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Intermediate R Programming

Following the webinar on ‘Basic R Programming for Beginners’ held in March 2020, the webinar on ’Intermediate R Programming’ will be offered in end April with details as below:

 Basic Web Application Development with Open Source Technology 
 Date: 22(Wed), 24(Fri) & 29(Wed) April 2020
 Time: 14:30 – 16:30
 Venue: Online via MS Teams
 Course Outline:
  • Introduction to Deep Learning in R
  • Machine Learning vs Deep Learning
  • Neural Network Basic
  • Introduction to Keras
  • Workflow of Machine Learning and Deep Learning
  • Deep Learning Toolsets
  • Elementary example
  • Convolutional Neural Networks in TensorFlow Using R
  • Optimization Techniques of Neural Network
  • Underfitting and Overfitting Solution
  • ConvNet
  • Image Augmentation
  • Transfer Learning
  • Natural Language Processing in TensorFlow Using R
  • Tokenizer and Word Embedding
  • RNN (Recurrent Neural Network)
  • LSTM (Long Short Term Memory Cell)
Medium of Instruction: English
Pre-requisite: Completion of ‘Basic R Programming Workshop / Webinar for Beginners’ or with equivalent knowledge
Registration: Registration details will be announced in mid-April via email

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