> which resources do I select to maximise learning in x > hours/days/years? Pick a particular open-source implementation of something you're interested in,

> which resources do I select to maximise learning in x > hours/days/years? Pick a particular open-source implementation of something you're interested in, say the Google image captioning technology, read the papers necessary to understand that, and play with that implementation. The main problem with the plan implied by the OP's bibliography is that it's not practical at all. You'll end up with a catholic knowledge of the theory and no idea about how to use it.