Covers the fundamentals of multilayer neural networks and deep learning, including back-propagation and network architectures like LeNet, AlexNet, and VGG-16.
Introduces kernel methods like SVM and regression, covering concepts such as margin, support vector machine, curse of dimensionality, and Gaussian process regression.
Covers optimization in machine learning, focusing on gradient descent for linear and logistic regression, stochastic gradient descent, and practical considerations.