Deep Learning Specialization โ From Neural Nets to Modern Architectures
The central deep-learning track spanning perceptrons, optimization, CNNs, RNNs, transformers, generative models, and graph neural networks.
Available as part of AI diploma bundles
ุงูููุฑุณ ุฏู ููุฏ ุงูุชุญุถูุฑ โ ุณุฌู ุจูุงูุงุชู ูููุจูุบู ุฃูู ู ุง ููุฒู.
What you will learn
- โ Understand modern deep-learning architectures deeply
- โ Train and debug neural systems with discipline
- โ Build the theoretical bridge into NLP, CV, and GenAI
Curriculum & units
Unit 1: Neural Networks 3 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 1.1: Perceptrons & MLPs โ - Perceptron & Intro to NN.
- Lesson 1.2: Activations & Losses โ - Activation functions: ReLU, GELU, sigmoid, tanh
- Lesson 1.3: Backpropagation โ - Computational graphs.
Unit 2: Optimization & Initialization 2 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 2.1: Optimization โ - SGD as noisy gradient descent.
- Lesson 2.2: Initialization โ - Vanishing/exploding gradients
Unit 3: Training Discipline & Generalization 3 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 3.1: Regularization โ - Explicit Regularization: L1/L2 / Elasticnet (Weight Decay)
- Lesson 3.2: Generalization Theory โ - Classical View: Bias-Variance Tradeoff.
- Lesson 3.3: Debugging Deep Learning โ - The "Overfit a Single Batch" test
Unit 4: CNNs 7 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 4.1: Convolution Mechanics โ - Why not FC networks?
- Lesson 4.2: Modern CNN blocks (Optional) โ - Building blocks for Segmentation and Mobile apps.
- Lesson 4.3: CNN Architectures I (The Classics) โ - AlexNet: The proof of concept (ReLU + Dropout + GPU).
- Lesson 4.4: CNN Architectures II (The Residual Era) โ - ResNet: Skip Connection revolution.
- Lesson 4.5: CNN Architectures III (Efficiency & Modernization) (Optional) โ - MobileNet V2/V3: Inverted Residuals & Linear Bottlenecks.
- Lesson 4.6: Transfer Learning & Finetuning โ - Pre-training (ImageNet) vs. Fine-tuning (Custom Data).
- Lesson 4.7: Attention in CNNs & Normalization โ - Attention Mechanisms: Squeeze-and-Excitation (SE Blocks).
Unit 5: RNNs 7 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 5.1: The Sequence Modeling Paradigm โ - The Constraint of FFNs: Why standard networks fail on variable-length data.
- Lesson 5.2: Training RNNs โ - BPTT (Backpropagation Through Time): How gradients flow back through time steps.
- Lesson 5.3: Gated Architectures (LSTM/GRU) โ - The Cell State: How LSTMs preserve long-term dependencies.
- Lesson 5.4: Advanced RNN Structures โ - Bidirectional RNNs (Bi-LSTM): Looking at the future context (essential for tasks like Named Entity Recognition).
- Lesson 5.5: The Encoder-Decoder (Seq2Seq) Architecture โ - Encoder-Decoder Architecture: Compressing a sentence into a fixed vector z.
- Lesson 5.6: Attention Mechanisms โ - Recurrent Attention: Introduction to Bahdanau (Additive) and Luong (Multiplicative) attention.
- Lesson 5.7: Practical Sequence Modelling โ - Embeddings: Brief recap (Word2Vec/GloVe) vs. Learning embeddings from scratch.
Unit 6: Transformers 6 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 6.1: The Transformer Paradigm Shift โ - Recurrence vs. Parallelism: Why RNNs are slow (Sequential O(N)) and Transformers are fast (Parallel O(1)).
- Lesson 6.2: Self-Attention โ - The Query-Key-Value (QKV) Analogy: Database retrieval concepts mapped to vectors.
- Lesson 6.3: Multi-Head Attention โ - Concept: Why one attention head isn't enough.
- Lesson 6.4: Tokenization & Positional Encodings โ - The Order Problem: Why Transformers are permutation invariant.
- Lesson 6.5: Transformer Architecture Details โ - Position-wise Feed-Forward Networks.
- Lesson 6.6: The Family Tree (BERT/GPT/T5) โ - Encoder-Only (BERT-style): Bidirectional, for understanding/classification.
Unit 7: Generative Models 6 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 7.1: Autoencoders โ - Concept.
- Lesson 7.2: Self-Supervised Learning (SSL) โ - The Revolution: Why we stopped using Autoencoders for features and started using SSL.
- Lesson 7.3: VAEs โ - The Shift: Moving from deterministic to probabilistic embeddings.
