Capstone Project: End-to-End Deep Learning
Project Overview
Build a complete deep learning system that solves a real-world problem:- Problem definition & data collection
- Model architecture design
- Training pipeline
- Evaluation & iteration
- Deployment
Project Options
Choose one that matches your interests:Image Classifier
Multi-class classification with transfer learning. Deploy as a web API.
Text Summarizer
Fine-tune a transformer for abstractive summarization.
Object Detector
Train YOLO or DETR on a custom dataset.
Chatbot
Fine-tune an LLM for a specific domain.
Phase 1: Problem Definition
Define Your Task
Data Collection
Phase 2: Data Preparation
Create Data Pipeline
Phase 3: Model Design
Build Your Model
Phase 4: Training Pipeline
Complete Training Script
Phase 5: Evaluation
Comprehensive Evaluation
Phase 6: Deployment
FastAPI Deployment
Docker Deployment
Project Checklist
| Phase | Task | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Planning | Define problem & success metrics | ⬜ |
| Data | Collect and clean data | ⬜ |
| Data | Create train/val/test splits | ⬜ |
| Data | Implement data pipeline | ⬜ |
| Model | Design architecture | ⬜ |
| Model | Implement model | ⬜ |
| Training | Set up training loop | ⬜ |
| Training | Add logging (wandb) | ⬜ |
| Training | Train and iterate | ⬜ |
| Evaluation | Comprehensive metrics | ⬜ |
| Evaluation | Error analysis | ⬜ |
| Deploy | Export model | ⬜ |
| Deploy | Create API | ⬜ |
| Deploy | Docker container | ⬜ |
| Documentation | README and docs | ⬜ |
Deliverables
1. Project Repository
1. Project Repository
Complete code with clear structure, README, and requirements.txt.
2. Training Report
2. Training Report
Learning curves, hyperparameter choices, ablation studies.
3. Evaluation Report
3. Evaluation Report
Metrics, confusion matrix, error analysis, failure cases.
4. Deployed Model
4. Deployed Model
Working API endpoint or application demo.
5. Presentation
5. Presentation
5-minute demo of your project and learnings.
Congratulations! 🎉
You’ve completed the Deep Learning Mastery course. You now have:- ✅ Strong theoretical foundations
- ✅ Hands-on implementation skills
- ✅ Understanding of modern architectures
- ✅ Experience with training at scale
- ✅ Deployment knowledge