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The TensorFlow Workshop

By : Matthew Moocarme, Abhranshu Bagchi, Anthony So, Anthony Maddalone
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The TensorFlow Workshop

By: Matthew Moocarme, Abhranshu Bagchi, Anthony So, Anthony Maddalone

Overview of this book

Getting to grips with tensors, deep learning, and neural networks can be intimidating and confusing for anyone, no matter their experience level. The breadth of information out there, often written at a very high level and aimed at advanced practitioners, can make getting started even more challenging. If this sounds familiar to you, The TensorFlow Workshop is here to help. Combining clear explanations, realistic examples, and plenty of hands-on practice, it’ll quickly get you up and running. You’ll start off with the basics – learning how to load data into TensorFlow, perform tensor operations, and utilize common optimizers and activation functions. As you progress, you’ll experiment with different TensorFlow development tools, including TensorBoard, TensorFlow Hub, and Google Colab, before moving on to solve regression and classification problems with sequential models. Building on this solid foundation, you’ll learn how to tune models and work with different types of neural network, getting hands-on with real-world deep learning applications such as text encoding, temperature forecasting, image augmentation, and audio processing. By the end of this deep learning book, you’ll have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to tackle your own ambitious deep learning projects with TensorFlow.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface

CNNs

CNNs share many common components with the ANNs you have built so far. The key difference is the inclusion of one or more convolutional layers within the network. Convolutional layers apply convolutions of input data with filters, also known as kernels. Think of a convolution as an image transformer. You have an input image, which goes through the CNN and gives you an output label. Each layer has a unique function or special ability to detect patterns such as curves or edges in an image. CNNs combine the power of deep neural networks and kernel convolutions to transform images and make these image edges or curves easy for the model to see. There are three key components in a CNN:

  • Input image: The raw image data
  • Filter/kernel: The image transformation mechanism
  • Output label: The image classification

The following figure is an example of a CNN in which the image is input into the network on the left-hand side and the output is generated on the right-hand side...