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Pytorch Intro: MNIST and Digits

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Description

This lecture introduces the Pytorch framework by exploring the MNIST dataset for handwritten digit recognition and the Digits dataset. It covers loading datasets, creating dataloaders, visualizing data, training a perceptron, and testing neural networks. Additionally, it delves into the concepts of normalization, transformation, and the impact of dataset size on training performance.

Instructor

Dirk Grundler

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Information engineering

Machine learning: Artificial neural networks

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