DLI Edge AI and Robotics Teaching Kit Syllabus

This page is the syllabus for the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institue (DLI) Edge AI and Robotics Teaching Kit outlining each module's organization in the downloaded Teaching Kit .zip file. It shows the content for every module as well as a link to the suggested online DLI course for each module where applicable. Here you will also find links to stream the lecture videos when they become available in a future release.

Module 1: Introduction to Edge AI

Lecture Slides

• 1.1 - Teaching Kit Modules Overview
• 1.2 - AI Introduction
• 1.3 - AI Hardware
• 1.4 - Introduction to Jetson Nano
• 1.5 - Edge, AIoT, Big Data
• 1.6 - Introduction to Parallel Programming
• 1.7 - Machine Learning Fundamentals
• 1.8 - Computer Vision

Lecture Videos

• Available in a future release of the Teaching Kit

Labs

• Mandelbrot CPU vs. GPU
• Parallel Programming with CUDA
• Image and Video Processing
• Prediction and Classification using Machine Learning

DLI Online Course

• Introduction to AI in the Data Center

DLI Online Course with Student Certificate Opportunity

• Getting Started with AI on Jetson Nano

Quiz

• Module 1 Quiz

Module 2: Vision Deep Neural Networks (DNNs)

Lecture Slides

• 2.1 - Image Classification
• 2.2 - Object Detection
• 2.3 - Semantic Segmentation
• 2.4 - Pose Estimation

Lecture Videos

• Available in a future release of the Teaching Kit

Labs

• Hello AI World

DLI Online Course with Student Certificate Opportunity

• Building Video AI Applications at the Edge on Jetson Nano

Quiz

• Module 2 Quiz

Module 3: Diversity, Ethics, and Security

Lecture Slides

• 3.1 - Diversity and Bias in Datasets
• 3.2 - Ethics and Security

Lecture Videos

• Available in a future release of the Teaching Kit

Labs

• Image and Video Redaction

Quiz

• Module 3 Quiz

Module 4: Autonomous Robotics

Lecture Slides

• 4.1 - Agent Architectures
• 4.2 - Teaching Machines to Act
• 4.3 - Introduction to ROS2
• 4.4 - Robot Navigation

Lecture Videos

• Available in a future release of the Teaching Kit

Labs

• Autonomous JetBot Navigation with Notebook
• Autonomous JetBot Navigation with ROS and Gazebo

DLI Online Courses

• Assemble a Simple Robot in Isaac Sim
• Introduction to Robotic Simulations in Isaac Sim

Quiz

• Module 4 Quiz

Module 5: Reinforcement Learning

Lecture Slides

• 5.1 - Reinforcement Learning

Lecture Videos

• Available in a future release of the Teaching Kit

Labs

• OpenAI Gym (Deep Q-Network)

Quiz

• Module 5 Quiz

Module 6: Natural Language Conversational AI

Lecture Slides

• 6.1 - Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• 6.2 - Speech Recognition (ASR)
• 6.3 - Text-to-Speech (TTS)

Lecture Videos

• Available in a future release of the Teaching Kit

Labs

• Natural Language Conversational AI – Text to Speech

Quiz

• Module 6 Quiz