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NLP & Computer Vision Mastery
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NLP & Computer Vision Mastery

Modern computer vision, coded from scratch.

A hands-on journey through computer vision, from a single convolution filter to deployed object detectors. Build and fine-tune CNNs, transfer-learn with AlexNet, VGG, and ResNet, master detection and segmentation with the R-CNN family, U-Net, and YOLO, and ship real apps with OpenCV, Streamlit, and Roboflow.

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40 capsules154 figures~7 hoursby Dr. Raj Dandekar

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00Foundations of Vision5 capsules

Foundations of Vision — 5 chapters.

01What Is Computer Vision?conceptfree10 min02Images as Tensorsintuitionfree10 min03Filters and the Convolution Operationmath🔒10 min04Output Dimensions: Stride and Paddingmath🔒12 min05TensorFlow vs NumPy: Why Speed Matterscode🔒11 min
01From Linear Models to Deep Networks6 capsules

From Linear Models to Deep Networks — 6 chapters.

06A Linear Model for 5-Class Classificationcode🔒10 min07Weights, Biases, and the Loss Surfaceconcept🔒12 min08Hidden Layers and the ReLU Activationintuition🔒11 min09Counting Parameters in a Networkmath🔒9 min10Softmax vs Sigmoid: Multi-class vs Multi-labelconcept🔒11 min11Tracking Experiments with Weights & Biasescode🔒9 min
02Generalization and Transfer Learning6 capsules

Generalization and Transfer Learning — 6 chapters.

12Overfitting and the Bias-Variance Tradeoffconcept🔒9 min13L1 and L2 Regularizationmath🔒10 min14Dropout, Augmentation, and Early Stoppingcode🔒10 min15What Is Transfer Learning?concept🔒10 min16The AlexNet Architecturedeep-dive🔒11 min17Fine-tuning AlexNet in Codecode🔒12 min
03Modern CNN Architectures5 capsules

Modern CNN Architectures — 5 chapters.

18VGG16: Deep and Simpledeep-dive🔒11 min19The Vanishing Gradient Problemintuition🔒9 min20ResNet and Skip Connectionsdeep-dive🔒10 min21Implementing VGG and ResNetcode🔒9 min22A History of CNNsconcept🔒12 min
04OpenCV and Real-Time Vision4 capsules

OpenCV and Real-Time Vision — 4 chapters.

23Introduction to OpenCVcode🔒12 min24Motion Detection with OpenCVproject🔒11 min25Deploying a Vision App with Streamlitproject🔒12 min26Real-Time Detection and Tracking with YOLOv8code🔒12 min
05Object Detection and Segmentation7 capsules

Object Detection and Segmentation — 7 chapters.

27The Object Detection Problemconcept🔒11 min28R-CNN: Region Proposals and Selective Searchdeep-dive🔒11 min29Fast and Faster R-CNNdeep-dive🔒12 min30Mask R-CNN and Instance Segmentationdeep-dive🔒10 min31Implementing the R-CNN Familycode🔒11 min32U-Net: Encoder-Decoder Segmentationdeep-dive🔒11 min33DICE, IoU, and Training U-Netcode🔒11 min
06YOLO and Building Real Projects7 capsules

YOLO and Building Real Projects — 7 chapters.

34YOLO: You Only Look Oncedeep-dive🔒9 min35The YOLO Loss Functionmath🔒11 min36Fine-tuning YOLO on Custom Datacode🔒10 min37YOLO with Pose Estimation and OCRproject🔒12 min38Labeling Data with Roboflowcode🔒11 min39Capstone: Building a Detection App with Roboflowproject🔒12 min40Putting It All Togetherconcept🔒11 min

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