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Deep Learning from the Basics

By : Koki Saitoh
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Book Image

Deep Learning from the Basics

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By: Koki Saitoh

Overview of this book

Deep learning is rapidly becoming the most preferred way of solving data problems. This is thanks, in part, to its huge variety of mathematical algorithms and their ability to find patterns that are otherwise invisible to us. Deep Learning from the Basics begins with a fast-paced introduction to deep learning with Python, its definition, characteristics, and applications. You’ll learn how to use the Python interpreter and the script files in your applications, and utilize NumPy and Matplotlib in your deep learning models. As you progress through the book, you’ll discover backpropagation—an efficient way to calculate the gradients of weight parameters—and study multilayer perceptrons and their limitations, before, finally, implementing a three-layer neural network and calculating multidimensional arrays. By the end of the book, you’ll have the knowledge to apply the relevant technologies in deep learning.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about CNNs. Specifically, we covered convolution layers and pooling layers (the basic modules that constitute CNNs) in great detail in order to understand them at the implementation level. CNNs are mostly used when looking at data regarding images. Please ensure that you understand the content of this chapter before moving on.

In this chapter, we learned about the following:

  • In a CNN, convolution, and pooling layers are added to the previous network, which consists of fully connected layers.
  • You can use im2col (a function for expanding images into arrays) to implement convolution and pooling layers simply and efficiently.
  • Visualizing a CNN enables you to see how advanced information is extracted as the layer becomes deeper.
  • Typical CNNs include LeNet and AlexNet.
  • Big data and GPUs contribute significantly to the development of deep learning.