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Introduction to Deep Learning (edX)

Offered by Purdue University, PurdueX,
Introduction to Deep Learning (edX)

Learn how deep learning algorithms can be used to solve important engineering problems. This 3-credit-hour, 16-week course covers the fundamentals of deep learning. Students will gain a principled understanding of the motivation, justification, and design considerations of the deep neural network approach to machine learning and will complete hands-on projects using TensorFlow and Keras.

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What you'll learn

  • Justify the development state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms.
  • Make design choices regarding the construction of deep learning algorithms.
  • Implement, optimize and tune state-of-the-art deep neural network architectures.
  • Identify and address the security aspects of state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms.
  • Examine open research problems in deep learning and propose approaches in the literature to tackle them.

Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Deep Feedforward Networks

  • Gradient-based learning
  • Sigmoidal output units
  • Back propagation

Module 2: Regularization for Deep Learning

  • Regularization strategies
  • Noise injection
  • Ensemble methods
  • Dropout

Module 3: Optimization for Training Deep Models

  • Optimization algorithms: Gradient, Hessian-Free, Newton
  • Momentum
  • Batch normalization

Module 4: Convolutional Neural Networks

  • Convolutional kernels
  • Downsampled convolution
  • Zero padding
  • Backpropagating convolution

Module 5: Recurrent Neural Networks

  • Recurrence relationship & recurrent networks
  • Long short-term memory (LSTM)
  • Back propagation through time (BPTT)
  • Gated and simple recurrent units
  • Neural Turing machine (NTM)
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