In this 2-hour long project-based course, you will learn the basics of using Keras with TensorFlow as its backend and use it to solve a basic image classification problem. By the end of this project, you will have created, trained, and evaluated a Neural Network model that will be able to predict digits from hand-written images with a high degree of accuracy. You also will have learned the fundamentals of neural networks, TensorFlow, and Keras.
Basic Image Classification with TensorFlow
Basic Image Classification with TensorFlow
Instructor: Amit Yadav
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2 hours
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What you'll learn
Create, train and evaluate a neural network in TensorFlow
Understand the basics of neural networks
Solve classification problems with neural networks
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In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Encode the labels
Understand neural networks
Preprocess image examples
Create a neural network model
Train the model to fit the dataset
Evaluate the model
Visualize the predictions
Recommended experience
Some experience in Python programming is recommended
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AR
5
Reviewed on Jul 16, 2022
An exellent short course which a total newbie like me was able to fully understand. The instructor was amazing in explaining.
PJ
5
Reviewed on Nov 4, 2023
Easy to follow and to get back to hands on fluency if you have some background already, if not it's a good start as well.
SW
5
Reviewed on Jul 25, 2020
The instructor explains it very nicely.
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