The kit — co-developed with deep-learning pioneer Yann LeCun, and largely based on his deep learning course at New York University — was announced Monday at the NIPS machine learning conference in Barcelona.

“Deep learning has become one of the most important computing models, and the need for graduating students with theoretical and application expertise in this area is critical,” LeCun said. “The Deep Learning Teaching Kit provides a wealth of teaching content that allows educators to incorporate deep learning on GPUs in new and existing courses.”

Delivered through GPU Educators Program of NVIDIA, the two co-develop its teaching kits with academic partners to combine the latest industry trends and applications, fundamental theory and tested teaching techniques.

The effort is spearheaded by NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute, which helps developers around the world learn how to design, train and deploy neural network-powered artificial intelligence in their applications.

The Deep Learning Institute partners with renowned online education providers such as Udacity and Coursera, as well as leading cloud service providers like Microsoft, to offer online and in-person training events worldwide. The deep learning teaching kit helps extend DLI into universities all over the world.