Week Phase Topics

1 Foundations Linear Algebra

2 Foundations Calculus (Derivatives, Gradients)
3 Foundations Probability & Statistics
4 Foundations Basic ML (Linear Regression, k-NN)
5 Java ML LibrariesSmile – Setup & Data Loading
6 Java ML LibrariesSmile – Classification & Regression
7 Java ML LibrariesSmile – Clustering & Evaluation
8 Java ML LibrariesSmile – NLP & Graph Modules
9 Java ML LibrariesWeka – GUI & Experimentation
10 Java ML LibrariesWeka – Java API Integration
11 Java ML LibrariesWeka – Batch Experiments & Reportin
12 Java ML LibrariesIntegration Review & Containerization
13 Deep Learning DJL – Setup & Basic CNN
14 Deep Learning DJL – Transfer Learning
15 Deep Learning DJL – Inference Service
16 Deep Learning DJL – Performance & Benchmarking
17 Deep Learning DL4J – Setup & MLP
18 Deep Learning DL4J – CNN & GPU Acceleration
19 Deep Learning DL4J – Hyperparameter Tuning
20 Deep Learning DL4J – Docker Deployment
21 NLP & RL OpenNLP – Tokenization & POS
22 NLP & RL OpenNLP – Named Entity Recognition
23 NLP & RL CoreNLP – Parsing & Sentiment
24 NLP & RL NLP Integration & API
25 NLP & RL Reinforcement Learning – Q-Learning
26 NLP & RL Reinforcement Learning – SARSA
27 NLP & RL RL – Environment & Rewards
28 NLP & RL RL Integration & API
29 Capstone Architecture Design
30 Capstone CI/CD Pipeline
31 Capstone Dashboard & Visualization
32 Capstone Deployment & Monitoring
 Resources
Coursera MML – Linear Algebra; Khan Academy Linear Algebra; Udemy Linear Algebra – A Complete Guide
Coursera MML – Multivariate Calculus; 3Blue1Brown Essence of Calculus; Educative.io Calculus for Data Sci
Coursera MML – Probability; Khan Academy Statistics & Probability; Safari Online 'Statistics in Plain English'
Andrew Ng ML (Coursera); Udemy Machine Learning A–Z (translate to Java)
Smile Quickstart; Udemy Java ML with Smile; Educative.io Hands-On ML with Smile
Smile Quickstart
Smile Quickstart
Smile Documentation
Weka Tutorial; Safari Data Mining (Weka)
Weka Java Integration Guide
Weka Tutorial
Smile & Weka Docs
DJL Quickstart; DJL Beginner Tutorial
DJL Model Zoo
DJL Quickstart
DJL Docs
DL4J Quickstart
DL4J Examples
DL4J Arbiter
Spring Boot Docs
OpenNLP Manual; Udemy NLP Java & OpenNLP
OpenNLP Manual
Stanford CoreNLP
OpenNLP & CoreNLP Docs
Java RL Library; Udemy RL in Java
Java RL Library
Sutton & Barto RL book (Safari Online)
RL Library Docs
Spring Cloud Docs; Udemy Docker & Kubernetes
GitHub Actions Docs; Educative.io CI/CD Java Microservices
React Docs; Thymeleaf Guide
AWS/GCP Docs; Safari Continuous Delivery
 Links
https://www.coursera.org/learn/linear-algebra-machine-learning, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra, https:
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/mathematics-machine-learning, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUvTyaaNkz
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/mathematics-machine-learning, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-pro
https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning, https://www.udemy.com/course/machinelearning/
https://haifengl.github.io/quickstart.html, https://www.udemy.com/course/java-machine-learning-smile/, https://www.educa
https://haifengl.github.io/quickstart.html
https://haifengl.github.io/quickstart.html
https://haifengl.github.io/
https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/
https://weka.wikispaces.com/Use+WEKA+in+your+Java+code
https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/
https://haifengl.github.io/, https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/
https://djl.ai/docs/quick_start.html, https://docs.djl.ai/master/docs/demos/jupyter/tutorial/index.html
https://github.com/deepjavalibrary/djl-model-zoo
https://djl.ai/docs/quick_start.html
https://djl.ai/docs
https://deeplearning4j.konduit.ai/deeplearning4j/tutorials/quick-start
https://github.com/eclipse/deeplearning4j-examples
https://deeplearning4j.konduit.ai/deeplearning4j/tutorials/arbiter
https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot
https://opennlp.apache.org/docs/, https://www.udemy.com/course/natural-language-processing-in-java-with-apache-openn
https://opennlp.apache.org/docs/
https://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/
https://opennlp.apache.org/docs/, https://stanfordnlp.github.io/CoreNLP/
https://github.com/chen0040/java-reinforcement-learning, https://www.udemy.com/course/artificial-intelligence-iv-reinforc
https://github.com/chen0040/java-reinforcement-learning
Safari Online
https://github.com/chen0040/java-reinforcement-learning
https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud, https://www.udemy.com/course/docker-kubernetes-the-complete-guide/
https://docs.github.com/actions, https://www.educative.io/courses/cicd-java-microservices
https://reactjs.org/, https://www.thymeleaf.org/
https://aws.amazon.com/, https://cloud.google.com/, Safari Online
 Project Project Description
Mini ML Library – Data Structures ModuleImplement Vector and Matrix classes with basic operations.
