Python Deep Learning Cookbook Over 75 practical recipes on neural network modeling, reinforcement learning, and transfer learning using Python Indra den Bakker BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Python Deep Learning Cookbook 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: October 2017 Production reference: 1261017 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK ISBN 978-1-78712-519-3 www.packtpub.com Credits Author Copy Editors Indra den Bakker Vikrant Phadkay Alpha Singh Project Coordinator Reviewer Radovan Kavicky Nidhi Joshi Commissioning Editor Proofreader Veena Pagare Safis Editing Acquisition Editor Indexer Vinay Argekar Tejal Daruwale Soni Content Development Editor Graphics Cheryl Dsa Tania Dutta Technical Editor Production Coordinator Suwarna Patil Nilesh Mohite About the Author Indra den Bakker is an experienced deep learning engineer and mentor He is the founder of 23insights—part of NVIDIA's Inception program—a machine learning start-up building solutions that transform the world’s most important industries For Udacity, he mentors students pursuing a Nanodegree in deep learning and related fields, and he is also responsible for reviewing student projects Indra has a background in computational intelligence and worked for several years as a data scientist for IPG Mediabrands and Screen6 before founding 23insights About the Reviewer Radovan Kavicky is the principal data scientist and President at GapData Institute (https://www.gapdata.org) based in Bratislava, Slovakia, where he harnesses the power of data and the wisdom of economics for public good A macroeconomist by education/academic background and a consultant and analyst by profession (with more than years of experience in consulting for clients from the public and private sector), with strong mathematical and analytical skills, he is able to deliver top-level research and analytical work From MATLAB, SAS, and Stata, he switched to Python, R, and Tableau He is a member of the Slovak Economic Association and an evangelist of open data, open budget initiatives, and open government partnership He is the founder of PyData Bratislava, R