Dino Esposito - Programming ML.NET (Developer Reference)

FROM DINO:

Its the second time that the two of us, father and son, have written a machine learning book and a lot has changed since our last one, two years ago. In this book, we really joined forcesI put my software experience on the table, and Francesco gave his freshness, energy, and mathematical skills. We learned both how tricky it can be to put machine learning solutions in production and how easy it can be to hide those little gems in the folds of normal ASP.NET applications.

In the past two years, we achieved other results and, for example, we solidified our grasp of software for professional tennis and expanded to healthcare, agriculture, and customer care. The common denominator is always that one: intelligent software that ends up doing intelligent things. Its not about replacing humans and killing jobsquite the reverse. Its about replacing tasks with automated procedures, thus freeing humans from boring, automatable tasks and keeping them engaged in more interesting activities.

With Giorgio Garcia-Agreda and Gaetano Guarino, and the entire Crionet crew, were making our tennis fanatic dreams bigger every day. We are changing the games. With Vito Lanzotti and the KBMS Data Force team, were making silent history by turning doctors operating dreams into concrete and applicable artifacts, thus smoothing the way patients receive care. With Salvo Intilisano and Daniel Intilisano of Karma Enterprise, it was really a matter of technical karma. Same mindset, same vision, and same father-and-son business model! Agriculture wont be the same after the project ends, and the bees will be grateful!

The Youbiquitous team is growing, and the business is now spread over multiple pairs of strong shouldersmainly those of Matteo, Luciano, Martina, Filippo, and Gabriele. Thank you all for taking the time to keep the business running while we were having fun with ML.NET.

Finally, any book is teamwork, and it is our pleasure to call out the names of those who made it ultimately possible. Last but not certainly least! A monumental thank-you goes to Loretta Yates as the acquisition editor, Charvi Arora as the sponsoring editor, Rick Kughen as the development and copy editor, and Bri Achtman as the technical editor.

FROM FRANCESCO:

Im 23, grown enough to live alone but young enough to feel my heart beating for my grandparents. Sadly enough, the number is smaller than a book ago. A warm thought goes to Grandpa Salvatore and a hug to Grandma Concetta and Grandma Leda: I love you. On an even more personal side, this book is for Gianfrancofriend, business partner, second father, and grandfather. He taught me how to do things right and forgot to teach me how to do it wrong. And this book is also for Michela, who is strong enough to pursue her own wayno matter whatand smart enough to choose a good path!