharm), environment variables
• Learning: Understand the development environment for Python and AI
• Practice: Install Python, run Hello World in Jupyter, set up VSCode
Day 2: Variables & Data Types
• Topics: Strings, integers, floats, booleans, type casting
• Learning: Store, convert, and inspect data types in Python
• Practice: Write 10 variable declarations, convert types, print types
Day 3: Control Structures
• Topics: if, elif, else statements; logical operators
• Learning: Make your program respond to input or conditions
• Practice: Create a simple calculator or grading program using if/else
Day 4: Functions
• Topics: def, return, parameters, scope, lambda functions
• Learning: Break code into reusable chunks with parameters and returns
• Practice: Write functions for calculator, string reversal, prime check
Day 5: Data Structures I (List, Tuple, Set)
• Topics: Lists, slicing, append, pop, loops; tuples, immutability; sets
• Learning: Store multiple items efficiently and iterate over them
• Practice: Build a shopping list app using list operations
Day 6: File I/O & Dictionaries
• Topics: open(), read/write text files, with, dictionaries, key-value access
• Learning: Handle user data and preferences in persistent form
• Practice: Read/write a .txt contact book using dictionaries and file I/O
Week 2: Advanced Python + Libraries
Day 7: OOP Concepts
• Topics: Classes, objects, inheritance, encapsulation
• Learning: Design and implement real-world class structures
• Practice: Build a class-based student management system
Day 8: NumPy
• Topics: NumPy arrays, slicing, reshaping, broadcasting
• Learning: Efficient numerical operations on arrays
• Practice: Simulate image processing with NumPy matrices
Day 9: Pandas
• Topics: DataFrames, filtering, merging, groupby
• Learning: Analyze structured datasets with Pandas
• Practice: Analyze and filter rows from a CSV file
Day 10: Matplotlib/Seaborn
• Topics: Data visualization: line plots, bar charts, heatmaps
• Learning: Communicate insights using graphs
• Practice: Visualize EDA results using Seaborn
Day 11: Mini Project - EDA
• Topics: Real-world dataset analysis (Iris/Titanic)
• Learning: Perform complete exploratory data analysis
• Practice: Load, analyze, and visualize dataset findings
Day 12: Revision and Practice
• Topics: Recap all Python libraries
• Learning: Review with hands-on coding
• Practice: Solve 5 real-world data transformation tasks
Week 3: ML Basics
Day 13: Intro to ML
• Topics: Supervised vs unsupervised learning
• Learning: Understand ML pipeline and terminology
• Practice: Identify ML use cases from real-world examples
Day 14: Regression Models
• Topics: Linear and Logistic Regression
• Learning: Model trends and classification boundaries
• Practice: Train models on housing prices and spam detection
Day 15: Classification Models
• Topics: KNN, Naive Bayes
• Learning: Learn simple but effective classifiers
• Practice: Classify iris dataset using KNN
Day 16: Model Evaluation
• Topics: Confusion matrix, precision, recall, F1-score
• Learning: Evaluate ML model effectiveness
• Practice: Create and interpret model evaluation reports
Day 17: ML Mini Project
• Topics: Titanic dataset survival prediction
• Learning: End-to-end ML workflow
• Practice: Train and tune classifier on Titanic data
Day 18: ML Recap
• Topics: ML concepts and applications
• Learning: Reinforce foundational understanding
• Practice: Solve two ML challenges from Kaggle
Week 4: Feature Engineering + AI Pipeline
Day 19: Encoding & Scaling
• Topics: Prepare features for deep learning models
• Learning: Transform raw data into model-ready formats
• Practice: Use OneHotEncoder, LabelEncoder, and StandardScaler
Day 20: Dimensionality Reduction (PCA)
• Topics: Reduce features while preserving variance
• Learning: Understand PCA and its role in visualization
• Practice: Apply PCA to Iris dataset and plot results
Day 21: Clustering
• Topics: Unsupervised learning with KMeans, DBSCAN
• Learning: Group unlabeled data into clusters
• Practice: Apply KMeans on customer segmentation dataset
Day 22: Pipeline Integration
• Topics: Combine preprocessing steps using Pipelines
• Learning: Create ML workflows for reusability
• Practice: Use scikit-learn Pipeline on Titanic dataset
Day 23: Mini Project
• Topics: Customer profiling with clustering
• Learning: Group customers into segments using KMeans
• Practice: Visualize customer clusters with PCA
Day 24: AI Pipeline Review
• Topics: Review all transformation and clustering concepts
• Learning: Consolidate learning into one pipeline
• Practice: Build a reusable preprocessing class
Week 5: Deep Learning (Core AI Start)
Day 25: Neural Networks
• Topics: Perceptron, weights, bias, activation functions
• Learning: Understand the foundation of deep learning
• Practice: Code a simple neural network from scratch
Day 26: ANN with Keras
• Topics: Sequential model, Dense layers, compilation
• Learning: Build and train artificial neural networks
• Practice: Classify MNIST dataset using ANN
Day 27: CNNs
• Topics: Convolution, pooling, filters
• Learning: Image classification using CNN architecture
• Practice: Apply CNN on CIFAR-10
Day 28: Overfitting & Regularization
• Topics: Dropout, BatchNorm, EarlyStopping
