Self-Supervised Learning - Towards Autonomously Learning Machines

Overview

Syllabus

• Introduction to Self-Supervised Learning
Overview of Machine Learning Paradigms
The Role of Self-Supervised Learning in AI
Benefits and Challenges of Reduced Labeled Data
• Fundamental Concepts of Self-Supervised Learning
Pretext Tasks and Proxy Objectives
Contrastive Learning Principles
Clustering-Based Methods
• Key Algorithms and Architectures
SimCLR and Contrastive Predictive Coding (CPC)
BYOL (Bootstrap Your Own Latent)
CLIP (Contrastive Language–Image Pre-training)
• Data Augmentation and Transformation Techniques
Importance in Self-Supervised Learning
Common Strategies and Pipelines
Evaluation of Augmentation Effectiveness
• Applications Across Domains
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• Evaluation Metrics and Benchmarking
Common Metrics in Self-Supervised Learning
Benchmark Datasets and Tasks
Transfer Learning and Domain Adaptation
• Advanced Topics and Trends
Integration with Unsupervised and Semi-Supervised Learning
Advances in Representation Learning
Ethical Considerations and Data Bias
• Practical Implementation and Tools
Frameworks and Libraries (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Designing Experiments and Fine-Tuning Models
Case Studies and Hands-On Projects
• Future Directions in Self-Supervised Learning
Research Frontiers and Emerging Techniques
Implications for Autonomous Machine Learning
Industry Applications and Innovations
• Course Review and Capstone Project
Synthesis of Learned Concepts
Project Presentations and Peer Review
Feedback and Future Reading Suggestions

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