General schedule#

Course overview#

For updated annual course dates please see our website.#

  • Week 1

    • Monday: Basics and Pytorch

    • Tuesday: Linear Deep Learning

    • Wednesday: Multilayer Perceptrons

    • Thursday: Projects day

    • Friday: Optimization

  • Week 2

    • Monday: Regularization

    • Tuesday: Convnets and DL Thinking 1

    • Wednesday: Modern Convnets

    • Thursday: Generative models (VAEs and Diffusion models)

    • Friday: Attention and Transformers

  • Week 3: Advanced concepts

    • Monday: Time Series and Natural Language Processing

    • Tuesday: DL Thinking 2 & Half Projects Day (Abstract Writing)

    • Wednesday: Unsupervised and Self-supervised learning

    • Thursday: Basic Reinforcement Learning

    • Friday: Reinforcement Learning for Games & DL Thinking 3

Daily coursework schedule#

See the Time Slot Widget for your full course schedule converted to your local time zone.#

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 & Survey

4:30-5:30

Break

5:30-8:30

Project Time

* : 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 that takes place after course work time.

Schedule Change for 2025: For all time slots, projects will come after course work.#

Schedule of specific days#

W1D4: Project Day (Project Proposals)#

On this day, we will have a day entirely dedicated to projects! Make sure to coordinate a few breaks with your project group as needed.

Time (Hour)

Component

0:00-4:30

Project Work (Regular TA present)

5:30-8:30

Project Work (Regular and Project TA around for part of the time)

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

Project time:

Time (Hour)

Component

5:30-6:30

Individual Abstract Editing

6:30-7:15

Group Abstract Review

7:15-7:30

Break

7:30-8:10

Pod Abstract Swap

8:10-8:30

Finalize Abstract

W3D5: Final Day of Course#

Time (Hour)

Lecture

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 & Survey

4:30-5:30

Break

5:30-6:00

Post Course Survey & Feedback

6:00-7:00

Project presentations

7:00-7:30

Pod farewell

7:30-8:30

Closing Ceremony/Graduation

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.