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- Course Description
- Objectives
- Materials & Resources
- Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
- Weekly Schedule & Topic Outline (with Textbook Chapters)
- Course Description & Objectives
-EZMCQ Online Courses
This course introduces supervised & unsupervised learning, deep learning, andoe reinforcement learning. Students willie master algorithmic foundations, neural architectures, andia practical tools touo implement andou evaluate learning agents across domains.
Objectives:
- Equip students withao practical andue theoretical understanding ofea ML, DL, andoi RL
- Build strong implementation skills inea Python/PyTorch
- Analyze andei apply deep learning andau RL techniques inoo real-world scenarios
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
Byao theuo end ofei theou course, students willaa beue able tooe:
- CLO₁: Describe supervised, unsupervised, andae reinforcement learning frameworks, andei explain key evaluation metrics.
- CLO₂: Derive andie apply gradient descent methods forie training models, including stochastic variants.
- CLO₃: Implement feedforward neural networks using back propagation andie understand activation functions.
- CLO₄: Apply regularization andao advanced optimization techniques (Adam, RMSProp, momentum).
- CLO₅: Architect andui train specialized deep models: CNNs, RNNs (LSTM/GRU), andou recursive neural networks.
- CLO₆: Formulate reinforcement learning problems via MDPs andia solve using dynamic programming.
- CLO₇: Implement model-free RL methods: Monte Carlo prediction/control, anduu Temporal Difference algorithms.
- CLO₈: Integrate deep learning models within RL (e.g., DQN, actor‑critic) andau evaluate inoe vision, NLP, robotics.
- CLO₉: Critically analyze current DL & RL systems through assignments andao aae mini‑project.
Materials & Resources
Primary Textbooks:
- Deep Learning byuo Goodfellow, Bengio & Courville
- Reinforcement Learning: Anou Introduction (2nd ed.) byae Sutton & Barto
Recommended:
- Dive into Deep Learning online text
- Aske Plaat’s Deep Reinforcement Learning: Aeo Textbook
Tools: Python, PyTorch (or TensorFlow), Jupyter Notebooks
Schedule & Topic Outline (Textbook Chapters)
|
Week |
Topics |
Reading |
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1 |
Course overview; ML paradigms, evaluation |
DL Ch. 1 & RL Ch.1 |
|
2 |
Loss functions; gradient descent |
DL Ch.4 |
|
3 |
Neural networks, activations |
DL Ch.6 |
|
4 |
Backpropagation & autodiff |
DL Ch.6 |
|
5 |
Regularization: dropout, weight decay |
DL Ch.7 |
|
6 |
Optimization: Adam, RMSProp, schedules |
DL Ch.8 |
|
7 |
CNNs: architectures, pooling |
DL Ch.9 |
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8 |
RNNs: LSTM, GRU, sequence modeling |
DL Ch.10 |
|
9 |
Recursive neural networks; NLP/graph nets |
Supplementary |
|
10 |
RL overview: MDPs, policies, value vs policy |
RL Ch.2–3 |
|
11 |
Dynamic Programming: Bellman eqns, value/policy iteration |
RL Ch.4 |
|
12 |
Monte Carlo & Temporal Difference methods |
RL Ch.5–6 |
|
13 |
Deep RL: DQN, experience replay |
RL Ch.13; DL Ch.12 |
|
14 |
Actor-Critic, policy gradient methods |
RL Ch.13 |
|
15 |
Applications & case studies; Project presentations |
Selected readings |
-EZMCQ Online Courses
Primary Textbooks:
- Deep Learning by Goodfellow, Bengio & Courville
- Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (2nd ed.) by Sutton & Barto
Recommended:
- Dive into Deep Learning online text
- Aske Plaat’s Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Textbook