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Hands-On Deep Learning with Apache Spark

By : Guglielmo Iozzia
Book Image

Hands-On Deep Learning with Apache Spark

By: Guglielmo Iozzia

Overview of this book

Deep learning is a subset of machine learning where datasets with several layers of complexity can be processed. Hands-On Deep Learning with Apache Spark addresses the sheer complexity of technical and analytical parts and the speed at which deep learning solutions can be implemented on Apache Spark. The book starts with the fundamentals of Apache Spark and deep learning. You will set up Spark for deep learning, learn principles of distributed modeling, and understand different types of neural nets. You will then implement deep learning models, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), and long short-term memory (LSTM) on Spark. As you progress through the book, you will gain hands-on experience of what it takes to understand the complex datasets you are dealing with. During the course of this book, you will use popular deep learning frameworks, such as TensorFlow, Deeplearning4j, and Keras to train your distributed models. By the end of this book, you'll have gained experience with the implementation of your models on a variety of use cases.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Appendix A: Functional Programming in Scala
Appendix B: Image Data Preparation for Spark

Raw data transformation with Spark

Data coming from a source is often raw data. When we talk about raw data we mean data that is in a format that can't be used as is for the training or testing purposes of our models. So, before using, we need to make it tidy. The cleanup process is done through one or more transformations before giving the data as input for a given model.

For data transformation purposes, the DL4J DataVec library and Spark provide several facilities. Some of the concepts described in this section have been explored in the Data ingestion through DataVec and transformation through Spark section, but now we are going to add a more complex use case.

To understand how to use Datavec for transformation purposes, let's build a Spark application for web traffic log analysis. The dataset used is generally available for download at the MonitorWare website (http...