Deep LearningCSCI 1470 @ Brown
THE DEEP FRIED
DL DINER
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Welcome to the Deep Learning Diner! Over the past few years, our signature "Deep Learning" recipes (Deep Neural Networks) have become a staple in the tech industry, producing state-of-the-art results in computer vision, natural language processing, and beyond.
This course is designed to give you hands-on experience in our kitchen. You'll learn how to prep ingredients, manage oven temperatures (gradients), and serve up delicious models from scratch. We emphasize ethical sourcing and responsible serving practices throughout.
Location
Check C@B
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Head Chef
Prof. Randall Balestriero
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Daily Specials
Weeks 1-3: Foundations of Neural Networks
- 2026-01-21Welcome to Deep Learning🍳
- 2026-01-23Networks as Functions🍳
- 2026-01-26Featurization🍳
- 2026-01-28Deeper Networks🍳
- 2026-01-30Gradients🍳
- 2026-02-02AutoDiff and Hyperparameter Tuning🍳
- 2026-02-04Convolutions🍳
- 2026-02-06CNNs🍳
Weeks 3-5: Convolutional Neural Networks
- 2026-02-09ResNet and Adversarial Learning
Weeks 6-8: Learning with Sequential Data
- 2026-02-11Learning with Sequential Data🍳
- 2026-02-13RNNs and LSTMs🍳
- 2026-02-18Seq2Seq🍳
- 2026-02-20High Performance Computing (Oscar Tutorial)🍳
- 2026-02-23Transformers and LLMs🍳
- 2026-02-25Large Language Models and Generative AI🍳
- 2026-02-27Autoencoders and VAEs🍳
Weeks 9-11: Unsupervised Learning and Reinforcement Learning
- 2026-03-02Image Generation and GANs
- 2026-03-04Diffusion Models
- 2026-03-06Geometric Deep Learning
- 2026-03-09Reinforcement Learning
- 2026-03-11Policy Gradient Methods
- 2026-03-13PPO
- 2026-03-16GRPO and LLMs
- 2026-03-18Self-Supervised Learning
Weeks 12-13: Looking Forward
- 2026-03-20To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-03-30To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-01To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-03To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-06To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-08To Be Announced🍳
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- 2026-04-15To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-17To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-20To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-22To Be Announced🍳
- 2026-04-24To Be Announced🍳
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Deepest Fryer
Randall Balestriero
The head chef of this deep learning kitchen.
Cooked Managers
Armaan Patankar
Deep fried as a neural network.
Aryan Singh
Over seasoning models with hyperparameters
Hongyang Du
Gradient is All You Need.
Fried Line Cooks
Johnny Elias
Crispy gradients are my specialty.
Duru Husyeni
Master of the deep fried descent.
Jason Lin
Serving hot batches of tensors.
Daniel Zhu
Seasoning models with extra bias.
Bumjin Joo
Frying up features layer by layer.
Peter Popescu
Extra crispy loss functions only.
Devesh Kumar
Grilling weights until they converge.