By the end of this course, learners will differentiate core AI concepts, construct deep neural networks, apply image and text models, develop attention-based NLP systems, and design recommender solutions.

Deep Learning: Build & Optimize Neural Networks
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at 10 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Build and optimize deep neural networks using PyTorch.
Apply AI models to vision, NLP, and recommendation tasks.
Implement attention and transformer architectures effectively.
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November 2025
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Taught in English
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