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The Deep Learning with Keras Workshop

By : Matthew Moocarme, Mahla Abdolahnejad, Ritesh Bhagwat
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The Deep Learning with Keras Workshop

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By: Matthew Moocarme, Mahla Abdolahnejad, Ritesh Bhagwat

Overview of this book

New experiences can be intimidating, but not this one! This beginner’s guide to deep learning is here to help you explore deep learning from scratch with Keras, and be on your way to training your first ever neural networks. What sets Keras apart from other deep learning frameworks is its simplicity. With over two hundred thousand users, Keras has a stronger adoption in industry and the research community than any other deep learning framework. The Deep Learning with Keras Workshop starts by introducing you to the fundamental concepts of machine learning using the scikit-learn package. After learning how to perform the linear transformations that are necessary for building neural networks, you'll build your first neural network with the Keras library. As you advance, you'll learn how to build multi-layer neural networks and recognize when your model is underfitting or overfitting to the training data. With the help of practical exercises, you’ll learn to use cross-validation techniques to evaluate your models and then choose the optimal hyperparameters to fine-tune their performance. Finally, you’ll explore recurrent neural networks and learn how to train them to predict values in sequential data. By the end of this book, you'll have developed the skills you need to confidently train your own neural network models.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
Preface

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about two very important groups of techniques for improving the accuracy of your deep learning models: regularization and hyperparameter tuning. You learned how regularization helps address the overfitting problem by means of several different methods, including L1 and L2 norm regularization and dropout regularization—the more commonly used regularization techniques. You discovered the importance of hyperparameter tuning for machine learning models and the challenge of hyperparameter tuning for deep learning models in particular. You even practiced using scikit-learn optimizers to perform hyperparameter tuning on Keras models.

In the next chapter, you will explore the limitations of accuracy metrics when evaluating model performance, as well as other metrics (such as precision, sensitivity, specificity, and AUC-ROC score), including how to use them in order to gauge the quality of your model's performance better.

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