How Machines Learn: A First-Principles Look at Neural Networks with Chandankumar Johakhim Patel

Building: Engineering and Science Center Room: 245 Auditorium Audience: Faculty & Staff,Student Event Type: Academic Contact name: George V Landon Contact email: georgelandon@cedarville.edu Ever wondered how artificial intelligence actually learns? Discover the building blocks of neural networks in this beginner-friendly, hands-on session. Explore perceptrons, build a simple two-layer neural network, and walk through the calculations that help AI learn from its mistakes. You'll see how forward passes and backpropagation work, step by step, with a possible PyTorch demonstration if time allows. No prior experience with neural networks is required!