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Python Deep Learning - Second Edition

By : Ivan Vasilev, Daniel Slater, Gianmario Spacagna, Peter Roelants, Valentino Zocca
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Python Deep Learning - Second Edition

By: Ivan Vasilev, Daniel Slater, Gianmario Spacagna, Peter Roelants, Valentino Zocca

Overview of this book

With the surge in artificial intelligence in applications catering to both business and consumer needs, deep learning is more important than ever for meeting current and future market demands. With this book, you’ll explore deep learning, and learn how to put machine learning to use in your projects. This second edition of Python Deep Learning will get you up to speed with deep learning, deep neural networks, and how to train them with high-performance algorithms and popular Python frameworks. You’ll uncover different neural network architectures, such as convolutional networks, recurrent neural networks, long short-term memory (LSTM) networks, and capsule networks. You’ll also learn how to solve problems in the fields of computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and speech recognition. You'll study generative model approaches such as variational autoencoders and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to generate images. As you delve into newly evolved areas of reinforcement learning, you’ll gain an understanding of state-of-the-art algorithms that are the main components behind popular games Go, Atari, and Dota. By the end of the book, you will be well-versed with the theory of deep learning along with its real-world applications.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Computer Vision with Convolutional Networks

In Chapter 2, Neural Networks, and Chapter 3, Deep Learning Fundamentals, we set high expectations of deep learning and computer vision. First, we mentioned the ImageNet competition, and then we talked about some of its exciting real-world applications, such as semi-autonomous cars. In this chapter, and the next two chapters, it's time to deliver on those expectations.

Vision is arguably the most important human sense. We rely on it for almost any action we take. But image recognition has (and in some ways still is), for the longest time, been one of the most difficult problems in computer science. Historically, it's been very difficult to explain to a machine what features make up a specified object, and how to detect them. But, as we've seen, in deep learning the neural network can learn those features by itself.

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