Bonaccorso Giuseppe - Python: Advanced Guide to Artificial Intelligence

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Giuseppe Bonaccorso is an experienced team leader/manager in AI, machine/deep learning solution design, management, and delivery. He got his MScEng in electronics in 2005 from the University of Catania, Italy, and continued his studies at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the University of Essex, UK. His main interests include machine/deep learning, reinforcement learning, big data, bio-inspired adaptive systems, cryptocurrencies, and NLP.

Armando Fandango is an accomplished technologist with hands-on capabilities and senior executive level experience with startups and large companies globally. Armando is spearheading Epic Engineering and Consulting Group as Chief Data Scientist. His work spans across diverse industries including FinTech, Banking, BioInformatics, Genomics, AdTech, Utilities and Infrastructure, Traffic and Transportation, Energy, Human Resource, and Entertainment.

Armando has worked for more than ten years in projects involving Predictive Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Big Data, Product Engineering and High-Performance Computing. His research interests span across machine learning, deep learning, algorithmic game theory and scientific computing. Armando has authored book titled Python Data Analysis - Second Edition and published research in international journals and conferences.

Rajalingappaa Shanmugamani is currently working as a Engineering Manager for a Deep learning team at Kairos. Previously, he worked as a Senior Machine Learning Developer at SAP, Singapore and worked at various startups in developing machine learning products. He has a Masters from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and applied for few patents in the area of machine learning. In his spare time, he coaches programming and machine learning to school students and engineers.

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This Learning Path is your complete guide to quickly getting to grips with popular machine learning algorithms. You'll be introduced to the most widely used algorithms in supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised machine learning, and learn how to use them in the best possible manner. Ranging from Bayesian models to the MCMC algorithm to Hidden Markov models, this Learning Path will teach you how to extract features from your dataset and perform dimensionality reduction by making use of Python-based libraries.

You'll bring the use of TensorFlow and Keras to build deep learning models, using concepts such as transfer learning, generative adversarial networks, and deep reinforcement learning. Next, you'll learn the advanced features of TensorFlow1.x, such as distributed TensorFlow with TF clusters, deploy production models with TensorFlow Serving. You'll implement different techniques related to object classification, object detection, image segmentation, and more.

By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have obtained in-depth knowledge of TensorFlow, making you the go-to person for solving artificial intelligence problems

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

• Mastering Machine Learning Algorithms by Giuseppe Bonaccorso
• Mastering TensorFlow 1.x by Armando Fandango
• Deep Learning for Computer Vision by Rajalingappaa Shanmugamani

This Learning Path is for data scientists, machine learning engineers, artificial intelligence engineers who want to delve into complex machine learning algorithms, calibrate models, and improve the predictions of the trained model.
You will encounter the advanced intricacies and complex use cases of deep learning and AI. A basic knowledge of programming in Python and some understanding of machine learning concepts are required to get the best out of this Learning Path.

, Machine Learning Model Fundamentals, explains the most important theoretical concepts regarding machine learning models, including bias, variance, overfitting, underfitting, data normalization, and cost functions. It can be skipped by those readers with a strong knowledge of these concepts.