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  • Convolutions, Receptive Fields, and Why Stacked 3×3 Kernels Work

    A NumPy conv2d, the arithmetic of receptive-field growth, an edge-detection example on a synthetic image, and the parameter count that explains why modern CNNs use small kernels.

    8 min read 1,535 words Category: AI Research Tags: computer vision, convolution, deep learning

  • Backpropagation by Hand: A Two-Layer MLP in NumPy with a Gradient Check

    Deriving every gradient of a small multilayer perceptron, implementing it in NumPy, and proving the implementation right with a finite-difference check before training it.

    8 min read 1,437 words Category: AI Research Tags: deep learning, backpropagation, numpy