Deep Learning in Visual Computing

CHAPTER 2 The Foundations of Deep Learning

This chapter provides a brief introductory material on deep learning. We provide the fundamental concepts and techniques one must bear in mind for understanding deep learning from the point of view of attempting to solve problems in visual computing.

Introduction

Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined to be a technique that enables a machine or an algorithm to mimic human behaviour. Much of the engine of artificial intelligence is driven by methods and techniques of Machine Learning (ML) with deep learning being part of it. Deep learning allows computational models to learn and represent data in a manner mimicking how the human brain perceives and understands multi-modal information. Though deep learning ...