LEEDS/N8-CIR: Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks in Python

Apply for a place at our upcoming workshop! Dr Patricia Ternes from the Research Computing Team will be hosting an in-person workshop on Machine Learning with Python. This will include examples from medicine, such as artificial neural networks for disease classification in chest X-rays but is applicable to any of our research themes. During the lesson attendees will prepare and visualise data for algorithm development, build and train a neural network for disease classification, and evaluate performance.

Learners gain:

• an understanding of key concepts in machine learning and an awareness of ethical issues,
• skills to apply machine learning to real-life tasks, and
• motivation and empowerment for continued learning.

The lesson follows a health narrative using anonymised, real-world patient data (x-ray images; electronic health records). Knowledge gained will be domain agnostic.

Requirements

• Familiarity with Python is helpful, but not required. This is an introductory-level course.
• Google account for accessing Google Colaboratory
• University of Leeds' Staff/Students only