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  1. Overview of Neural Networks and Deep Learning
    • Understanding the concept of Machine Learning (ML)
    • Why neural networks and deep learning are necessary
    • Selecting appropriate networks for various problems and data types
    • Training and validating neural networks
    • Comparing logistic regression to neural networks
  2. Neural Networks
    • Biological inspiration behind neural networks
    • Core components: Neurons, Perceptrons, and MLP (Multilayer Perceptron)
    • MLP learning through the backpropagation algorithm
    • Activation functions: Linear, Sigmoid, Tanh, and Softmax
    • Loss functions suitable for forecasting and classification
    • Key parameters: learning rate, regularization, and momentum
    • Constructing neural networks in Python
    • Evaluating neural network performance in Python
  3. Basics of Deep Networks
    • Defining deep learning
    • Deep network architecture: parameters, layers, activation functions, loss functions, and solvers
    • Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBMs)
    • Autoencoders
  4. Deep Network Architectures
    • Deep Belief Networks (DBN) – architecture and applications
    • Autoencoders
    • Restricted Boltzmann Machines
    • Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
    • Recursive Neural Networks
    • Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN)
  5. Overview of Python Libraries and Interfaces
    • Caffe
    • Theano
    • TensorFlow
    • Keras
    • MxNet
    • Strategies for choosing the appropriate library for a specific problem
  6. Building Deep Networks in Python
    • Selecting the right architecture for a given problem
    • Hybrid deep networks
    • Training the network: selecting the appropriate library and defining architecture
    • Tuning the network: initialization, activation functions, loss functions, and optimization methods
    • Preventing overfitting: identifying overfitting issues and applying regularization
    • Evaluating deep networks
  7. Python Case Studies
    • Image recognition using CNN
    • Anomaly detection with Autoencoders
    • Time series forecasting with RNN
    • Dimensionality reduction using Autoencoders
    • Classification using RBM

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Desirable: Familiarity and appreciation for machine learning, system architecture, and programming languages.

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