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Deep Learning with R, Second Edition 2nd ed. Edition
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In Deep Learning with R, Second Edition you will learn:
Deep learning from first principles
Image classification and image segmentation
Time series forecasting
Text classification and machine translation
Text generation, neural style transfer, and image generation
Deep Learning with R, Second Edition shows you how to put deep learning into action. It’s based on the revised new edition of François Chollet’s bestselling Deep Learning with Python. All code and examples have been expertly translated to the R language by Tomasz Kalinowski, who maintains the Keras and Tensorflow R packages at RStudio. Novices and experienced ML practitioners will love the expert insights, practical techniques, and important theory for building neural networks.
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About the technology
Deep learning has become essential knowledge for data scientists, researchers, and software developers. The R language APIs for Keras and TensorFlow put deep learning within reach for all R users, even if they have no experience with advanced machine learning or neural networks. This book shows you how to get started on core DL tasks like computer vision, natural language processing, and more using R.
About the book
Deep Learning with R, Second Edition is a hands-on guide to deep learning using the R language. As you move through this book, you’ll quickly lock in the foundational ideas of deep learning. The intuitive explanations, crisp illustrations, and clear examples guide you through core DL skills like image processing and text manipulation, and even advanced features like transformers. This revised and expanded new edition is adapted from Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition by François Chollet, the creator of the Keras library.
What's inside
Image classification and image segmentation
Time series forecasting
Text classification and machine translation
Text generation, neural style transfer, and image generation
About the reader
For readers with intermediate R skills. No previous experience with Keras, TensorFlow, or deep learning is required.
About the author
François Chollet is a software engineer at Google and creator of Keras. Tomasz Kalinowski is a software engineer at RStudio and maintainer of the Keras and Tensorflow R packages. J.J. Allaire is the founder of RStudio, and the author of the first edition of this book.
Table of Contents
1 What is deep learning?
2 The mathematical building blocks of neural networks
3 Introduction to Keras and TensorFlow
4 Getting started with neural networks: Classification and regression
5 Fundamentals of machine learning
6 The universal workflow of machine learning
7 Working with Keras: A deep dive
8 Introduction to deep learning for computer vision
9 Advanced deep learning for computer vision
10 Deep learning for time series
11 Deep learning for text
12 Generative deep learning
13 Best practices for the real world
14 Conclusions
- ISBN-101633439844
- ISBN-13978-1633439849
- Edition2nd ed.
- PublisherManning
- Publication dateJuly 26, 2022
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7.38 x 1.3 x 9.25 inches
- Print length568 pages
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Tomasz Kalinowski is a software engineer at RStudio and maintainer of the Keras and Tensorflow R packages.
J.J. Allaire is the founder of RStudio, the creator of the R interfaces to TensorFlow and Keras, and the author of the first edition of this book.
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- Publisher : Manning; 2nd ed. edition (July 26, 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 568 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1633439844
- ISBN-13 : 978-1633439849
- Item Weight : 1.9 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.38 x 1.3 x 9.25 inches
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IMO, the greatest moments in the book are the asides that appear in every chapter. The author will take a paragraph to note in passing things like '... no one really knows for sure why batch normalization helps. There are various hypotheses, but no certitudes." Or, "Importantly, I would generally recommend placing the previous layer's activation after the batch normalization layer (although this is still a subject of debate)." There is even an entire chapter dedicated to musings on the future of Deep Learning and general AI. This is the cherry on top that you don't get with most offers. Chollet offers them in nearly every chapter.
The book may as well have been called "Deep Learning with Keras" and that's not a bad thing. All the code is freely downloadable and can be run for free on a Google platform. You can freely ignore the implementation details and Python and simply run and learn from the notebooks provided. NOTE: As of February 2022, the new M1 Macs have bugs in the implementation of tensorflow that prevent a few code samples from working correctly. AND, some examples take so long to run (many hours) that there may be issues running them at Google. Frustrating though it might be, it does not detract from the experience.
