2025-Spring Deep Learning (AIGS538-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. AIGS538 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major required Course Type prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours TUE, THU / 09:30 ~ 10:45 / Environ Bldg[101]Auditorium Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Kim Won Hwa Name Kim Won Hwa Department Grad. School of AI
Email address wonhwa@postech.ac.kr Homepage http://mip.postech.ac.kr
Office RIST 4동 4412호 Office Phone 054-279-2252
Office Hours

3. Course Objectives

This is an introductory course on deep learning. This course is designed for any graduate-level students with some background in Calculus, Linear Algebra and Probability.
The topics include, but not limited to, machine learning, deep neural network, regularization, optimization, graph learning and generative models.
The students who successfully finish this course will gain knowledge on representation learning via deep learning.

4. Prerequisites & require

Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability Theory

5. Grading

Quiz: 30%
Assignments: 15%
Final Project: 50%
Class participation: 5%

*The criteria above is subject to change.

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition
ISBN
Deep Learning Ian Goodfellow The MIT Press 2016 9780262035613

7. Course References

https://udlbook.github.io/udlbook/

8. Course Plan

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Supervised learning
Chapter 3 - Shallow neural networks
Chapter 4 - Deep neural networks
Chapter 5 - Loss functions
Chapter 6 - Training models
Chapter 7 - Gradients and initialization
Chapter 8 - Measuring performance
Chapter 9 - Regularization
Chapter 10 - Convolutional networks
Chapter 11 - Residual networks
Chapter 12 - Transformers
Chapter 13 - Graph neural networks
Chapter 14 - Unsupervised learning
Chapter 15 - Generative adversarial networks
Chapter 16 - Normalizing flows
Chapter 17 - Variational autoencoders
Chapter 18 - Diffusion models
Chapter 19 - Deep reinforcement learning
Chapter 20 - Why does deep learning work?


*The course schedule is subject to change.

9. Course Operation

The course will be taught offline, face-to-face.
There will be two guest lectures from the authors of publications at top-tier AI venues.

10. How to Teach & Remark

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance