This may not be entirely in line with what you're looking to do, but Kaggle is one heck of a good way to learn data science and machine learning. Some of the co

This may not be entirely in line with what you're looking to do, but Kaggle is one heck of a good way to learn data science and machine learning. Some of the competitions in particular lend themselves to a deep learning methodology. The best part is that the competitions keep it fun, and the eventual winners share the methods they used to get such good results. Good luck!