On 28 & 29 January, the eScience Center offers a hands-on introduction workshop to the first steps in deep learning. This workshop will take place in Amsterdam and is intended for researchers who are familiar with traditional machine learning.

The use of deep learning has seen a sharp increase in popularity and applicability over the last decade. While deep learning can be a useful tool for researchers from a wide range of domains, taking the first steps in the world of deep learning can be somewhat intimidating. This introduction aims to cover the basics of deep learning in a practical and hands-on manner, so that upon completion, you will be able to train your first neural network and understand what next steps to take to improve the model.

This workshop is aimed at researchers, research support staff and research software engineers. Participants are expected to have the following knowledge:

• Basic Python programming skills and familiarity with the Pandas package.
• Basic knowledge on machine learning, including the following concepts: Data cleaning, train & test split, type of problems (regression, classification), overfitting & underfitting, metrics (accuracy, recall, etc.).

More information on the programme and the registration process can be found on the eScience Center website.