Neural Nets and Deep Learning References

A curated list of online articles related to deep learning and neural networks that are especially easy and enjoyable to read

Backpropagation

• Rohan & Lenny #1: Neural Networks & The Backpropagation Algorithm, Explained

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs or ConvNets)

• CS231n Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition
• Conv Nets: A Modular Perspective
• Understanding Convolutions
• A Beginner's Guide to Understanding Convolutional Neural Networks
• A Beginner's Guide to Understanding Convolutional Neural Networks Part II
• The 9 Deep Learning Papers You Need To Know About (Understanding CNNs Part 3)
• An Intuitive Explanation of Convolutional Neural Networks

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs)

• Understanding LSTM Networks
• The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Recurrent Neural Networks
• Rohan & Lenny #3: Recurrent Neural Networks

Reinforcement Learning (RL)

• Deep Reinforcement Learning: Pong from Pixels
• Simple Reinforcement Learning with Tensorflow Part 0: Q-Learning with Tables and Neural Networks

Generative Adversarial Nets

• Generative Adversarial Nets

Online Books

• Neural Networks and Deep Learning by Michael Nielsen