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Deep Learning Boot Camp

Summer 2026

May 18, 2026

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Aug 21, 2026

Notes: You must have previously completed the Erdős Institute Data Science Boot Camp or pass our Assessment in order to register. 
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Deep Learning Orientation

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Registration Deadlines

May 12, 2026

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Erdős members / alumni who have successfully completed a prior Erdős Data Science Boot Camp Project

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Category

Advance, Supplemental, Self-Directed, Project-Based, Boot Camp

Overview

Welcome to deep learning! Each week, you'll complete assigned readings from 2 deep learning books. During the first few weeks, there will be weekly meetings with the instructors and all attendees on Zoom. As you progress more into the material and your projects, you will meet according to your group schedule.

In order to receive a deep learning certificate, you must submit a (team-based) final project by the end of the cohort.

Slack

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Click here to access the slack cohort channel: #slack-cohort-channel

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Organizers, Instructors, and Advisors

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Lindsay Warrenburg

Associate Director of Erdős

Office Hours:

As Needed

Email:

Preferred Contact:

Slack

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Marcos Ortiz

Lead Deep Learning TA

Office Hours:

As Needed

Email:

Preferred Contact:

Slack

Objectives

- Learn the basics of deep learning
- Understand how deep learning is used in industry
- Feel comfortable with deep learning code (PyTorch and FastAI)

Project Examples

TEAM 2

Deep Learning Models for Colorectal Polyp Detection

Ruibo Zhang, Rebekah Eichberg, Betul Senay Aras, Kevin Specht, Arthur Diep-Nguyen

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A polyp is an abnormal tissue growth in the large intestine that is typically benign but can develop into malignant colorectal cancer. Colonoscopy enables endoscopists to identify and assess these polyps for potential removal. However, the accuracy of this procedure depends heavily on the clinician’s expertise, making it prone to human error and variability. Our goal is to build a deep-learning model that detects colorectal polyps in images from colonoscopies to minimize missed lesions and improve patient outcomes.

TEAM 12

Fraud Detection with Deep Learning

Jude Pereira, Yang Yang, Adrian Wong, Sara Edelman-Munoz, Mary Reith

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Fraud detection is a critical area where deep learning has been effectively applied to identify and prevent unauthorized transactions, money laundering, and other financial crimes. Traditional rule-based systems and statistical models often struggle to detect sophisticated fraud patterns, particularly when dealing with large volumes of data and rapidly evolving fraud techniques. In contrast, deep learning models, such as CNNs, RNNs, and autoencoders, have proven highly effective in analyzing complex, high-dimensional transaction data and detecting subtle, non-linear patterns indicative of fraudulent activity.
In this project, we build a User ID-based fraud detection model using autoencoders, trained on unlabelled real-world credit card transaction data, capable of detecting fraud with a precision of up to 35% and a recall of up to 72%, performing significantly better than traditional ML/statistical baseline models..

First Steps/Prerequisites

Participants must have successfully completed the data science bootcamp or pass a data science assessment before taking this course.
First Steps

Program Content

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Program Content

Textbook/Notes

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Project Instructions

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Project/Homework Instructions

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Project Instructions

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Schedule

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Orientation & Setup Week: May 18 - 22, 2026
Phase 1 - Instruction and Project Completion: May 26 - Jul 10, 2026
Project Review & Judging: Jul 13 - Jul 16, 2026
Phase 2 - Intense Interview Prep & Career Connections for Certificate Holders: Jul 17 - Aug 21, 2026

Deep Learning Orientation

May 22, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Fundamentals of Deep Learning

Jun 5, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Multi-label Classification & Regression

Jun 15, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Check-In Day

Jun 26, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Final Check-In / Questions

Jul 6, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Computer Set-up Day & Lesson 1

May 29, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Multi-class Classification

Jun 8, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Check-In Day

Jun 19, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Recommender Systems

Jun 29, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Project Showcase

Jul 17, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Project Pitch Day

Jun 1, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Check-In Day

Jun 12, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Tabular Modeling

Jun 22, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Check-In Day

Jul 3, 2026 at 08:00 PM UTC

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Project/Homework Deadlines

May 23, 2026

03:59 AM UTC

Deadline to switch bootcamps

Contact Amalya Lehmann (amalya@erdosinstitute.org) if you would like to switch to another bootcamp

Jun 5, 2026

09:00 PM UTC

Deep Learning Teams & Project Topics Due

Submit on the course website AND over Slack

Jun 6, 2026

03:59 AM UTC

Deadline to defer to another cohort

Contact Amalya Lehmann (amalya@erdosinstitute.org) if you would like to unenroll from this cohort and defer to a future cohort

Jun 12, 2026

09:00 PM UTC

Check-In Due on Slack

Basic exploratory data analysis; Describe preprocessing techniques

Jun 19, 2026

09:00 PM UTC

Check-In Due on Slack

Describe model architecture decisions for baseline & DL models

Jun 26, 2026

09:00 PM UTC

Check-In Due on Slack

Baseline model performance

Jul 3, 2026

09:00 PM UTC

Check-In Due on Slack

Fully preprocessed data (for DL model); DL model performance; Discuss of problems and potential fixes

Jul 10, 2026

09:00 PM UTC

Final Project Due on Course Page

Video, slides, GitHub, executive summary

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