Course description

Title of the Teaching Unit

Deep Learning and generative AI

Code of the Teaching Unit

22MQ092

Academic year

2026 - 2027

Cycle

Number of credits

5

Number of hours

60

Quarter

1

Weighting

Site

Anjou

Teaching language

French

Teacher in charge

Objectives and contribution to the program

This module covers deep learning techniques.
By the end of the course, students will be able to select and implement the deep learning techniques required to automate a practical problem drawn from the real world of economics.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Data Science for Business , Machine Learning for Business

Content

1) Fundamentals of Deep Learning:
- Neural networks
- Tensors
- Optimisation algorithms
- Hyperparameters
- Training and testing
2) Image processing
- Convolutional networks
- Case studies
- Object detection
- Facial recognition
3) LLM
- Recurrent neural networks (RNNs)
- NLP and word embeddings
- Sequence models
- Transformers

Teaching methods

- Lectures and practical sessions in the laboratory using specialist software
- Practical case studies

Assessment method

The examination will be oral and will include, amongst other things, the presentation and defence of a group project.

References