As to cons, I don't see enough to warrant taking a star off the review. All important concepts are covered at an introductory level. The code works. The writing is clear. The author is an expert. There is a bizarre convention of having diagrams flow from the bottom to the top instead of top-down.
It's a good intro and basic reference. You'll get into more depth by taking the OpenAI courses at Coursera, but I'd actually recommend those as a next step after fully absorbing this book. Recommended.
While the book is titled "Deep Learning with Python", it might have been better titled, "Deep Learning with Keras." While Python is ostensibly
The author is one of the rare people that have deep knowledge and a gift for simplifying and communicating the concepts. I follow the code examples in this book for each and every chapter - they worked flawlessly, the code itself is listed within the book and each important line is explained with a sidebar.
If you are starting off with deep learning - this is THE book you need.
I tried to communicate again this year and the response was immediate. After sending photos of the book, my registration process was completed and I now have access to the Python source files, the E-book second edition, and an E-book first edition.
After finishing the first read, I am now reading it for the second time.
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This one is well worth a second or third read if you are interested in Tensorflow and Keras or neural networks in general.
His crumpled paper analogy early on alerted me to the intuitive depth of this book. You do need just enough understand of linear algebra to appreciate what a vector space is to fully appreciate this analogy (this is not as hard as it sounds either, I promise. If you can do the first few videos on Khan Academy for linear algebra or half hour with a good tutorial, you'll be more than fine).
He avoids too much reliance on equations as the means of explanation, which for me, with barley enough linear algebra to tell a dot from a cross product, is great.
To be clear, it is best (in this whole field actually) if you understand differential calculus sufficient to appreciate the result of the power rule is a function not a number, and the afore mentioned linear algebra. If you spend an hour assuring yourself you can at least vaguely grasp this, then the more involved explanations will be very straightforwards. I emphasise this aspect because it's my own weakness - I have to work to focus on simple equations.
To make simple to intermediate models, following this book you still won't need much, if any depth of the maths skill, so don't let my mention of it out you off. It's a great solidly practical and wide ranging exploration of doing many tasks with deeplearning.
I recommend it with the Coursera developer certificate from DeepAi to any total beginner in neural networks.
Python knowledge needed?
I've coded with Python for approximately ten hours of actual experience but I am a software developer. So either good experience in other languages or the ability to work with simple python constructs and classes. A beginners course will help suffice it if you really don't have either.
The second book pictured is also excellent, worth taking in when you've gotten halfway through this one. The author recommends it and he's absolutely right.
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This one is well worth a second or third read if you are interested in Tensorflow and Keras or neural networks in general.
His crumpled paper analogy early on alerted me to the intuitive depth of this book. You do need just enough understand of linear algebra to appreciate what a vector space is to fully appreciate this analogy (this is not as hard as it sounds either, I promise. If you can do the first few videos on Khan Academy for linear algebra or half hour with a good tutorial, you'll be more than fine).
He avoids too much reliance on equations as the means of explanation, which for me, with barley enough linear algebra to tell a dot from a cross product, is great.
To be clear, it is best (in this whole field actually) if you understand differential calculus sufficient to appreciate the result of the power rule is a function not a number, and the afore mentioned linear algebra. If you spend an hour assuring yourself you can at least vaguely grasp this, then the more involved explanations will be very straightforwards. I emphasise this aspect because it's my own weakness - I have to work to focus on simple equations.
To make simple to intermediate models, following this book you still won't need much, if any depth of the maths skill, so don't let my mention of it out you off. It's a great solidly practical and wide ranging exploration of doing many tasks with deeplearning.
I recommend it with the Coursera developer certificate from DeepAi to any total beginner in neural networks.
Python knowledge needed?
I've coded with Python for approximately ten hours of actual experience but I am a software developer. So either good experience in other languages or the ability to work with simple python constructs and classes. A beginners course will help suffice it if you really don't have either.
The second book pictured is also excellent, worth taking in when you've gotten halfway through this one. The author recommends it and he's absolutely right.
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