In February, I gave the above talk -- one of my favourites, on the Fundamentals of Deep Learning -- to the NYC Open Data Meetup. Tonight, following months of curriculum development, I'm providing an overview of the part-time Deep Learning course that I'm offering at the Meetup's affiliate, the NYC Data Science Academy, from October through December. The event is sold out, but a live stream will be available from 7pm Eastern Time (link through here).
Deep Learning algorithms have become influential across a broad range of the statistical domain, including classification, prediction, and feature generation. Recently popularized by a standout performance in the 2012 iteration of the ImageNet visual recognition competition, Deep Neural Networks have since facilitated countless everyday applications, including Tesla's Autopilot, Siri's voice recognition, and Google Inbox's suggested replies.