Fall 2025

Week # Date Topic Slides Notebooks Extra Links
Week 1 Oct 15 Introduction to neural networks for image classification Pixel_Proficiency_Week1 Pixel_Proficiency_1a_FCN.ipynb Pixel_Proficiency_1b_CNN.ipynb Another popular classification architecture: ResNet
Week 2 Oct 22 Model selection and evaluation   Pixel_Proficiency_2_Evaluation.ipynb  
Week 3 Oct 29 Model tuning and transfer learning Pixel_Proficiency_Week3 Pixel_Proficiency_3_Tuning.ipynb CNN parameters cheatsheet Dropout Article
Week 4 Nov 5 Self-supervised learning through autoencoders   Pixel_Proficiency_4_self-supervised-autoencoders Midterm Survey
Week 5 Nov 12 Segmentation and object detection Pixel_Proficiency_Week5 Pixel_Proficiency_5a_Semantic_Segmentation.ipynb Pixel_Proficiency_5b_Object_Detection.ipynb Another popular segmentation architecture: DeepLab, KerasHub model
Week 6 Nov 19 Addressing common pitfalls Nicoleta_slides Valentina_slides Pixel_Proficiency_6_grad-CAM_demo.ipynb Final Survey