Planche - HANDS-ON COMPUTER VISION WITH TENSORFLOW 2: leverage deep learning to create powerful image... processing apps with tensorflow 2.0 and keras

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Benjamin Planche is a passionate PhD student at the University of Passau and Siemens Corporate Technology. He has been working in various research labs around the world (LIRIS in France, Mitsubishi Electric in Japan, and Siemens in Germany) in the fields of computer vision and deep learning for more than five years . Benjamin has a double master's degree with first-class honors from INSA-Lyon, France, and the University of Passau, Germany.

His research efforts are focused on developing smarter visual systems with less data, targeting industrial applications. Benjamin also shares his knowledge and experience on online platforms, such as StackOverflow, or applies this knowledge to the creation of aesthetic demonstrations.

Eliot Andres is a freelance deep learning and computer vision engineer. He has more than 3 years' experience in the field, applying his skills to a variety of industries, such as banking, health, social media, and video streaming. Eliot has a double master's degree from cole des Ponts and Tlcom, Paris.

His focus is industrialization: delivering value by applying new technologies to business problems. Eliot keeps his knowledge up to date by publishing articles on his blog and by building prototypes using the latest technologies.

Vijayachandran Mariappan has around 20 years' experience in machine learning/computer vision related to video/audio/multimedia technologies on embedded, mobile, and cloud platforms. He is currently working as a computer vision architect at Cyient, leading various machine learning/deep learning projects, from algorithm development to realization on embedded platforms. He is one of the top 10 experts when it comes to addressing questions related to the deep learning framework TensorFlow on StackOverflow. He is also the co-inventor (main patent holder) of Sling media's Emmy award-winning Slingbox Personal Broadcaster and a CES Best of Innovation winner. He has authored many papers and patents with a Google citation score of 240: h-index: 6.

Narotam Singh has been actively involved with various technical programs and the training of GOI officers in the field of information technology and communication. He did his masters in the field of electronics, having graduated with a degree in physics (Hons). He also holds a diploma in computer engineering and a postgraduate diploma in computer application. Presently, he works in a freelance capacity. He has many research publications to his name and is also a technical reviewer of various books. His present research interests involve AI, machine learning, deep learning, robotics, and spirituality.

Dave Winters is a business and technical consultant. His focus is in the areas of AI/ machine learning , analytics, data quality, NoSQL, real-time IoT, and graph databases. Dave is director and chief architect of technology for Cognizant. He runs an innovation group for application modernization engineering BU. Before Cognizant, Dave was partner in a California VC, where his roles included VP professional services, database architect, VP pre-sales, product manager, data warehouse architect, and performance expert. He is retired from the USAF. He was an instructor pilot at USAF Test Pilot School. He has flown many current US and foreign military aircraft. He holds a BS in computer science from Troy, and is also a graduate of USAF SOS management school.