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Explore state-of-the-art architectures, from sequential modeling and vision-language integration to domain adaptation and self-supervised paradigms.

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Prof. Antonino Furnari

Prof. Antonino Furnari

Associate Professor
DMI, University of Catania

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Course Schedule

Introduction

  • Introduction to the Course & Labs
    03/03/25

Sequential & Metric Learning

  • Recap on Transformers
    Slides on MS Teams 05/03/25
  • Recap on Transformers Lab
    Notebook 17/03/25
  • Metric Learning
    19/03/25
  • Metric Learning Lab
    24/03/25

Distillation & Adaptation

  • Knowledge Distillation
    26/03/25
  • Knowledge Distillation Lab
    07/04/25
  • Domain Adaptation
    09/04/25
  • Domain Adaptation Lab
    14/04/25

Self-Supervised Learning

  • Self-Supervised Learning
    16/04/25
  • Self-Supervised Learning Lab
    21/04/25

Prova in Itinere 1

Mid-term assessment covering topics up to Self-Supervised Learning.

23/04/25

Video & Multi-Modal Understanding

  • Video Classification Architectures
    Slides on MS Teams 28/04/25
  • Video Understanding Lab
    30/04/25
  • Vision & Language
    05/05/25
  • Vision & Language Lab
    07/05/25

Advanced Models

  • Advanced Sequential Modeling
    12/05/25
  • Sequential Modeling Lab
    14/05/25
  • Reinforcement Learning
    19/05/25
  • Reinforcement Learning Lab
    21/05/25
  • Seminar: TBA 26/05/25
  • Seminar: TBA 28/05/25
  • Seminar: TBA 09/06/25

Prova in Itinere 2

Final assessment covering advanced topics and architectures.

11/06/25