The building blocks
Describe what a neural network is made of and why that structure can solve complex problems.
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Overview
Learn how a network learns. Then how to make it learn better.
A four-hour introduction to deep learning. It starts with the building blocks of neural networks and the mathematical principles of training, including the optimization algorithms deep learning relies on.
It then turns to the problems that appear in practice, such as overfitting and generalization, and to sequence modeling with RNNs and LSTMs for text, time series and audio. A final module covers common interview questions.
4Hours
5Modules
4.9Academy rating
10,000+Students
What you’ll learn
Learn all the way down.
Learn all the way down.
Perform when it matters.
How a network learns
Follow the mathematics behind training and use the core optimization algorithms of deep learning.
Better, more general models
Recognise common training challenges and apply techniques that prevent overfitting and support good generalization.
Models for sequences
Use RNNs and LSTMs to work with sequential data such as text, time series and audio.
Course outline
Five modules, from the building
Five modules, from the building
blocks to sequence models.
What deep learning is within artificial intelligence, and the building blocks of the neural networks that solve complex problems.
How a neural network learns, the mathematical principles behind training, and the main optimization algorithms in deep learning.
Techniques for building accurate networks, addressing common training challenges and preventing overfitting so that models generalize.
Recurrent neural networks and long short-term memory networks for sequential data such as text, time series and audio.
A closing module on the essential concepts and the common questions that come up in deep learning interviews.
Your instructor
Instructor · LUNARTECH
Tatev Aslanyan
Tatev brings industry experience, advanced AI/ML degrees and a reputation as a thought leader in data science to LUNARTECH. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in STEM, and her publications in top journals and presentations at international conferences showcase her expertise.
How you get there
Top-tier roles go to people who can do the work.
Top-tier roles go to people who can do the work.
Here’s how you get there.
Learn how a network learns.
Start with the building blocks, then the mathematics and optimization behind training.
Fix what goes wrong.
Recognise common training challenges, then use techniques that prevent overfitting.
Move on to sequences.
Apply RNNs and LSTMs to text, time series and audio.
Support
Support at every stage.
Support at every stage.
You won’t be working through this alone.
Before you start
Try it first.
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While you learn
Mentors within reach.
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While you learn
One-on-one sessions.
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Any time
A team behind you.
Write to info@lunartech.ai at any point, from your trial onwards. If your employer is funding you, we’ll set it up with them directly.
All the way through
A schedule that fits around your life.
4 hours in totalYour own paceFrom anywhereAt any hour
After the last lesson
Stay in the network.
Your alumni network stays with you: ongoing support, opportunities and industry insight.
Career support
Career support, past the last lesson. Coaching, a sharper resume, real interview preparation and the people to know.
Career direction
Tailored coaching helps you decide where to aim and how to get there.
Strong portfolio
Hands-on projects become work you can show, not just claim.
Resume and profile
Personalized refinement, so what you send says what you can actually do.
Interview preparation
Preparation for the questions that decide it, so you walk in ready.
Network and search
Connections with industry leaders, and an alumni network that stays with you.
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Why choose us
Built around how you actually learn.
One standard behind every course, from the first lesson to long after the last.
Hands-on practice
Apply every idea to real problems, so it becomes something you have used, not only seen.
Industry-aligned curriculum
We keep courses current with the tools, techniques and skills the field asks for.
Flexible learning
Study at your own pace, from anywhere, at any hour.
Certificate of completion
Finish the course and earn a certificate that shows what you have learned.
Focus on your success
Personalized learning plans and support structures carry you through the hard parts.
Lifetime alumni network
Stay connected after you finish, with ongoing support, opportunities and industry insight.
Your certificate
It doesn’t raise its voice. Neither will you.
Finish the course and it is issued in your name, under our signature. There is no other way to get one.
Certificate of completion
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Pricing
This course comes with the membership.
This course comes with the membership.
So does everything else.
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Included in every plan
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In practice
Five modules. Four professions.
Five modules. Four professions.
Foundations that every model rests on.
Every role uses all five modules. Here’s where each one leans hardest, and where its work ends up.
- 01Foundations
- 02Training
- 03Performance
- 04Sequences
- 05Interviews
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Trains neural networks and diagnoses overfitting. Picks the optimizer that suits the problem.
Training, Performance
Machine learning teams
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Brings neural networks into analysis work. Checks that a model generalizes beyond its training data.
Foundations, Performance
Machine learning teams, Time-series analysis
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Starts from the mathematics of how networks learn. Reads new papers against the basics.
Foundations, Training
Research
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Models text and audio as sequences. Chooses between an RNN and an LSTM.
Sequences, Training
Language and text, Audio
- Machine learning teams
- Language and text
- Audio
- Time-series analysis
- Research
Machine Learning Engineer
Trains neural networks and diagnoses overfitting. Picks the optimizer that suits the problem.
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Understand systems all the way down. Build the ones others rely on.
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Researchers
Understand the papers. Build on them, and take the work further.
The field
Anyone can use AI.
Anyone can use AI.
Few can engineer it. This is where that starts.
+340%growth in open roles requiring AI skills
Roles and pay
~35,000 open roles right now
Open roles: Built In, Greenhouse, LinkedIn.
Typical salaries: Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, Payscale, Indeed, Ravio, JobRise, U.S. BLS. Military: 2026 U.S. basic pay, drone officers with aviation incentive pay.
Updated November 2026.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Need help? These answers cover most of what people ask before they start.
Yes. One module covers recurrent neural networks and LSTMs for sequential data such as text, time series and audio.
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The foundation
Understand how a neural network learns.
Four hours from the building blocks of deep learning to sequence models and common interview questions. Begin with a free lesson, or enroll in the full course.
