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Course Outline
The Basics
- Can computers think?
- Imperative and declarative approaches to problem-solving
- Purpose of artificial intelligence for government
- Definition of artificial intelligence. Turing test. Other determinants
- Development of the concept of intelligent systems
- Key achievements and directions of development
Neural Networks
- The Basics
- Concept of neurons and neural networks
- A simplified model of the brain
- Neuron capabilities
- XOR problem and distribution of values
- Polymorphic nature of sigmoidal functions
- Other activation functions
- Construction of neural networks
- Concept of neuron connections
- Neural network as nodes
- Building a network
- Neurons
- Layers
- Scales
- Input and output data
- Range 0 to 1
- Normalization
- Learning Neural Networks
- Backward Propagation
- Steps of propagation
- Network training algorithms
- Range of applications
- Estimation
- Approximation capabilities and problems
- Examples
- XOR problem
- Lotto?
- Equities
- OCR and image pattern recognition
- Other applications
- Implementing a neural network for modeling job predictions of stock prices
Current Challenges
- Combinatorial explosion and gaming issues
- The Turing test revisited
- Over-confidence in the capabilities of computers
7 Hours
Testimonials (3)
It felt like we were going through directly relevant information at a good pace (i.e. no filler material)
Maggie Webb - Department of Jobs, Regions, and Precincts
Course - Introduction to the use of neural networks
The interactive part, tailored to our specific needs.
Thomas Stocker
Course - Introduction to the use of neural networks
Ann created a great environment to ask questions and learn. We had a lot of fun and also learned a lot at the same time.