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Python Deep Learning

You're reading from   Python Deep Learning Next generation techniques to revolutionize computer vision, AI, speech and data analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464453
Length 406 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Peter Roelants Peter Roelants
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Daniel Slater Daniel Slater
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Valentino Zocca Valentino Zocca
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Gianmario Spacagna Gianmario Spacagna
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Machine Learning – An Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Neural Networks 3. Deep Learning Fundamentals 4. Unsupervised Feature Learning 5. Image Recognition 6. Recurrent Neural Networks and Language Models 7. Deep Learning for Board Games 8. Deep Learning for Computer Games 9. Anomaly Detection 10. Building a Production-Ready Intrusion Detection System Index

Chapter 1. Machine Learning – An Introduction

"Machine Learning (CS229) is the most popular course at Stanford" –this is how a Forbes article by Laura Hamilton started, continuing- "Why? Because, increasingly, machine learning is eating the world".

Machine learning techniques are, indeed, being applied in a variety of fields, and data scientists are being sought after in many different industries. With machine learning, we identify the processes through which we gain knowledge that is not readily apparent from data, in order to be able to make decisions. Applications of machine learning techniques may vary greatly and are applicable in disciplines as diverse as medicine, finance, and advertising.

In this chapter, we will present different Machine learning approaches and techniques, and some of their applications to real-world problems, and we will introduce one of the major open source packages available in Python for machine learning, scikit-learn. This will lay the background for later chapters in which we will focus on a particular type of machine learning approach using neural networks that aims at emulating brain functionality, and in particular deep learning. Deep learning makes use of more advanced neural networks than those used during the 80's, thanks not only to recent developments in the theory but also to advances in computer speed and the use of GPUs (Graphical Processing Units) versus the more traditional use of CPUs (Computing Processing Units). This chapter is meant mostly as a summary of what machine learning is and can do, and to prepare the reader to better understand how deep learning differentiates itself from popular traditional machine learning techniques.

In particular, in this chapter we will cover:

  • What is machine learning?
  • Different machine learning approaches
  • Steps involved in machine learning systems
  • Brief description of popular techniques/algorithms
  • Applications in real-life
  • A popular open source package
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