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Hands-On Deep Learning Algorithms with Python

By : Sudharsan Ravichandiran
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Hands-On Deep Learning Algorithms with Python

By: Sudharsan Ravichandiran

Overview of this book

Deep learning is one of the most popular domains in the AI space that allows you to develop multi-layered models of varying complexities. This book introduces you to popular deep learning algorithms—from basic to advanced—and shows you how to implement them from scratch using TensorFlow. Throughout the book, you will gain insights into each algorithm, the mathematical principles involved, and how to implement it in the best possible manner. The book starts by explaining how you can build your own neural networks, followed by introducing you to TensorFlow, the powerful Python-based library for machine learning and deep learning. Moving on, you will get up to speed with gradient descent variants, such as NAG, AMSGrad, AdaDelta, Adam, and Nadam. The book will then provide you with insights into recurrent neural networks (RNNs) and LSTM and how to generate song lyrics with RNN. Next, you will master the math necessary to work with convolutional and capsule networks, widely used for image recognition tasks. You will also learn how machines understand the semantics of words and documents using CBOW, skip-gram, and PV-DM. Finally, you will explore GANs, including InfoGAN and LSGAN, and autoencoders, such as contractive autoencoders and VAE. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with all the skills you need to implement deep learning in your own projects.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: Getting Started with Deep Learning
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Section 2: Fundamental Deep Learning Algorithms
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Section 3: Advanced Deep Learning Algorithms

Chapter 2 - Getting to Know TensorFlow

  1. Every computation in TensorFlow is represented by a computational graph. It consists of several nodes and edges, where nodes are the mathematical operations, such as addition, multiplication, and so on, and edges are the tensors. A computational graph is very efficient in optimizing resources and it also promotes distributed computing.
  2. A computational graph with the operations on the node and tensors to its edges will only be created, and in order to execute the graph, we use a TensorFlow session.
  3. A TensorFlow session can be created using tf.Session(), and it will allocate the memory for storing the current value of the variable.
  4. Variables are the containers used to store values. Variables will be used as input to several other operations in the computational graph. We can think of placeholders as variables, where we only define the type...