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Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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Re: Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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pchal wrote: post #26

Can you provide details on what type of computing environment will be used in the course? Will it be based on something like Jupyter notebooks, GPUs on AWS, for example? And will be there be some type of discussion forum, like the one in the other popular deep learning course fast.ai?

Hey @pchal,

We'll mainly use Python with Jupyter notebooks and will gear the program towards GPUs on AWS. We'll focus on using Tensorflow as our main tool. There will be a discourse forum as well as a slack channel for students to interact and help eachother.

Re: Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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king_kerr wrote: post #22

What's good @dhruvp, I see that we have 6 months in total to complete the course. Does that start from the time of sign up or when we actually start the course? I ask because I'd like to take advantage of the great price but I know my workload won't permit me starting for at least a month.

What's happening @king_kerr (Go Dubs). It starts from the first day of class which is Jan 20th.

Re: Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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Post by king_kerr »

dhruvp wrote: post #32
king_kerr wrote: post #22

What's good @dhruvp, I see that we have 6 months in total to complete the course. Does that start from the time of sign up or when we actually start the course? I ask because I'd like to take advantage of the great price but I know my workload won't permit me starting for at least a month.

What's happening @king_kerr (Go Dubs). It starts from the first day of class which is Jan 20th.

Thanks!

Re: Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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Post by qrco »

dhruvp wrote: post #2

Hi all, My name is Dhruv and I work on the AI programs here at Udacity. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or email me at dhruv@udacity.com. I'll do my best to answer everything! You can see our curriculum in depth here: https://medium.com/udacity/deep-learning-nanodegree-foundati...

Will any of the official content (eg. lectures) for the nanodegree be offered free to those not enrolled?

Re: Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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Post by pmcpinto »

dhruvp wrote: post #2

Hi all, My name is Dhruv and I work on the AI programs here at Udacity. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or email me at dhruv@udacity.com. I'll do my best to answer everything! You can see our curriculum in depth here: https://medium.com/udacity/deep-learning-nanodegree-foundati...

Hi Dhruv, thanks for being available to answer some questions. Do you think that someone from a design background with some JS experience is able to do this course?

Re: Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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Post by ravi03071991 »

dhruvp wrote: post #28
aalireza wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. How much power would we need? I'd assume a Thinkpad X230 won't do. If we need a moderately powerful system, do you provide AWS (or equivalent)? 2. I watch Siraj's videos. Although they are fun and useful, they are very short and resemble a recipe in a cookbook (no offense intended). Is the course going to be the same as videos? Or is it going to be discussing all the necessary mathematics/statistics? 3. I couldn't…

Hi @aalireza, 1. We'll provide instructions to use AWS (65 cents an hour) and are working with AWS to get students credits. We've done this in the past so there's a decent chance we get this but no guarantees yet. 2. The course is going to be Siraj's videos supplemented with additional content to go deeper into the math/statistics and to actually do problem sets and projects. So Siraj is meant to be the starting poin…

Hi @dhruv,

So we require AWS for sure to complete this course right? Can you suggest the system configuration needed for this course?

Re: Deep learning nanodegree foundation

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Post by h_coder »

This program looks promising. I have a few questions:

1)It is mentioned that it takes about 3-4 hours per week. Does this mean that the course covers not many concepts. Also are the projects like- this code is given. Add a few lines to make it run?

2)Can I submit files directly using my own laptop, or is using AWS compulsory?

3)Are these projects too - Make a network that generates songs and poems?

4)Can I get my resume reviewed by the experts like in the other nanodegrees?

It would be great if you could answer these questions. I am definitely thinking of joining this amazing course.

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