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Deep Learning with Python

A Hands-on Introduction

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Nikhil Ketkar

    1. Bangalore, India

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  • Focus on taking deep learning models to production
  • Practical and hands-on approach
  • Covers popular Python frameworks

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction to Deep Learning

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 1-5

  3. Machine Learning Fundamentals

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 7-16

  4. Feed Forward Neural Networks

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 17-33

  5. Introduction to Theano

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 35-61

  6. Convolutional Neural Networks

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 63-78

  7. Recurrent Neural Networks

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 79-96

  8. Introduction to Keras

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 97-111

  9. Stochastic Gradient Descent

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 113-132

  10. Automatic Differentiation

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 133-148

  11. Introduction to GPUs

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 149-158

  12. Introduction to Tensorflow

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 159-194

  13. Introduction to PyTorch

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 195-208

  14. Regularization Techniques

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 209-214

  15. Training Deep Learning Models

    • Nikhil Ketkar
    Pages 215-222

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 223-226
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About this book

Discover the practical aspects of implementing deep-learning solutions using the rich Python ecosystem. This book bridges the gap between the academic state-of-the-art and the industry state-of-the-practice by introducing you to deep learning frameworks such as Keras, Theano, and Caffe. The practicalities of these frameworks is often acquired by practitioners by reading source code, manuals, and posting questions on community forums, which tends to be a slow and a painful process. Deep Learning with Python allows you to ramp up to such practical know-how in a short period of time and focus more on the domain, models, and algorithms.


This book briefly covers the mathematical prerequisites and fundamentals of deep learning, making this book a good starting point for software developers who want to get started in deep learning. A brief survey of deep learning architectures is also included.


Deep Learning with Python alsointroduces you to key concepts of automatic differentiation and GPU computation which, while not central to deep learning, are critical when it comes to conducting large scale experiments. 


What You Will Learn 
  • Leverage deep learning frameworks in Python namely, Keras, Theano, and Caffe 
  • Gain the fundamentals of deep learning with mathematical prerequisites 
  • Discover the practical considerations of large scale experiments 
  • Take deep learning models to production

Who This Book Is For


Software developers who want to try out deep learning as a practical solution to a particular problem. Software developers in a data science team who want to take deep learning models developed by data scientists to production.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bangalore, India

    Nikhil Ketkar

About the author

Nikhil S. Ketkar currently leads the Machine Learning Platform team at Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce company. He received his Ph.D. from Washington State University. Following that he conducted postdoctoral research at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, which was followed by a brief stint in high frequency trading at Transmaket in Chicago. More recently he led the data mining team in Guavus, a startup doing big data analytics in the telecom domain and Indix, a startup doing data science in the e-commerce domain. His research interests include machine learning and graph theory.

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