Three Day National Workshop on Deep Learning: Bridging Theory and Practice (DLBTP)

Organized by

Department of Computer Science

University of Calicut, Kerala

22 - 24 February 2018

Workshop Overview

    Deep learning is driving the third wave of Artificial Intelligence research. Recent years, deep neural networks have been achieving breakthroughs in various major AI tasks such as machine translation, image understanding, speech recognition, natural language processing and so on. In these domain specific tasks, deep neural networks reached the level of accuracy comparable to humans’ performance. The primary goal of this three-day workshop is to build the skill-set and toolbox you need to build your own deep learning solutions through hands-on projects. Another purpose of this workshop is to familiarize the participants to the emerging technologies enabled by deep learning. The workshop will bring together the experts and provide an opportunity to explore ways to harmonize the power of computational intelligence and discuss the next directions.

    The workshop sessions and hands-on will enable participants to understand the background theory and practices of Machine Learning, ANNs and Deep Learning Architectures. The workshop topics include Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision applications using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Speech and Text processing with Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Long Short-Term Memory networks (LSTM). In addition to these topics, the Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) and Variational Autoencoders (VAE) for realistic image synthesis will also introduce in the workshop.


About the Department of Computer Science

   Computer - based technologies are the foundation of modern life and as a University Department we are proficient to contribute towards the advancement of the society at large. We also ensure our sincere effort to offer the best in terms of A cademic p rogramme s, R esearch activities and infrastructure including S tate - of - the - art laboratories. The Department with the bright young and dynamic faculty members attracts the best of students for its masters and doctoral programmes. We also aim at bringing in excellent opportunities for active institute - industry interaction and exchange programmes which will unquestionably help the students to excel in the present competitive professional life.

   Our vision is to create a vibrant learning environment founded on value based academic principles that foster collaboration, a culture of accomplishment and strong support of ethnic and intellectual diversity wherein all involved shall contribute effectively, efficiently and responsibly .

   Our mission is to provide

  • Highest quality Post Graduate and Doctoral education as per international standards.
  • State-of-the-art research facilities with the upgraded laboratory facilities time to time.
  • Strong partnerships with industries, government agencies, professional societies and local communities.
  • Extension and consultancy services to government, private, public and industrial sectors

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Target Audience

    1. Faculty members
    2. Research Scholars and PG Students
    3. Engineers and Professionals from industry
      with relevant background

Pre-requisites

    1. Participants should be comfortable with programming. Familiarity with python is ideal.
    2. Carry your own laptop with configurations:
      OS: Windows/Linux/Ubuntu (64 bit machines) and Minimum RAM: 4GB