Artificial Intelligence with Python
Copyright 2017 Packt Publishing
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews.
Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.
Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.
First published: January 2017
Production reference: 1230117
Published by Packt Publishing Ltd.
Livery Place
35 Livery Street
Birmingham
B3 2PB, UK.
ISBN 978-1-78646-439-2
www.packtpub.com
Credits
Author Prateek Joshi | Copy Editors Vikrant Phadkay Safis Editing |
Reviewer Richard Marsden | Project Coordinator Nidhi Joshi |
Commissioning Editor Veena Pagare | Proofreader Safis Editing |
Acquisition Editor Tushar Gupta | Indexer Mariammal Chettiyar |
Content Development Editor Aishwarya Pandere | Production Coordinator Shantanu N. Zagade |
Technical Editor Karan Thakkar |
About the Author
Prateek Joshiis an artificial intelligence researcher, published author of five books, and TEDx speaker. He is the founder of Pluto AI, a venture-funded Silicon Valley startup building an analytics platform for smart water management powered by deep learning. His work in this field has led to patents, tech demos, and research papers at major IEEE conferences. He has been an invited speaker at technology and entrepreneurship conferences including TEDx, AT&T Foundry, Silicon Valley Deep Learning, and Open Silicon Valley. Prateek has also been featured as a guest author in prominent tech magazines.
His tech blog ( www.prateekjoshi.com ) has received more than 1.2 million page views from 200 over countries and has over 6,600+ followers. He frequently writes on topics such as artificial intelligence, Python programming, and abstract mathematics. He is an avid coder and has won many hackathons utilizing a wide variety of technologies. He graduated from University of Southern California with a masters degree specializing in artificial intelligence. He has worked at companies such as Nvidia and Microsoft Research. You can learn more about him on his personal website at www.prateekj.com .
About the Reviewer
Richard Marsdenhas over 20 years of professional software development experience. After starting in the field of geophysical surveying for the oil industry, he has spent the last ten years running the Winwaed Software Technology LLC independent software vendor. Winwaed specializes in geospatial tools and applications including web applications, and operates the http://www.mapping-tools.com website for tools and add-ins for geospatial applications such as Caliper Maptitude and Microsoft MapPoint.
Richard was also a technical reviewer of the following Packt publications: Python Geospatial Developmentand