We introduce low-level TensorFlow and work our way through the necessary concepts and APIs so as to be able to write distributed machine learning models. Given a TensorFlow model, we explain how to scale out the training of that model and offer high-performance predictions using Cloud Machine Learning Engine.
This course is part of the Machine Learning with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Platform Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
7 minutes to complete
Introduction
The tool we will use to write machine learning programs is TensorFlow and so in this course, we will introduce you to TensorFlow. In the first course, you learned how to formulate business problems as machine learning problems and in the second course, you learned how machine works in practice and how to create datasets that you can use for machine learning. Now that you have the data in place, you are ready to get started writing machine learning programs.
7 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 7 min)
3 hours to complete
Core TensorFlow
We will introduce you to the core components of TensorFlow and you will get hands-on practice building machine learning programs. You will compare and write lazy evaluation and imperative programs, work with graphs, sessions, variables, as finally debug TensorFlow programs.
3 hours to complete
19 videos (Total 72 min)
19 videos
What is TensorFlow2m
Benefits of a Directed Graph5m
TensorFlow API Hierarchy3m
Lazy Evaluation4m
Graph and Session4m
Evaluating a Tensor2m
Visualizing a graph2m
Tensors6m
Variables6m
Lab Intro: Writing low-level TensorFlow programs16s
Lab Solution8m
Introduction5m
Shape problems3m
Fixing shape problems2m
Data type problems1m
Debugging full programs4m
Intro: Debugging full programs15s
Demo: Debugging Full Programs3m
3 practice exercises
What is TensorFlow?2m
Graphs and Sessions8m
Core TensorFlow20m
4 hours to complete
Estimator API
In this module we will walk you through the Estimator API.
4 hours to complete
18 videos (Total 67 min)
18 videos
Estimator API3m
Pre-made Estimators5m
Demo: Housing Price Model1m
Checkpointing1m
Training on in-memory datasets2m
Lab Intro: Estimator API39s
Lab Solution: Estimator API10m
Train on large datasets with Dataset API8m
Lab Intro: Scaling up TensorFlow ingest using batching35s
Lab Solution: Scaling up TensorFlow ingest using batching5m
Big jobs, Distributed training6m
Monitoring with TensorBoard3m
Demo: TensorBoard UI28s
Serving Input Function5m
Recap: Estimator API1m
Lab Intro: Creating a distributed training TensorFlow model with Estimator API51s
Lab Solution: Creating a distributed training TensorFlow model with Estimator API7m
1 practice exercise
Estimator API18m
2 hours to complete
Scaling TensorFlow models
I’m here to talk about how you would go about taking your TensorFlow model and training it on GCP’s managed infrastructure for machine learning model training and deployed.
2 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 29 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
6 videos
Introduction31s
Why Cloud AI Platform?6m
Train a Model2m
Monitoring and Deploying Training Jobs2m
Lab Intro: Scaling TensorFlow with Cloud AI Platform50s
Lab Solution: Scaling TensorFlow with Cloud AI Platform16m
1 reading
Cloud ML Engine is now Cloud AI Platform10m
1 practice exercise
Cloud AI Platform10m
2 minutes to complete
Summary
Here we summarize the TensorFlow topics we covered so far in this course. We'll revisit core TensorFlow code, the Estimator API, and end with scaling your machine learning models with Cloud Machine Learning Engine.
2 minutes to complete
1 video (Total 2 min)
1 video
Summary2m
Reviews
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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRO TO TENSORFLOW
by LLAug 30, 2019
The tools and methods presented were great. The instructors were also fantastic.\n\nHowever the coding exercises were lacking in guidance even though the complete solution is given in the video.
by DWOct 16, 2018
pretty good. some of the code in the last lab could be better explained. also please debug the cloud shell, as it does not always show the "web preview" button ;) otherwise, good job!
by TWMar 30, 2020
This needs some updating - looks like the Tensorboard is no longer accessed in the same way as it was when this course was produced.\n\nOtherwise great! Good challenges! :/
by YGApr 4, 2019
The procedure to connect to the cloud datalab was time consuming to do it every time.\n\nSuggestion : More topics in Core Tensorflow could be added. I enjoyed the course!
by SSJun 5, 2018
Nice introduce, might be more on introduce the model structure, because I still need to read additional notes to locate how to train my deep learning model online.
by MKMar 8, 2020
The course covers quite a few concepts -- TF basics, TF estimator, Google Cloud ML. It would be easier if the material is split into TF and Google Cloud lessons.
by TBOct 6, 2018
Great course as an introduction to TF, however, the labs are not as in depth as I'd have liked. Nonetheless, the course is well executed by the presenters.
by AHAug 10, 2018
Pretty helpful in getting to know the various levels of abstractions of tensorflow API and avoiding various pitfalls while building the Tensorflow model
About the Machine Learning with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Platform Specialization
What is machine learning, and what kinds of problems can it solve? What are the five phases of converting a candidate use case to be driven by machine learning, and why is it important that the phases not be skipped? Why are neural networks so popular now? How can you set up a supervised learning problem and find a good, generalizable solution using gradient descent and a thoughtful way of creating datasets? Learn how to write distributed machine learning models that scale in Tensorflow, scale out the training of those models. and offer high-performance predictions. Convert raw data to features in a way that allows ML to learn important characteristics from the data and bring human insight to bear on the problem. Finally, learn how to incorporate the right mix of parameters that yields accurate, generalized models and knowledge of the theory to solve specific types of ML problems. You will experiment with end-to-end ML, starting from building an ML-focused strategy and progressing into model training, optimization, and productionalization with hands-on labs using Google Cloud Platform.
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