Deep Learning with MXNet Cookbook

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Up and Running with MXNet

MXNet is one of the most used deep learning frameworks and is an Apache open source project. Before 2016, Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s research efforts did not use a preferred deep learning framework, allowing each team to research and develop according to their choices. Although some deep learning frameworks have thriving communities, sometimes AWS was not able to fix code bugs at the required speed (among other issues). To solve these issues, at the end of 2016, AWS announced MXNet as its deep learning framework of choice, investing in internal teams to develop it further. Research institutions that support MXNet are Intel, Baidu, Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon University, and MIT, among others. It was co-developed by ...