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Tampere University Student’s Guide

Course unit, curriculum year 2026–2027
DATA.ML.200

Deep Learning, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 2 (19.10.2026–31.12.2026)
Course code
DATA.ML.200
Language of learning
English
Academic years
2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Joni Kämäräinen
Responsible teacher:
Tuomas Virtanen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Computing Sciences Studies 100 %
Content
Ydinsisältö
  • Deep neural networks layers: convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, transformers, multilayer perceptrons
  • Components of deep neural networks: nonlinearities, normalization, subsampling
  • Task-specific loss functions
  • Training deep neural networks: stochastic gradient descent, chain rule in gradient calculation, and flow of information
  • DNN architectures: encoder-decoder structures, autoencoders, U-nets, handling the depth by residual and skip connections
  • Supervised, self-supervised, adversarial learning
  • Implementations in Python: Pytorch or Tensorflow
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Exercises and exam

Participation in teaching

Hybrid teaching
19.10.2026 – 31.12.2026
Active in period 2 (19.10.2026–31.12.2026)
Open University completion options
The course is also available at the Open University