General schedule#
2025 course will run: July 7 - 25, 2025#
Course overview#
Week 1
Mon, July 7: Basics and Pytorch
Tue, July 8: Linear Deep Learning
Wed, July 9: Multilayer Perceptrons
Thu, July 10: Projects day
Fri, July 11: Optimization
Week 2
Mon, July 14: Regularization
Tue, July 15: Convnets and DL Thinking 1
Wed, July 16: Modern Convnets
Thu, July 17: Generative models (VAEs and Diffusion models)
Fri, July 18: Attention and Transformers
Week 3: Advanced concepts
Mon, July 21: Time Series and Natural Language Processing
Tue, July 22: DL Thinking 2 & Half Projects Day (Abstract Writing)
Wed, July 23: Unsupervised and Self-supervised learning
Thu, July 24: Basic Reinforcement Learning
Fri, July 25: Reinforcement Learning for Games & DL Thinking 3
Daily coursework schedule#
2025 course schedule coming soon. Below is the 2024 course schedule.#
General schedule#
All days (except W1D4, W3D2, and W3D5) will follow this schedule for course time:
Time (Hour) |
Component |
|---|---|
0:00-0:15* |
Pod discussion I |
0:15-1:45 |
Tutorials I |
1:45-2:45 |
Big break |
2:45-4:15 |
Tutorials II |
4:15-4:25 |
Pod discussion II |
4:25-4:30 |
Reflections & content checks |
* : Note that the synchronous coursework session starts at 0:00 with the first pod discussion.
Project time#
In addition to course time, each day will have 3 hours of project time. Check the time slot widget to see when project time is scheduled for your slot.
Note: Slots 1, 3, and 4 will not have project time on W1D1.
Schedule of specific days#
W1D4: Project Day (Project Proposals)#
On this day, we will have a day dedicated to projects!
Time (Hour) |
Component |
|---|---|
0:00-EOD* |
Project Work |
* : You will spend both the standard coursework and projects time on projects today. See https://deeplearning.neuromatch.io/projects/docs/project_guidance.html#w1d4-projects-day for more information about the goals of this day.
W3D2: DL Thinking 2 & Half Project Day#
Time (Hour) |
Component |
|---|---|
0:00-0:15 |
Pod Discussion |
0:15-1:45 |
Tutorials I |
1:45-2:45 |
Big Break |
2:45-4:30 |
Abstract workshop |
During next available project time (which could be on the next day):
Time (Hour) |
Component |
|---|---|
0:00-1:00* |
Individual Abstract Editing |
1:00-1:45 |
Group Abstract Review |
1:45-2:00 |
Break |
2:00-2:40 |
Pod Abstract Swap |
2:40-3:00 |
Finalize Abstract |
* : Note that this refers to the start of the projects time, not the coursework time like usual
W3D5: Final Day of Course#
Slots 1/2/4/5:
Time (Hour) |
Lecture |
|---|---|
-2:00- -1:00* |
Project presentations (slots 1/4) |
-1:00–0:30 |
Break (slots 1/4) |
-0:30-0:00 |
Intro video & text |
0:00-0:15 |
Pod Discussion I |
0:15-1:45 |
Tutorials I |
1:45-2:45 |
Big break |
2:45-4:15 |
Tutorials II |
4:15-4:25 |
Pod Discussion II |
4:25-4:45 |
Break |
4:45-5:15** |
Course Review & Feedback |
5:15-6:15** |
Project presentations (slots 2/5) |
6:15-6:30** |
Pod farewell |
6:30-7:15** |
Closing Ceremony/Graduation |
* : This is the last hour of projects time for slots 1/4
** : Note that these events occur after the normal coursework time.
Course Review & Feedback: We will have a post course survey for both students and TAs (will share the link in discord) - please fill it out during this time! Completion of the final survey is required to access your certificate in the portal after the course.
Pod farewell: This is just a chance for your pod to say goodbye to each other. No structure imposed or requirements here!
Closing Ceremony/Graduation: We will do this all together on Zoom.
Slot 3:
Time (Hour) |
Lecture |
|---|---|
-2:15- -1:15* |
Project presentations (slot 3) |
-1:15–0:30 |
Break (slot 3) |
-0:30-0:00 |
Intro video & text |
0:00-0:15 |
Pod Discussion I |
0:15-1:45 |
Tutorials I |
1:45-2:45 |
Big break |
2:45-4:15 |
Tutorials II |
4:15-4:25 |
Pod Discussion II |
4:25-4:45 |
Break |
4:45-5:15** |
Course Review & Feedback |
5:15-5:30** |
Pod farewell |
6:30-7:15** |
Closing Ceremony/Graduation |
* : This is the last hour and a quarter of projects time for slot 3
** : Note that these events occur after the normal coursework time.
Course Review & Feedback: We will have a post course survey for both students and TAs (will share the link in discord) - please fill it out during this time! Completion of the final survey is required to access your certificate in the portal after the course.
Pod farewell: This is just a chance for your pod to say goodbye to each other. No structure imposed or requirements here!
Closing Ceremony/Graduation: We will do this all together on crowdcast.
Professional Development Panels#
Course live events: TBD — will update