emp's Neural Networks Tutorial

[emp]

I made this public on another forum a while ago, but thought some of you guys might enjoy it, too.

All parts together are ~40 minutes.

Part 1: The basics

• Biological Basis (short)
• Building Block (neurode)
• Activation Functions

Video part 1
8:22 minutes

Part 2: How does it work?

• How does it learn?
• Network structure
• Back propagation

Video for part 2
7:16 minutes

As for a simple explanation of backprop - take the second answer here:
http://stats.stackexchange.com/ques...please-explain-the-back-propagation-algorithm

Part 3 - More on back propagation

Trying to explain back propagation....
erm...

Video Part 3 - Back Propagation
4:52 minutes

Part 4 and conclusion

• Setting up networks and data
• applications and pitfalls
• programming

This is quite long ~ 18 minutes

Video Part 4 - Setting up Data, Training and Programming

And some links if you wanna dive deeper

Python
PyBrain
PythonForArtificialIntelligence - Python Wiki

Ruby
ruby-fann
AI4R :: Artificial Intelligence for Ruby

Java
Java Neural Network Framework Neuroph
an Object Oriented Neural Engine | Free Science & Engineering software downloads at SourceForge.net

PHP
ANN - Artificial Neural Network for PHP 5
Tremani | An advanced neural network in PHP

Forecasting Software
Forecasting Excel Software, Neural Network Forecasting Add-in for Excel - ForecasterXL

ANNs for Excel
Neural network software for clustering and classification in Microsoft Excel

ANN standalone or for Excel
NeuroSolutions: Neural Network Software for Excel

Excel demo video

::emp::