Mini ML Library – Gradient Descent Code gradient descent algorithm for linear regression.
Mini ML Library – Statistical Module Compute mean, variance, probability distributions in Java.
Mini ML Library – Models Implement LinearRegression and KNearestNeighbors with fit/predict.
Customer Segmentation – Ingestion Load CSVs and preprocess features for segmentation.
Customer Segmentation – Classification Train classification models (e.g., RandomForest) for segment predictio
Customer Segmentation – Clustering Apply K-means and DBSCAN; evaluate clusters.
Customer Segmentation – Full Pipeline Combine ingestion, clustering, classification into service.
Customer Segmentation – GUI Validation Experiment clustering in Weka GUI to inform Java code.
Customer Segmentation – API ExperimentWrite Java code to run Weka classifiers on ARFF datasets.
Customer Segmentation – Reporting Generate cluster/classification reports in Java.
Customer Segmentation – Deployment Containerize service with Docker and expose API.
Image Classifier – CNN Implement basic CNN for image classification.
Image Classifier – Fine-Tune Fine-tune pretrained ResNet on custom dataset.
Image Classifier – REST API Expose model via Spring Boot endpoint.
Image Classifier – Benchmark Measure latency and throughput under load.
Image Classifier – MLP Train MLP on MNIST dataset.
Image Classifier – GPU Training Train CNN with CUDA backend.
Image Classifier – Tuning Use Arbiter to tune model hyperparameters.
Image Classifier – Docker Compose Containerize service with load balancing.
Chatbot – Preprocessing Module Implement text tokenization, sentence detection.
Chatbot – NER Module Implement custom NER model training.
Chatbot – Sentiment Analysis Integrate sentiment scoring in pipeline.
Chatbot – REST Endpoint Expose NLP pipeline via Spring Boot.
Game Agent – Q-Learning Implement Q-learning agent in grid-world.
Game Agent – SARSA Agent Implement SARSA algorithm.
Game Agent – Environment Design custom environment and reward function.
Game Agent – REST Endpoint Expose RL agent via REST for gameplay.
AI Analytics Platform – Design Architect microservices for analytics platform.
AI Analytics Platform – CI/CD Implement automated build and deploy pipeline.
AI Analytics Platform – Front-End Develop interactive dashboard for results.
AI Analytics Platform – Deployment Deploy platform to cloud and set up monitoring.
 Libraries/Technologies Success Outcome
Pure Java, IJava kernel Vector/Matrix operations correct; unit tests passing
Pure Java Converges on sample data within tolerance
Pure Java Statistical functions validated against known results
Pure Java, JUnit/TestNG Models achieve ≤5% error on sample datasets
Smile, Apache Commons CSV Data pipeline handles large CSVs without errors
Smile Classifier achieves ≥70% accuracy on test split
Smile Clusters validated with silhouette score ≥0.5
Smile, Spring Boot End-to-end pipeline returns segments via API
Weka GUI experiments match Java pipeline results
Weka Programmatic experiments produce expected metrics
Weka, Jackson JSON Reports accurate and well-formatted
Docker, Spring Boot Docker container runs service and serves API
DJL, IJava kernel CNN achieves baseline accuracy on CIFAR-10
DJL Fine-tuned model exceeds baseline accuracy
DJL, Spring Boot API returns correct labels for test images
JMH, Gatling Meets target latency <200ms
DL4J MLP achieves ≥95% accuracy
DL4J, CUDA Training time reduced by ≥50%
DL4J Arbiter Finds optimal hyperparameters improving accuracy
Docker Compose, Nginx Multi-instance service scales under load
OpenNLP Preprocessing accurately splits and tags text
OpenNLP NER identifies entities with ≥85% F1-score
CoreNLP Sentiment scores align with ground truth
Spring Boot, OpenNLP, CoreNLPAPI responds correctly for text inputs
Java RL Library Agent learns optimal policy within episodes
Java RL Library SARSA agent converges to policy
Pure Java Environment supports training dynamics
Spring Boot, Java RL Library Endpoint returns agent actions correctly
Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Architecture document reviewed and approved
GitHub Actions, Docker Pipeline runs tests and deploys to staging
React or Thymeleaf, Chart.js Dashboard displays live analytics data
AWS/GCP, Prometheus/GrafanaPlatform accessible publicly with health metrics