Introduction to Deep Learning

Zhiguang Wang and Hang Gao

10:00am Monday, 23 November 2015, ITE 346

Deep learning has been a hot topic and all over the news lately. It is introduced with the ambition of moving Machine Learning closer to Artificial Intelligence, one of its original goals. Since the introduction of the concept of deep learning, various relevant algorithms are proposed and have achieved significant success in their corresponding areas. This talk aims at providing a brief overview of most common deep learning algorithms, along with their application on different tasks.

In this talk, Steve (Zhiguang Wang) will give a brief introduction about the application of deep learning algorithms in computer vision and speech, some basic viewpoints about training methods and attacking the non-convexity in deep neural nets along with some misc about deep learning.

On the other hand, Hang Gao will talk about common application of deep learning algorithms in Natural Language Processing, covering semantic, syntactic and sentiment analysis. He will also give a discussion on the limits of current application of deep learning algorithms in NLP and provide some ideas on possible future trend.