DS809: Deep Learning
Study Board of Science
Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher
EKA: N340074112, N340074102
Assessment: Second examiner, Second examiner: External
Grading: Pass/Fail, 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Master
STADS ID (UVA): N340074101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 13-05-2020
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Archive
Comment
The course is co-read with DM873: Deep Learning (10 ECTS)
As a student, you can choose to follow the teaching during the autumn semester or intensively from 9 - 20 August (together with the participants in the summer school course DM568 Deep Learning). The prerequisite test and the oral exam is in January, regardless of the time period you are following the course.
Entry requirements
The course can only be followed by Data Science students.
The course cannot be followed by students who have passed either DM873: Deep Learning (10 ECTS) or DM568: Deep Learning (summer school) (5 ECTS).
The course cannot be followed by students who have passed either DM873: Deep Learning (10 ECTS) or DM568: Deep Learning (summer school) (5 ECTS).
Academic preconditions
Academic preconditions. Students taking the course are expected to:
- Have basic understanding of linear algebra
- Have basic programming skills
Course introduction
Machine learning has become a part in our everydays life, from simple product recommendations to personal electronic assistant to self-driving cars. More recently, through the advent of potent hardware and cheap computational power, “Deep Learning” has become a popular and powerful tool for learning from complex, large-scale data.
In this course, we will discuss the fundamentals of deep learning and its application to various different fields. We will learn about the power but also the limitations of these deep neural networks. At the end of the course, the students will have significant familiarity with the subject and will be able to apply the learned techniques to a broad range of different fields.
The course builds partly on the knowledge acquired in the course DM566 or DS804.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- giving the competence to plan and execute a deep learning task by means of deep neural networks.
- providing knowledge on the different types of deep learning approaches including their advantages and disadvantages.
- transfer learned methods to new fields of applications.
- challenges the student with real-life datasets and problem-solving skills
Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
- Describe the principles of deep neural networks in a scientific and precise language and notation
- Analyze the various types of neural networks, the different layers and their interplay
- Describe the feasibility of deep learning approaches to concrete problems
- Apply deep learning frameworks for solving concrete problems
Content
The following main topics are contained in the course:
- feedforward neural networks
- recurrent neural networks
- convolutional neural networks
- backpropagation algorithm
- regularization
Literature
Examination regulations
Prerequisites for participating in the exam a)
Timing
Autumn
Tests
Project
EKA
N340074112
Assessment
Second examiner
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course.
ECTS value
0
Additional information
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a)
Exam element a)
Timing
January
Prerequisites
| Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
|---|---|---|
| Examination part | Prerequisites for participating in the exam a) | N340074101, DS809: Deep Learning |
Tests
Oral examination
EKA
N340074102
Assessment
Second examiner: External
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course.
ECTS value
5
Additional information
The examination form for re-examination may be different from the exam form at the regular exam.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
- Intro phase: 24 hours
- Skills training phase: 12 hours, hereof tutorials: 12 hours
The course will consist of frontal lectures supported by discussion sessions. The students will get accompanying exercises demonstrating the collected knowledge on practical real-world problems. The student activation is completed by a mandatory project and discussions of current state-of-the-art research papers during the study phase.
Activities during the study phase:
- Small take home exercises
- Study latest developments and approaches of deep learning by reading recent publications