- Lesson 7.4: GANs โ - KL Divergence, JS Divergence.
- Lesson 7.5: Diffusion Models โ - Replacing GANs for image generation.
- Lesson 7.6: Evaluation Metrics (optional) โ - How do we measure "creativity".
Unit 8: Graph NN (optional) 4 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Lesson 8.1: From Grids to Graphs โ - The Grid Limitation: CNNs assume fixed neighbors (top, bottom, left, right).
- Lesson 8.2: Neural Message Passing โ - The Analogy: GNN is just "Convolution with an arbitrary number of neighbors."
- Lesson 8.3: Key Architectures โ - GCN (Graph Convolutional Networks).
- Lesson 8.4: Tasks & Applications โ - Node Level: Classifying a user (bot vs. human).
Project 1 topics ยท Flexible pace
- Deep Learning Project
Projects you will build
Tools & platforms
Target audience
- ML engineers moving into DL
- Researchers and advanced students
- Specialists preparing for NLP/CV/GenAI tracks
Career paths
What you receive after finishing
Verification-ready certificates and HR-friendly training letters.
Verified Certificate
Official Learn in Depth completion certificate with QR verification.
Verifiable on the public verification page.
English Training Letter
For international companies and overseas employment.
On official Learn in Depth letterhead, signed by the instructor.
Arabic Training Letter
For local employers in MENA and university coordination.
Bilingual stamped letter ready for HR submission.
Company-Stamped Certificate
Company-stamped, for academic credit. Request it by contacting +20 155 876 5064 via WhatsApp or phone.
Issued upon request after successful completion.
Course FAQ
When will these diplomas launch? ุฅู ุชู ุงูุฏุจููู ุงุช ุฏู ูุชูุชุญุ
The current target is Q3 2026. Register via the form and we will send launch and pricing updates first.
ุงูู ุณุชูุฏู ุงูุญุงูู ูู Q3 2026. ุณุฌูู ุจูุงูุงุชู ูู ุงูููุฑู ูุณูุฑุณู ูู ุฃูู ุชุญุฏูุซุงุช ุงูุฅุทูุงู ูุงูุฃุณุนุงุฑ.
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These tracks are currently marked Coming Soon. You can browse the curriculum and leave your details to be notified when registration opens.
ุญุงูููุง ุงูู ุณุงุฑุงุช ูู ุญุงูุฉ Coming Soon. ุชูุฏุฑ ุชุชุตูุญ ุงูู ุญุชูู ูุชุณุฌู ุงูุชู ุงู ู ููุจูุบู ุนูุฏ ูุชุญ ุงูุชุณุฌูู.
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Yes โ every track is designed around a verified certificate and hands-on project review.
ุฃููุฉ โ ูู ู ุณุงุฑ ู ุตู ู ุจุดูุงุฏุฉ ู ูุซูุฉ ูู ุฑุงุฌุนุฉ ุนู ููุฉ ููู ุดุงุฑูุน ุงูุฑุฆูุณูุฉ.
Is the content tailored for engineers in Egypt and the Arab region? ูู ุงูู ุญุชูู ู ูุงุณุจ ููู ููุฏุณูู ูู ู ุตุฑ ูุงูู ูุทูุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉุ
Yes. The positioning, support, and project design target engineers in the Egyptian and Gulf markets with a strong practical hiring focus.
ุฃููุฉุ ุงูุชุณููู ูุงูุฏุนู ูุจูุงุก ุงูู ุดุงุฑูุน ู ุนู ูููู ุฎุตูุตูุง ูู ููุฏุณูู ุงูุณูู ุงูู ุตุฑู ูุงูุฎููุฌู ู ุน ุชุฑููุฒ ุนูู ุงูุชูุธูู ุงูุนู ูู.
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ุณุฌู ุญุณุงุจู ูุฃุถู ุงูููุฑุณ ููุณูุฉ ูุงุชุจุน ุฎุทูุงุช ุงูุฏูุน.
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ุฃููู โ ุงูุทูุจุฉ ูููู ุฎุตู ุฎุงุต ุจูุธูุฑ ุฃูุชูู ุงุชูู.
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All courses are recorded so you can learn at your own pace.
ูู ุงูููุฑุณุงุช ู ุณุฌูุฉ ุนุดุงู ุชุชุนูู ูู ุฃู ููุช ููุงุณุจู.
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Yes โ all courses are free for people from Palestine.
ุฃููู โ ูู ุงูููุฑุณุงุช ู ุฌุงููุฉ ูุฃูู ููุณุทูู.
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ุชุญููู ุจูููุ ููุฏุงููู ูุงุดุ ุฅูุณุชุงุจุงู.