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Java Deep Learning Essentials

By : Yusuke Sugomori
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Java Deep Learning Essentials

By: Yusuke Sugomori

Overview of this book

AI and Deep Learning are transforming the way we understand software, making computers more intelligent than we could even imagine just a decade ago. Deep Learning algorithms are being used across a broad range of industries – as the fundamental driver of AI, being able to tackle Deep Learning is going to a vital and valuable skill not only within the tech world but also for the wider global economy that depends upon knowledge and insight for growth and success. It’s something that’s moving beyond the realm of data science – if you’re a Java developer, this book gives you a great opportunity to expand your skillset. Starting with an introduction to basic machine learning algorithms, to give you a solid foundation, Deep Learning with Java takes you further into this vital world of stunning predictive insights and remarkable machine intelligence. Once you’ve got to grips with the fundamental mathematical principles, you’ll start exploring neural networks and identify how to tackle challenges in large networks using advanced algorithms. You will learn how to use the DL4J library and apply Deep Learning to a range of real-world use cases. Featuring further guidance and insights to help you solve challenging problems in image processing, speech recognition, language modeling, this book will make you rethink what you can do with Java, showing you how to use it for truly cutting-edge predictive insights. As a bonus, you’ll also be able to get to grips with Theano and Caffe, two of the most important tools in Deep Learning today. By the end of the book, you’ll be ready to tackle Deep Learning with Java. Wherever you’ve come from – whether you’re a data scientist or Java developer – you will become a part of the Deep Learning revolution!
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Java Deep Learning Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
7
Other Important Deep Learning Libraries
Index

Implementing from scratch versus a library/framework


We implemented the machine learning algorithms of neural networks in Chapter 2, Algorithms for Machine Learning – Preparing for Deep Learning, and many deep learning algorithms from scratch in Chapter 3, Deep Belief Nets and Stacked Denoising Autoencoders and Chapter 4, Dropout and Convolutional Neural Networks. Of course, we can apply our own code to practical applications with some customizations, but we have to be careful when we want to utilize them because we can't deny the possibility that they might cause several problems in the future. What could they be? Here are the possible situations:

  • The code we wrote has some missing parameters for better optimization because we implemented just the essence of the algorithms for simplicity and so you better understand the concepts. While you can still train and optimize the model with them, you could get higher precision rates by adding another parameter of your own implementation.

  • As mentioned...