• Learning: Prevent overfitting and improve generalization
• Practice: Compare training with/without regularization
Day 29: Mini Project
• Topics: Digit Classification using CNN
• Learning: End-to-end CNN project using MNIST
• Practice: Deploy and visualize predictions
Day 30: Deep Learning Recap
• Topics: Summarize all key concepts of ANN and CNN
• Learning: Build reusable DL templates
• Practice: Evaluate different DL models
Week 6: NLP (Natural Language Processing)
Day 31: Text Preprocessing
• Topics: Tokenization, stopwords, stemming, lemmatization
• Learning: Clean and prepare text data for analysis
• Practice: Clean tweets for sentiment analysis
Day 32: Vectorization
• Topics: Bag of Words, TF-IDF, Word2Vec
• Learning: Convert text to numerical form
• Practice: Apply TF-IDF on movie review dataset
Day 33: Sentiment Classification
• Topics: Logistic Regression, Naive Bayes on text
• Learning: Build a basic sentiment classifier
• Practice: Classify tweets as positive or negative
Day 34: RNN/LSTM
• Topics: Recurrent structures, LSTM gates
• Learning: Capture sequence information in text
• Practice: Build LSTM model for sentiment analysis
Day 35: Transformer Models
• Topics: Introduction to BERT, GPT
• Learning: Understand self-attention and transfer learning
• Practice: Use HuggingFace BERT for classification
Day 36: NLP Recap
• Topics: Summarize NLP workflow
• Learning: Build end-to-end NLP pipeline
• Practice: Deploy NLP model with Streamlit
Week 7: Computer Vision with OpenCV
Day 37: OpenCV Basics
• Topics: Read, write, and display images
• Learning: Perform basic image operations
• Practice: Display webcam stream and save screenshots
Day 38: Image Transformations
• Topics: Resize, flip, rotate, crop
• Learning: Transform images for preprocessing
• Practice: Create data augmentation routines
Day 39: Filters & Contours
• Topics: Canny edge, threshold, contour detection
• Learning: Detect edges and objects in images
• Practice: Build shape detector
Day 40: Face Detection
• Topics: Haar cascades
• Learning: Real-time face detection
• Practice: Detect faces in video feed
Day 41: Mini Project
• Topics: Real-time face detection system
• Learning: Build an app that detects faces from webcam
• Practice: Overlay bounding boxes with names
Day 42: CV Recap
• Topics: Review OpenCV utilities
• Learning: Chain together detection pipeline
• Practice: Mini challenge: Object boundary detection
Week 8: Object Detection with YOLO
Day 43: YOLO Theory
• Topics: YOLO architecture, grid, anchor boxes
• Learning: Understand object detection fundamentals
• Practice: Visualize YOLO predictions
Day 44: Run YOLOv8
• Topics: Install Ultralytics YOLOv8
• Learning: Use pretrained YOLOv8 to detect objects
• Practice: Detect cars, people from webcam
Day 45: Label Custom Dataset
• Topics: LabelImg usage, YOLO format
• Learning: Create annotations for custom objects
• Practice: Label a dataset for mask detection
Day 46: Train Custom YOLO
• Topics: Train YOLOv8 on custom data
• Learning: Configure training pipeline
• Practice: Train helmet detection or similar
Day 47: Integrate with OpenCV
• Topics: Use YOLO with [Link] or Ultralytics API
• Learning: Run detection and draw bounding boxes
• Practice: Build detection + alert system
Day 48: YOLO Recap
• Topics: Review end-to-end YOLO workflow
• Learning: Compare YOLO to other detectors
• Practice: Tune confidence and NMS thresholds
Week 9: Deployment + Advanced AI Features
Day 49: Streamlit UI
• Topics: Create web apps with Streamlit
• Learning: Design a model interface
• Practice: Deploy sentiment or image classifier
Day 50: Flask/FastAPI
• Topics: Create APIs for model inference
• Learning: Build RESTful ML microservices
• Practice: Serve models as JSON endpoints
Day 51: Model Formats
• Topics: ONNX, TorchScript, TFLite
• Learning: Export models to portable formats
• Practice: Test exported models on edge devices
Day 52: Hosting
• Topics: Render, HuggingFace, Netlify
• Learning: Host AI apps and APIs
• Practice: Deploy YOLO detection or chatbot
Day 53: AI Use Cases
• Topics: Chatbots, summarizers, healthcare, finance
• Learning: Explore industry-grade AI applications
• Practice: Discuss 3 use case implementation plans
Day 54: Final Prep
• Topics: Revise key topics, finalize models
• Learning: Refactor code for clean structure
• Practice: Polish frontend for demo
Week 10: Capstone Project (15 Days)
Day 55: Define AI Use Case
• Topics: Choose a real-world problem
• Learning: Outline project scope and goals
• Practice: Set up folder structure
Day 56: Data Collection
• Topics: Scrape, annotate, download data
• Learning: Curate training/testing sets
• Practice: Log data sources in README
Day 57: Preprocessing
• Topics: Clean, normalize, encode data
• Learning: Create pipelines/functions
• Practice: Document cleaning steps
Day 58: Model Building
• Topics: Train models (CV/NLP/ML)
• Learning: Save weights and track metrics
• Practice: Use experiment tracker if possible
Day 59: App Development
• Topics: Build UI with Streamlit/Flask
• Learning: Integrate models with frontend
• Practice: Add file input or live feed
Day 60: Deployment & Demo
• Topics: Deploy app and write README
• Learning: Create GitHub repo, record demo
• Practice: Submit resume-ready project