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Programme - Deep Learning Indaba 2017
Programme
Our programme consists of 6 days with 12 advanced tutorial sessions, 6 practical sessions, and events each day.
- All tutorials take place in Wits Science Stadium Auditorium 2 (WSS2)
- All practicals take place in Wits Science Stadium Labs (Labs 4, 5, 6).
- The poster sessions take place in the Science Stadium foyer.
Sunday, 10 September
Welcome Day and Background
| 09:00 - 18:00 | Arrivals in Johannesburg and check-in |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Registration |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Mathematics for Deep Learning Marc Deisenroth |
| 18:30 - | Opening Event: Katy's Palace, 6 Desmond Street, Kramerville, Sandton. Busses there and back. |
Monday, 11 September
Fundamentals of Machine Learning
| 07:30 - 08:30 | Registration and morning coffee |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Indaba Opening Adam Habib |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Fundamentals of Machine Learning Nyalleng Moorosi and Willie Brink |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Group Photo and Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Practical Session 1 |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Fundamentals of Deep Learning Yann Dauphin |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Practical Session 2 |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Free time |
| 19:00 - | Poster and Exhibition Session 1 |
Tuesday, 12 September
Convolutional and Recurrent Networks
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Convolutional Neural Networks Nando de Freitas |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Practical Session 3 |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Recurrent Neural Networks Stephan Gouws and Richard Klein |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Practical Session 4 |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Free time |
| 19:00 - | Poster and Exhibition Session 2 |
Wednesday, 13 September
Unsupervised Learning and Generative Models
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Probabilistic Reasoning Konstantina Palla |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Unsupervised Learning Alta de Waal |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Deep Generative Models Ulrich Paquet |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Practical Session 5 |
| 18:30 - | Free evening - attendees on their own |
Thursday, 14 September
Reinforcement Learning, Agents and Applications
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Reinforcement Learning Vukosi Marivate and Benjamin Rosman |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Advanced Reinforcement Learning George Konidaris |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Practical Session 6 |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Applications of Machine Learning in Healthcare Danielle Belgrave |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Walk to evening venue |
| 19:00 - | Closing Event: RetroRabbit, Braamfontein. Busses/Walk there and back. |
Friday, 15 September
The Future
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Closing Keynote Anima Anandkumar |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Panel on African Machine Learning Bubacarr Bah (AIMS), Michelle Gervais (Standard Bank), Fulufhelo Nelwamondo (CSIR), Imraan Patel (DST) |
| 13:00 - | Final Words |
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