Deep Learning Interview Prep Course

Deep Learning Interview Prep Course

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⌨️ Question 20: Why is Cross-entropy preferred as the cost function for multi-class classification problems?

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⌨️ Question 20: Why is Cross-entropy preferred as the cost function for multi-class classification problems?

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Deep Learning Interview Prep Course

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  1. 1 ⌨️ Introduction
  2. 2 ⌨️ Question 1: What is Deep Learning?
  3. 3 ⌨️ Question 2: How does Deep Learning differ from traditional Machine Learning?
  4. 4 ⌨️ Question 3: What is a Neural Network?
  5. 5 ⌨️ Question 4: Explain the concept of a neuron in Deep Learning
  6. 6 ⌨️ Question 5: Explain architecture of Neural Networks in simple way
  7. 7 ⌨️ Question 6: What is an activation function in a Neural Network?
  8. 8 ⌨️ Question 7: Name few popular activation functions and describe them
  9. 9 ⌨️ Question 8: What happens if you do not use any activation functions in a neural network?
  10. 10 ⌨️ Question 9: Describe how training of basic Neural Networks works
  11. 11 ⌨️ Question 10: What is Gradient Descent?
  12. 12 ⌨️ Question 11: What is the function of an optimizer in Deep Learning?
  13. 13 ⌨️ Question 12: What is backpropagation, and why is it important in Deep Learning?
  14. 14 ⌨️ Question 13: How is backpropagation different from gradient descent?
  15. 15 ⌨️ Question 14: Describe what Vanishing Gradient Problem is and it’s impact on NN
  16. 16 ⌨️ Question 15: Describe what Exploding Gradients Problem is and it’s impact on NN
  17. 17 ⌨️ Question 16: There is a neuron in the hidden layer that always results in an error. What could be the reason?
  18. 18 ⌨️ Question 17: What do you understand by a computational graph?
  19. 19 ⌨️ Question 18: What is Loss Function and what are various Loss functions used in Deep Learning?
  20. 20 ⌨️ Question 19: What is Cross Entropy loss function and how is it called in industry?
  21. 21 ⌨️ Question 20: Why is Cross-entropy preferred as the cost function for multi-class classification problems?
  22. 22 ⌨️ Question 21: What is SGD and why it’s used in training Neural Networks?
  23. 23 ⌨️ Question 22: Why does stochastic gradient descent oscillate towards local minima?
  24. 24 ⌨️ Question 23: How is GD different from SGD?
  25. 25 ⌨️ Question 24: How can optimization methods like gradient descent be improved? What is the role of the momentum term?
  26. 26 ⌨️ Question 25: Compare batch gradient descent, minibatch gradient descent, and stochastic gradient descent.
  27. 27 ⌨️ Question 26: How to decide batch size in deep learning considering both too small and too large sizes?
  28. 28 ⌨️ Question 27: Batch Size vs Model Performance: How does the batch size impact the performance of a deep learning model?
  29. 29 ⌨️ Question 28: What is Hessian, and how can it be used for faster training? What are its disadvantages?
  30. 30 ⌨️ Question 29: What is RMSProp and how does it work?
  31. 31 ⌨️ Question 30: Discuss the concept of an adaptive learning rate. Describe adaptive learning methods
  32. 32 ⌨️ Question 31: What is Adam and why is it used most of the time in NNs?
  33. 33 ⌨️ Question 32: What is AdamW and why it’s preferred over Adam?
  34. 34 ⌨️ Question 33: What is Batch Normalization and why it’s used in NN?
  35. 35 ⌨️ Question 34: What is Layer Normalization, and why it’s used in NN?
  36. 36 ⌨️ Question 35: What are Residual Connections and their function in NN?
  37. 37 ⌨️ Question 36: What is Gradient clipping and their impact on NN?
  38. 38 ⌨️ Question 37: What is Xavier Initialization and why it’s used in NN?
  39. 39 ⌨️ Question 38: What are different ways to solve Vanishing gradients?
  40. 40 ⌨️ Question 39: What are ways to solve Exploding Gradients?
  41. 41 ⌨️ Question 40: What happens if the Neural Network is suffering from Overfitting relate to large weights?
  42. 42 ⌨️ Question 41: What is Dropout and how does it work?
  43. 43 ⌨️ Question 42: How does Dropout prevent overfitting in NN?
  44. 44 ⌨️ Question 43: Is Dropout like Random Forest?
  45. 45 ⌨️ Question 44: What is the impact of Drop Out on the training vs testing?
  46. 46 ⌨️ Question 45: What are L2/L1 Regularizations and how do they prevent overfitting in NN?
  47. 47 ⌨️ Question 46: What is the difference between L1 and L2 regularisations in NN?
  48. 48 ⌨️ Question 47: How do L1 vs L2 Regularization impact the Weights in a NN?
  49. 49 ⌨️ Question 48: What is the curse of dimensionality in ML or AI?
  50. 50 ⌨️ Question 49: How deep learning models tackle the curse of dimensionality?
  51. 51 ⌨️ Question 50: What are Generative Models, give examples?

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