Deep Learning and its Applications
2024-10-21
Module Descriptor
This module is an introduction course to Machine Learning (ML), with a focus on Deep Learning. The course is offered by the Electronic & Electrical Engineering department to the fourth and fith year students of Trinity College Dublin.
Although Deep Learning has been around for quite a while, it has recently become a disruptive technology that has been unexpectedly taking over operations of technology companies around the world and disrupting all aspects of society. When you read or hear about AI or machine Learning successes in the news, it really means Deep Learning successes.
The course starts with an introduction to some essential aspects of Machine Learning, including Least Squares, Logistic Regression and a quick overview of some popular classification techniques.
Then the course dives into the fundamentals of Neural Nets, including Feed Forward Neural Nets, Convolution Neural Nets and Recurrent Neural Nets.
The material has been constructed in collaboration with leading industrial practitioners including Google, YouTube and Intel, and students will have guest lectures from these companies.