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Deep Learning

Core Deep Learning theory and reference

Syllabus

Module No.Detailed ContentHrs (45)CO
1Introduction to Deep LearningRelationship between AI, ML, and DL, neural networks: deep vs. shallow networks, basic terminologies of deep learning.05CO1
2Regularization TechniquesBias variance tradeoff, L1, L2 regularization, early stopping, dataset augmentation, parameter sharing, injecting noise into input, ensemble methods, dropout, greedy layer wise pre-training, advanced activation functions, batch normalization.09CO2
3Convolution Neural NetworksIntroduction, architecture-motivation, layers, kernels, operations (convolution, padding, stride, pooling), non-linear layer, stacking layers, popular CNN architectures: LeNet, AlexNet, VGGNet.07CO3
4Recurrent Neural NetworksFundamentals of RNN, bidirectional RNNs, encoder-decoder architectures, Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), Recursive Neural Networks, Long Short Term Memory Networks (LSTM).09CO4
5Autoencoders, Autoencoder architecture, regularized autoencoder, denoising autoencoders, representational power: effect on layer size, and depth, stochastic encoders and decoders, contractive encoders.09CO5
6Applications of Deep Learning, ImageNet Detection and classification, Audio generation using WaveNet, Natural Language Processing with Word2Vec, Bio-Informatics Face Recognition, Scene Understanding and sematic segmentation, Automated Image Captioning.06CO6

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Question Banks

Internal Assessment 1

Modules 1 • Modules 2

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Mid-Semester Exam

Modules 1 • Modules 2 • Modules 3

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Internal Assessment 2

Modules 4 • Modules 5 • Applications

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End-Semester Exam (Theory)

Modules 1 • Modules 2 • Modules 3 • Modules 4 • Modules 5 • Modules 6 (NOTE: Refer Numericals in IA2 Properly - NNFS-Based & Q20-21)

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