deep-learning

Kaggle

Basic NN for the Avito Demand Prediction Competition on Kaggle

I wanted to try building a model for the Avito Demand Prediction competition on Kaggle and I came across a few hurdles on the road, which taught me lots of new things. I wasn't after a good score but I just wanted to build a neural network with Keras from end to end and get predictions from it.

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DeepLearning

Generating random Turkish first names with a super basic RNN

Inspired by the mini 'Dinosaur name generator' project I did a while ago, I wanted to re-use the core code (with some modifications and refactorings of my own) and try to generate Turkish first names. The project was about building a simple recurrent neural network using numpy and it was a part of the Sequence Models course of Andrew Ng's awesome Deep Learning Specialization series on Coursera.

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Coursera

Enrolling in Andrew Ng's Deep Learning Specialization MOOC for free

This year, I enrolled in Andrew Ng's awesome Deep Learning Specialization series consisting of 5 different courses on Coursera; all for free. While chatting with people about this, I realized that people usually don't know to what extend you can make use of the course material when you enroll for free. So I wanted to share my experiences here and I hope it helps someone.

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