Covers the fundamentals of multilayer neural networks and deep learning, including back-propagation and network architectures like LeNet, AlexNet, and VGG-16.
Introduces feed-forward networks, covering neural network structure, training, activation functions, and optimization, with applications in forecasting and finance.
Explores variance reduction techniques in deep learning, covering gradient descent, stochastic gradient descent, SVRG method, and performance comparison of algorithms.