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Welcome to Week 3

Welcome to Week 3. In this video, Professor Hao Ni summarizes the learning objectives of Week 3 and gives a brief introduction to neural networks.

Welcome to Week 3! This week, we will dive into deep neural networks (DNNs) and uncover the mathematics behind powerful DNNs. In this video, Professor Hao Ni summarizes the learning objectives of Week 3 and gives a brief introduction to neural networks.

In Week 3, you will learn about

  • basic concepts of neural networks, e.g. neurons, layers and activation functions. deep neural network (DNNs), including network architecture and backpropagation for parameter optimization;
  • the application of DNNs to derivative pricing and its Python implementation.
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