In the first course of the Deep Learning Specialization, you will study the foundational concept of neural networks and deep learning.
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
This course is part of Deep Learning Specialization
Instructors: Andrew Ng
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Analyze the major trends driving the rise of deep learning, and give examples of where and how it is applied today.
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Set up a machine learning problem with a neural network mindset and use vectorization to speed up your models.
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19 videos5 readings1 assignment2 programming assignments
Build a neural network with one hidden layer, using forward propagation and backpropagation.
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12 videos1 reading1 assignment1 programming assignment
Analyze the key computations underlying deep learning, then use them to build and train deep neural networks for computer vision tasks.
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8 videos7 readings1 assignment2 programming assignments
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AG
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Reviewed on Mar 6, 2019
I understand all those thing which you have discussed in this course and I also like the way first tell story of concet and assign assignment. Now I fall in love with neural network and deep learning.
AT
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Reviewed on Jun 29, 2020
I think that this course went a little bit too much into needy greedy details of the math behind deep neural networks, but overall I think that it is a great place to start a journey in deep learning!
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Reviewed on Jan 3, 2020
At first, I want to thank the course teacher and all the others for providing us such a wonderful course. The way the professor teaches is really very very helpful. Thank you all again and keep it up.
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