Understanding Deep LearningExplores deep learning fundamentals, including image classification, neural network working principles, and machine learning challenges.
Texture: Analysis and ClassificationExplores the analysis and classification of texture in images, emphasizing the role of Machine Learning techniques like Convolutional Neural Networks.
Financial Time Series AnalysisCovers stylized facts of asset returns, summary statistics, testing for normality, Q-Q plots, and efficient market hypothesis.
Nonlinear Supervised LearningExplores the inductive bias of different nonlinear supervised learning methods and the challenges of hyper-parameter tuning.
Feed-forward NetworksIntroduces feed-forward networks, covering neural network structure, training, activation functions, and optimization, with applications in forecasting and finance.