Week 15: Capstone Project
Apply everything you've learned to build your own frontier system
Time Estimate: 10-20 hours
Topics Covered
- Project planning and scoping
- Choosing the right tools and frameworks
- Building vs fine-tuning vs using APIs
- Deployment and production considerations
- Presenting your work
Video Resources
📹 Video content will be added here by Agent 2
Videos include keynotes, technical talks, and tutorials from industry leaders.
Reading Materials
📚 Reading list will be added here by Agent 3
Research papers, blog posts, and technical documentation.
🛠️ Hands-On Lab
Final Project: The One-Person Frontier Lab
Capstone 15+ hoursObjective
Build an end-to-end AI system demonstrating mastery across infrastructure, training, deployment, and application layers.
Prerequisites
- All prior labs completed
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills
- Cloud platform access
- Project management skills
Setup Instructions
- Choose a project spanning 3+ course modules
- Set up version control (GitHub)
- Plan infrastructure requirements
- Create project timeline and milestones
Tasks
- Define project scope (e.g., train custom model + deploy + build app)
- Implement training pipeline (data collection → training → evaluation)
- Optimize and deploy model (quantization, serving)
- Build user-facing application (web/API)
- Document full infrastructure stack
- Write technical report explaining design decisions
- Present to class (10-minute demo + Q&A)