This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Please check back often.
You can access the OneNote notebook containing all whiteboards from lecture/recitation here. The PDF version of each whiteboard is linked below.
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Generative models of text |
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| Mon, 25-Aug | Lecture 1
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RNN LMs / Autodiff [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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| Wed, 27-Aug | Lecture 2
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Transformer LMs [Slides] |
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HW0 out |
| Fri, 29-Aug |
Recitation: HW0 [Handout] |
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| Mon, 1-Sep |
(Labor Day - No Class) |
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| Wed, 3-Sep | Lecture 3
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Learning LLMs / Decoding [Slides] |
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| Fri, 5-Sep |
(No Recitation) |
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| Mon, 8-Sep | Lecture 4
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Pre-training, fine-tuning / Modern Transformers [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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HW0 due HW1 out (L1-L4) |
Generative models of images |
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| Wed, 10-Sep | Lecture 5
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Computer Vision: CNNs / Encoder-only Transformers / Vision Transformers [Slides] |
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Quiz 1 (in-class, L1-L4)
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| Fri, 12-Sep |
Recitation: HW1 [Handout] |
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| Mon, 15-Sep | Lecture 6
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Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) / PGM [Slides] |
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| Wed, 17-Sep | Lecture 7
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Diffusion models (Part I) [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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| Fri, 19-Sep |
(No Recitation) |
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| Mon, 22-Sep | Lecture 8
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Diffusion models (Part II) [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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HW1 due HW2 out (L5-L8) |
Applying and adapting foundation models |
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| Wed, 24-Sep | Lecture 9
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Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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| Fri, 26-Sep |
Recitation: HW2 [Slides] |
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| Mon, 29-Sep | Lecture 10
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Parameter-efficient fine tuning [Slides] |
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Quiz 2 (in-class, L5-L9)
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| Wed, 1-Oct | Lecture 11
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In-Context Learning / Prompt Engineering / Instruction Fine-tuning / Reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) [Slides] |
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Project description out |
| Fri, 3-Oct |
Recitation: HW3 [Handout] |
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| Sat, 4-Oct |
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HW2 due HW3 out (L9-L12) |
| Sun, 5-Oct |
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Multimodal foundation models |
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| Mon, 6-Oct | Lecture 12
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Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) / Text-to-image generation / Latent diffusion model [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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| Wed, 8-Oct | Lecture 13
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Vision-language models [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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(Quiz 3 in-class, L9-L12)
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| Fri, 10-Oct |
(No Recitation) |
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For future semesters: Project Team Formation form released |
| Mon, 13-Oct |
Fall break |
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| Tue, 14-Oct |
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| Wed, 15-Oct |
Fall break |
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| Thu, 16-Oct |
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| Fri, 17-Oct |
Fall break |
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| Mon, 20-Oct | Lecture 14
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Latent diffusion model / Diffusion Transformer / Prompt-to-Prompt [Slides] [Slides (Inked)] |
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Scaling Up |
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| Wed, 22-Oct | Lecture 15
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Querying Transformer / Scaling Laws [Slides] |
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| Thu, 23-Oct |
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HW3 due HW4 out (L12-L14) |
| Fri, 24-Oct |
Recitation: HW4 |
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Project team formation due by 2pm
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| Mon, 27-Oct | Lecture 16
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Mixture of Experts |
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(Quiz 4 in-class, L12-L15)
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| Wed, 29-Oct | Lecture 17
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Distributed training |
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| Fri, 31-Oct |
(No Recitation) |
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| Mon, 3-Nov | Lecture 18
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Flash Attention / Efficient decoding strategies |
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HW4 due HW623 out; Practice problems out |
| Tue, 4-Nov |
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Advanced Topics |
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| Wed, 5-Nov | Lecture 19
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Long Context in LLM |
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| Fri, 7-Nov |
(No Recitation) |
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| Mon, 10-Nov | Lecture 20
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Reasoning Models |
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| Mon, 10-Nov |
Exam (evening exam, details will be announced on Piazza Starting at 7pm Ending at 9pm) |
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| Wed, 12-Nov | Lecture 21
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Real-world
Issues and Considerations / What can go wrong? |
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| Thu, 13-Nov |
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| Fri, 14-Nov |
(No Recitation) |
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Project proposal due
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| Sat, 15-Nov |
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| Mon, 17-Nov | Lecture 22
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State Space Models |
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(Quiz 5 in-class, L16-L20)
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| Tue, 18-Nov |
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| Wed, 19-Nov | Lecture 23
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Code Generation / Autonomous Agents |
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| Fri, 21-Nov |
(No Recitation) |
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| Mon, 24-Nov | Lecture 24
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Audio understanding and synthesis |
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Project midway report due
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| Wed, 26-Nov |
Thanksgiving Break - No Class |
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| Thu, 27-Nov |
Thanksgiving Break - No Class |
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| Fri, 28-Nov |
Thanksgiving Break - No Class |
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| Mon, 1-Dec | Lecture 25
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Generative Models for Videos |
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HW623 due; (Quiz 6 in-class, L21-L24 for 10-723 only)
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| Wed, 3-Dec | Lecture 26
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Topic TBD |
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| Fri, 5-Dec |
(No Recitation) |
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| Sun, 7-Dec |
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Project poster due
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| Tue, 9-Dec |
Project Final Presentations 8:30am - 11:30am GHC 6121 + GHC 6115 |
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| Thu, 11-Dec |
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Project final report due
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