Fundamentals of Deep Learning: Designing Next-Generation Machine Intelligence Algorithms

With the reinvigoration of neural networks in the 2000s, deep learning has become an extremely active area of research, one thats paving the way for modern machine learning. In this practical book, author Nikhil Buduma provides examples and clear explanations to guide you through major concepts of this complicated field. Companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are actively growing in-house deep-learning teams. For the rest of us, however, deep learning is still a pretty complex and difficult subject to grasp. If youre familiar with Python, and have a background in calculus, along with a basic understanding of machine learning, this book will get you started. Book features : Examine the foundations of machine learning and neural networks Learn how to train feed-forward neural networks Use TensorFlow to implement your first neural network Manage problems that arise as you begin to make networks deeper Build neural networks that analyze complex images Perform effective dimensionality reduction using autoencoders Dive deep into sequence analysis to examine language Understand the fundamentals of reinforcement learning About the Author Nikhil Buduma is the author of O'Reilly's Fundamentals of Deep Learning and the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Remedy, a San Francisco-based company that is building a new system for data-driven primary healthcare to drive artificial intelligence into the medical practice. At the age of 16, Nikhil managed a drug discovery laboratory at San Jose State University and developed novel low-cost screening methodologies for resource-constrained communities. By the age of 19, he was a two-time at the International Biology Olympiad. He later attended MIT, where he focused on developing large scale data systems to impact healthcare delivery, mental health, and medical research. At MIT, he co-founded Lean On Me, a national non-profit organization that provides an anonymous text hotline to enable effective peer support on college campuses and leverages data to effect positive mental health and wellness outcomes. Today, Nikhil spends his free time investing in hard technology and data companies through his venture fund, Q Venture Partners, and managing a data analytics team for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.

About the Author :
Nikhil Buduma is a computer science student at MIT with deep interests in machine learning and the biomedical sciences. He is a two time gold medalist at the International Biology Olympiad, a student researcher, and a "hacker." He was selected as a finalist in the 2012 International BioGENEius Challenge for his research on the pertussis vaccine, and served as the lab manager of the Veregge Lab at San Jose State University at the age of 16. At age 19, he had a first author publication on using protist models for high throughput drug screening using flow cytometry. Nikhil also has a passion for education, regularly writing technical posts on his blog, teaching machine learning tutorials at hackathons, and recently, received the Young Innovator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for re-invisioning the traditional chemistry set using augmented reality.