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The document outlines a comprehensive curriculum for a Deep Learning course, covering fundamental concepts, architectures, and algorithms across five modules. Topics include the differences between deep learning and traditional machine learning, the architecture of neural networks, optimization techniques, convolutional networks, and recurrent neural networks. Additionally, it discusses applications of deep learning in various fields such as natural language processing and computer vision.

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Deep Learning Simp 21cs743

The document outlines a comprehensive curriculum for a Deep Learning course, covering fundamental concepts, architectures, and algorithms across five modules. Topics include the differences between deep learning and traditional machine learning, the architecture of neural networks, optimization techniques, convolutional networks, and recurrent neural networks. Additionally, it discusses applications of deep learning in various fields such as natural language processing and computer vision.

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Deep learning- 21CS743 SIMP 2025

Module 1

1. Define Deep Learning and explain how it differs from traditional Machine Learning.
Describe the basic structure of a Deep Learning model.

2. Discuss the historical trends that have contributed to the rise of Deep Learning,
including key advancements in hardware, data availability, and algorithms.

3. Explain the concept of a learning algorithm in the context of Machine Learning. What
are the key components of a learning algorithm?

4. Differentiate between Supervised, Unsupervised, and Reinforcement Learning.


Provide examples of each.

5. Describe the general process of Supervised Learning. Explain the roles of training
data, labels, and the learning algorithm.

6. Explain the concept of classification in Supervised Learning. Give examples of


classification problems and algorithms.

7. Explain the concept of regression in Supervised Learning. Give examples of


regression problems and algorithms.

8. Describe the general process of Unsupervised Learning. Explain the challenges and
potential applications.

9. Explain clustering as a type of Unsupervised Learning. Give examples of clustering


algorithms and their applications.

Module 2

1. Describe the architecture of a feedforward neural network. Explain the roles of input
layers, hidden layers, and output layers.

2. Explain the concept of gradient-based learning in neural networks. Why is it


important?

3. Explain the backpropagation algorithm in detail. What is its purpose, and how does it
work?

4. Describe other differentiation algorithms used in deep learning besides


backpropagation. What are their advantages and disadvantages?
5. What is regularization in the context of deep learning? Why is it necessary?

6. Explain L1 and L2 regularization techniques. How do they differ in their effect on the
model?

7. Discuss other regularization techniques like dropout and early stopping. How do they
help prevent overfitting?
8. What is the role of activation functions in feedforward networks? Give examples of
common activation functions and their properties.

9. Explain the concept of vanishing and exploding gradients and how they affect training
in deep networks.

Module 3

1. Explain the concept of Empirical Risk Minimization. What is the goal of optimization
in deep learning?

2. Discuss the challenges associated with optimizing neural networks, such as local
minima, saddle points, and plateaus.

3. Describe the Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) algorithm. How does it work, and
what are its advantages and disadvantages?

4. Discuss different parameter initialization strategies for neural networks. Why is


proper initialization important?

5. Explain the AdaGrad algorithm. How does it adapt learning rates for different
parameters? What are its limitations?

6. Explain the RMSProp algorithm. How does it address the limitations of AdaGrad?

7. Compare and contrast AdaGrad and RMSProp. What are the situations where one
might be preferred over the other?

8. Describe other adaptive learning rate algorithms such as Adam and explain how it
combines the benefits of other algorithms.

9. Discuss factors to consider when choosing an optimization algorithm for a specific


deep learning task.

Module 4

1. Explain the convolution operation in the context of image processing. How does it
differ from standard matrix multiplication?

2. Explain the concept of pooling in convolutional networks. What are different types of
pooling, and what are their purposes?

3. Explain how convolution and pooling can be viewed as an infinitely strong prior.
What does this imply about the network's learning process?
4. Describe different variants of the basic convolution function, such as dilated
convolutions and depthwise separable convolutions.
5. Explain how convolutional networks can be used for structured outputs, such as
image segmentation.
6. Discuss different data types that are commonly used with convolutional networks,
such as images, videos, and time-series data.

7. Describe efficient convolution algorithms, such as FFT-based convolution. Why are


these important for large networks?

8. Describe the architectures and key innovations of LeNet and AlexNet. How did these
networks contribute to the advancement of deep learning?

9. Explain the concept of transfer learning in the context of convolutional networks and
its advantages.

Module 5

1. Explain the concept of unfolding computational graphs in the context of recurrent


neural networks.

2. Describe the basic architecture of a recurrent neural network (RNN). How does it
process sequential data?

3. Explain the concept of Bidirectional RNNs. How do they differ from standard RNNs,
and what are their advantages?

4. Describe the architecture of Deep Recurrent Networks. How do they improve upon
standard RNNs?

5. Explain the concept of Recursive Neural Networks. How do they differ from
Recurrent Neural Networks?
6. Explain the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) architecture in detail. How does it
address the vanishing gradient problem?
7. Describe other gated RNN architectures, such as GRUs (Gated Recurrent Units). How
do they compare to LSTMs?

8. Discuss applications of RNNs in Natural Language Processing, such as machine


translation and text generation.

9. Discuss the applications of deep learning in Computer Vision and Speech


Recognition.

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