When

Tuesday January 10, 2017 from 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST
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Northwest Building, B1 Level 
52 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
 

 
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Harvard Paulson School 
Institute for Applied Computational Science
Sheila Coveney, Program Manager 

617-384-9091 
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IACS ComputeFest Workshop:
Deep Learning Part I

Tuesday, January 10, 2017
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Introduction to Deep Learning and TensorFlow basics
The following topics will be covered: 

  • Theory about neural networks, backpropagation, optimization, etc.
  • TensorFlow basics (functions, graphs, etc.)
  • Dropout and/or other kinds of normalization (theory + TensorFlow)
  • Matplotlib visualization



Pre-requisites:

The workshop will be based on TensorFlow, a Python Machine Learning library by Google.
Attendees should download and setup TensorFlow in advance of class:
https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r0.12/get_started/os_setup.html

Attendees should also install matplotlib, a visualization library, in advance of class:
http://matplotlib.org/faq/installing_faq.html