ESP Biography

Do you have a product idea that you are passionate about but don't know how to execute? There are multiple aspects to creating a software product - discovering the idea, conceptualizing the user experience, technical development, and business strategy. In this class, we briefly cover and provide an overview of all these aspects and how they fit together. The goal of the class is for you to take away an understanding of how a product is developed and how you can take your own ideas from concept to launch!

In this class, we will embark on a short adventure on how modern digital systems work. We will start with the fundamentals of a digital device through digital logic and basic circuits and then learn how the following components work, what intelligent techniques are used and how they connect to the overall computer: CPU, ROM, RAM, Hard Drive, USB, Display etc. We will cover topics like Pipelining, Caching, basic Compilers, Machine language and the interface where the software meets the hardware. Using the iPhone as an example, we will see how these complex components interact to make the iPhone work so smoothly!

The phrases "Machine Learning" and "Deep Learning" have become so common today, but seem too sophisticated for many of us. Not any more! In this class, we will learn about why industries are using Machine (and Deep) Learning, understand why it works, and discuss some interesting applications! The applications will range from simple day-to-day tasks to very large scale problems. Non-exhaustive list of questions that we will answer: What is Machine Learning? What are Neural Networks? Do they work and if so, when and why? What are some of the concepts and techniques used? When and where are these techniques used? And lastly, can WE build products/applications that use these techniques (hint: Answer is YES!) and how?

In this class, we will embark on a short adventure on how the computer actually works. We will start with the fundamentals of a digital device through digital logic and basic circuits and then learn how the following components work, what intelligent techniques are used and how they connect to the overall computer: CPU, ROM, RAM, Hard Drive. We will cover topics like Pipelining, Caching, basic Compilers, Machine language and the interface where the software meets the hardware. Feel free to ask your own questions! We can direct the class based on them too, if needed. If I cannot give the answer, I can point you to resources or we can figure them out together!