Implementing Research Papers is the Fastest Way to Learn Artificial Intelligence

The Neuralnet Academy will save you dozens of hours of frustration in your AI education.

What is the Neuralnet Academy?

Streamlined Learning

Artificial intelligence is difficult, but it doesn't have to be confusing. We break down complicated topics into their core ideas to get you coding fast.

Complete Curriculum

Many other courses leave out key topics; not the Academy. Everything you need to go from beginner to expert is inside.

Learn Like the Experts

Top tier researchers aren't reading Medium articles for insights, and neither should you. In the Academy you will learn how to implement cutting edge research articles from premier research institutions like Deep Mind and OpenAI.

Interactive Lessons

Try your hand at the solution first, then see an expert code the solution. Complete with line by line explanations.

Framework Agnostic

We will show you how to code deep reinforcement learning algorithms in both PyTorch and Tensorflow 2. Both have a place in industry, and should have a place in your toolkit.

Slack Community

Build connections with other Academy students in the Slack channel. We're a group of researchers, post docs, industry experts and hobbyists helping each other learn.

Courses Included In Your Purchase

Get instant access to over 285 lessons & 42 hours of video.

Introduction to Implementing Papers

52 Minutes

7 Lessons

This course is a beginner friendly introduction to our framework for implementing deep reinforcement learning papers. This course is FREE for website subscribers - no purchase necessary.


Introduction to Reinforcement Learning

Under Construction!

1 - 2 hours | About 10 - 20 lessons

This course will cover a conceptual introduction to the core concepts of reinforcement learning. Students will learn enough to dive right into the more advanced courses. This will be a FREE course for website subscribers.


Actor Critic Methods

9 Hours 52 Minutes

76 Lessons

Topics include a brief introduction to reinforcement learning, policy gradient and actor critic methods, deep deterministic policy gradients (DDPG), twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradients (TD3), and soft actor critic (SAC). Algorithms are implemented using both the PyTorch and Tensorflow 2 frameworks.

Deep Q Learning

6 Hours 23 Minutes

47 Lessons

Topics include a comprehensive introduction to reinforcement learning and neural networks, deep Q learning (DQN), double deep Q learning (DQN), and dueling deep Q learning (D3QN). Algorithms are implemented using both the PyTorch and Tensorflow 2 frameworks.



Curiosity Based Learning

3 Hours 46 Minutes

25 Lessons 

This is an intermediate level course that jumps straight into the heart of the topic. We cover asynchronous advantage actor critic methods (A3C) and the intrinsic curiosity module (ICM). These algorithms are implemented using the PyTorch framework

Advanced Replay Memory Strategies

4 Hours 58 Minutes

24 Lessons 

This is an intermediate level course that covers hindsight experience replay memory, and prioritized experience replay. Students also learn to code their own custom environments.



Advanced Actor Critic Methods

2 Hours 40 Minutes

10 Lessons

This is an expert level course that begins with proximal policy optimization (PPO) in both continuous and discrete action spaces. Students also learn a multithreaded implementation in the Atari library.

Introduction to Natural Language Processing

3 Hours 13 Minutes

25 Lessons

This is a beginner level course that shows students how to implement the word2vec algorithm starting from first principles.



Writing Our Own Framework

6 Hours 46 Minutes

19 Lessons

In this course students will unify all the code from the preceding courses into a single framework, called ProtoRL. This framework is designed with rapid prototyping of research papers in mind, and will serve as the basis for future courses.


Multi Agent Reinforcement Learning

3 Hours 13 Minutes

19 Lessons

In the multi agent reinforcement learning course, we tackle co-operative and competitive behaviors in multi agent environments. This course utilizes PettingZoo and PyTorch for the MADDPG and MAPPO algorithms.



Advanced Deep Reinforcement Learning

3 Hours 3 Minutes

14 Lessons

This is the course to go from intermediate to advanced RL. Course is under construction, with the first module, Distributed Prioritized Experience Replay (APE-X), live. Students will implement Random Network Distillation (RND), Recurrent Distributed Prioritized Experience Replay (R2D2), and Never Give Up (NGU)

Artificial Intelligence Applications

1 Hours 46 Minutes

11 Lessons

Students will use large language models to deploy simple AI applications. Course is under construction, with the first module, Coding an AI Coding Assistant, live. Models will be deployed locally, with no need for subscriptions to web based LLM services.



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About Phil.

In 2012 I received my PhD in experimental condensed matter physics from West Virginia University. Following that I was a dry etch process engineer for Intel Corporation, where I leveraged big data to make essential process improvements in a billion dollar state of the art facility After leaving Intel in 2015, I have been on a mission to educate the next generation of artificial intelligence engineers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if I'm not an expert programmer?

No matter where you are in your journey, you will benefit from the Academy. The Deep Q Learning course assumes no knowledge of reinforcement learning and starts students out with the very basics. Advanced courses such as the course on Intrinsic Curiosity and Advanced Actor Critic Methods cover challenging topics for students with a strong foundation. Regardless of your level, the only way to master programming is by programming, so start putting code to editor.

How often is the academy updated?

New content is being added monthly, if not more often. Updates were made on the following dates:
February 2022: Academy Launched. Included all Udemy course material plus tensorflow 2 implementations and hindsight experience replay

March 2022: PPO Course added with continuous action spaces, single threaded solution

April 2022: PPO course updated with discrete action spaces and multithreading

May 2022: First modules of prioritized experience replay module added

June 2022: Prioritized Experience Replay course updated

July 2022: Prioritized Experience Replay course updated

September 2022: Prioritized Experience Replay course updated

October 2022: Prioritized Experience Replay Course finished

November 2022: Writing an RL Framework course first update

December 2022: Writing an RL Framework course updated

January 2023: Writing an RL Framework course updated

February 2023: Writing an RL Framework course updated

April 2023: Writing an RL Framework course updated

May 2023: Intro To Implementing Papers Course Added

June 2023: MADDPG Course added

Are there discounts for your Udemy students?

Absolutely. Send an email to sales@neuralnet.ai and we'll hook you up with a discount code.

What's the cancellation policy?

You can cancel any time. When you do, you'll finish out your current billing period and won't be charged the following cycle.

Is this worth it if I already have the Udemy Courses?

Absolutely. The Udemy courses cover some great foundational content, but the Academy expands on the "learn by implementing papers" philosophy. If you want to reach the next level in your AI engineer journey, this is the product for you.