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GATE 2027 Syllabus for DA: IIT Madras released the GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Syllabus. Candidates can download the GATE DA syllabus from the official website or this page. Check complete details about GATE 2027 DA syllabus here. Check syllabus, GATE DA books, pattern and more.

GATE 2027 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Syllabus OUT: IIT Madras have released GATE DS & AI Syllabus 2027 PDF on its official website- gate2027.iitm.ac.in. Candidates who want to apply for GATE 2027 DA can check syllabus and important topics here. 

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GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA) Syllabus

GATE 2027 DS & AI Syllabus 2027: IIT Madras has released GATE DS & AI Syllabus 2027 on its official website: gate2027.iitm.ac.in.  GATE 2027 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence paper includes a total of sevent sections: probability and statistics, linear algebra, calculus and optimisation, programming, data structures, and algorithms, database management and warehousing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
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The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras announced  GATE 2027 exam dates. Applications window is now open. Interested applicants must submit their form before GATE 2027 regisration last date. Candidates who want to apply for  GATE DA paper can check the detailed syllabus below. This year, the conducting body revised exam syllabus. Candidates who want to appear for GATE 2027 can check complete details below.
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Table of contents
  • GATE 2027 DA Syllabus: Check Detailed Syllabus
  • GATE 2027 DA Exam Pattern
  • How to apply for GATE DA 2027?
  • GATE Data Science Important Topics and Weightage
  • GATE 2027 DS & AI Syllabus: Two Paper Combinations

GATE 2027 DA Syllabus: Check Detailed Syllabus

Candidates can download the GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Syllabus in PDF format from the official website or check the detailed syllabus below -

Topics (Section)

Sub-Topics

Probability and Statistics

Counting (permutation and combinations), probability axioms, Sample space, events, independent events, mutually exclusive events, marginal, conditional and joint probability, Bayes Theorem, conditional expectation and variance, mean, median, mode and standard deviation, correlation, and covariance, random variables, discrete
random variables and probability mass functions, uniform, Bernoulli, binomial distribution, Continuous random variables and probability distribution function, uniform, exponential, Poisson, normal, standard normal, tdistribution, chi-squared distributions, cumulative distribution function, Conditional PDF, Central limit theorem, confidence interval, z-test, t-test, chi-squared test.

Linear Algebra

Vector space, subspaces, linear dependence and independence of vectors, matrices, projection matrix, orthogonal matrix, idempotent matrix, partition matrix and their properties, quadratic forms, systems of linear equations and solutions; Gaussian elimination, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, determinant, rank, nullity, projections, LU decomposition, singular value decomposition.

Calculus and Optimization

Functions of a single variable, limit, continuity and differentiability, Taylor series, maxima and minima, optimization involving a single variable

Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms

Programming in Python, basic data structures: stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, hash tables; Search algorithms: linear search and binary search, basic sorting algorithms: selection sort, bubble sort and insertion sort; divide and conquer: mergesort, quicksort; introduction to graph theory; basic graph algorithms: traversals and shortest path.

Database Management and Warehousing

ER-model, relational model: relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL, integrity constraints, normal form, file organization, indexing, data types, data transformation such as normalization, discretization, sampling, compression; data warehouse modelling: schema for multidimensional data models, concept hierarchies, measures: categorization and computations.

Machine Learning

Supervised Learning: regression and classification problems, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, ridge regression, logistic regression, k-nearest neighbour, naive Bayes classifier, linear discriminant analysis, support vector machine, decision trees, bias-variance trade-off, cross-validation methods such as leave-one-out (LOO) cross-validation, k-folds cross-validation, multi-layer perceptron, feed-forward neural network; Unsupervised Learning: clustering algorithms, k-means/k-medoid, hierarchical clustering, top-down, bottom-up:
single-linkage, multiple-linkage, dimensionality reduction, principal component analysis.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Search: informed, uninformed, adversarial; logic, propositional, predicate; reasoning under uncertainty topics: conditional independence representation, exact inference through variable elimination, and approximate inference through sampling.

 

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GATE 2027 DA Exam Pattern

The GATE DA exam will be conducted as a three-hour computer-based test. Three types of questions will be asked in the examination: multiple-choice questions (MCQ), multiple-select questions (MSQ), and numerical answer-type questions (NAT).  According to the GATE exam pattern, the DA question paper will comprise 65 questions of 100 marks. It is divided into general aptitude questions of 15 marks and subject-specific questions of 85 marks. 

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How to apply for GATE DA 2027?

Candidates can apply for GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at GOAPS 2027. The mode of application form is online. For GATE registration 2027, candidates need to provide their paper option as Data Science (DA). Candidates must note that DigiLocker registration for GATE exam is mandatory for Indian Nationals. 

GATE Data Science Important Topics and Weightage

Students can check GATE DA important topics and chapter-wise weightage (as per experts)

Subjects Approximate Weightage/Marks
Probability and Statistics 16 marks
Linear Algebra 10 marks
Calculus and Optimisation 8 marks
Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms 21 marks
Database Management and Warehousing 8 marks
Machine Learning 11 marks
Artificial Intelligence 11 marks

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GATE 2027 DS & AI Syllabus: Two Paper Combinations 

Candidates opting for data science and engineering (DA) in GATE exam can choose the following test papers as the secondary papers in the GATE two-paper combination -

  • Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
  • Electrical Engineering (EE)
  • Mathematics (MA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME)
  • Physics (PH)
  • Robotics and Automation (RA)
  • Statistics (ST)
  • Engineering Sciences (XE)

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GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Books for Preparation

Candidates can refer to the books below for GATE preparation 2027 for Data Science

Book Name

Author

GKP GATE Data Science and Artificial Intelligence - Guide (solved papers)

GK Publications

Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis (3rd Edition)

John A. Rice 

Introduction to Probability Models

Sheldon M.Ross

Data Structures and Algorithms in Python

Roberto Tamassia, Micheal H, Goldwasser, Michael T.Goodrich

Database Management Systems

Raghu Ramakrishnan

Data Mining and Data Warehousing

Prateek Bhatia

Artificial Intelligence by Example

Denis Rothman

Artificial Intelligence Basics

Tom Taulli

Machine Learning for Beginners

Chris Sebastian

Fundamentals of Database Systems

Navathe Shamkant

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