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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

Convolutional Neural Networks

When we talk about computer vision, we talk about CNNs in the same breath. CNN is a class of deep neural network that is mostly used in the field of computer vision and imaging. CNNs are used to identify images, cluster them by their similarity, and implement object recognition within scenes. CNN has different layers— namely, the input layer, the output layer, and multiple hidden layers. These hidden layers of a CNN consist of fully connected layers, convolutional layers, a ReLU layer as an activation function, normalization layers, and pooling layers. On a very simple level, CNNs help us identify images and label them appropriately; for example, a tiger image will be identified as a tiger:

Figure 7.1: A generalized CNN

The following is an example of a CNN classifying a tiger:

Figure 7.2: A CNN classifying an image of a tiger into the class "Tiger"