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Fundamentals of Deep Learning, 2nd Edition

by Nithin Buduma, Nikhil Buduma, Joe Papa

May 2022

Intermediate to advanced

387 pages

11h 47m

English

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Preface
Prerequisites and ObjectivesHow Is This Book Organized?Conventions Used in This BookUsing Code ExamplesO’Reilly Online LearningHow to Contact UsAcknowledgementsNithin and NikhilJoe
1. Fundamentals of Linear Algebra for Deep Learning
Data Structures and OperationsMatrix OperationsVector OperationsMatrix-Vector MultiplicationThe Fundamental SpacesThe Column SpaceThe Null SpaceEigenvectors and EigenvaluesSummary
2. Fundamentals of Probability
Events and ProbabilityConditional ProbabilityRandom VariablesExpectationVarianceBayes’ TheoremEntropy, Cross Entropy, and KL DivergenceContinuous Probability DistributionsSummary
3. The Neural Network
Building Intelligent MachinesThe Limits of Traditional Computer ProgramsThe Mechanics of Machine LearningThe NeuronExpressing Linear Perceptrons as NeuronsFeed-Forward Neural NetworksLinear Neurons and Their LimitationsSigmoid, Tanh, and ReLU NeuronsSoftmax Output LayersSummary
4. Training Feed-Forward Neural Networks
The Fast-Food ProblemGradient DescentThe Delta Rule and Learning RatesGradient Descent with Sigmoidal NeuronsThe Backpropagation AlgorithmStochastic and Minibatch Gradient DescentTest Sets, Validation Sets, and OverfittingPreventing Overfitting in Deep Neural NetworksSummary
5. Implementing Neural Networks in PyTorch
Introduction to PyTorchInstalling PyTorchPyTorch TensorsTensor InitTensor AttributesTensor OperationsGradients in PyTorchThe PyTorch nn ModulePyTorch Datasets and DataloadersBuilding the MNIST Classifier in PyTorchSummary
6. Beyond Gradient Descent
The Challenges with Gradient DescentLocal Minima in the Error Surfaces of Deep NetworksModel IdentifiabilityHow Pesky Are Spurious Local Minima in Deep Networks?Flat Regions in the Error SurfaceWhen the Gradient Points in the Wrong DirectionMomentum-Based OptimizationA Brief View of Second-Order MethodsLearning Rate AdaptationAdaGrad—Accumulating Historical GradientsRMSProp—Exponentially Weighted Moving Average of GradientsAdam—Combining Momentum and RMSPropThe Philosophy Behind Optimizer SelectionSummary
7. Convolutional Neural Networks
Neurons in Human VisionThe Shortcomings of Feature SelectionVanilla Deep Neural Networks Don’t ScaleFilters and Feature MapsFull Description of the Convolutional LayerMax PoolingFull Architectural Description of Convolution NetworksClosing the Loop on MNIST with Convolutional NetworksImage Preprocessing Pipelines Enable More Robust ModelsAccelerating Training with Batch NormalizationGroup Normalization for Memory Constrained Learning TasksBuilding a Convolutional Network for CIFAR-10Visualizing Learning in Convolutional NetworksResidual Learning and Skip Connections for Very Deep NetworksBuilding a Residual Network with Superhuman VisionLeveraging Convolutional Filters to Replicate Artistic StylesLearning Convolutional Filters for Other Problem DomainsSummary
8. Embedding and Representation Learning
Learning Lower-Dimensional RepresentationsPrincipal Component AnalysisMotivating the Autoencoder ArchitectureImplementing an Autoencoder in PyTorchDenoising to Force Robust RepresentationsSparsity in AutoencodersWhen Context Is More Informative than the Input VectorThe Word2Vec FrameworkImplementing the Skip-Gram ArchitectureSummary
9. Models for Sequence Analysis
Analyzing Variable-Length InputsTackling seq2seq with Neural N-GramsImplementing a Part-of-Speech TaggerDependency Parsing and SyntaxNetBeam Search and Global NormalizationA Case for Stateful Deep Learning ModelsRecurrent Neural NetworksThe Challenges with Vanishing GradientsLong Short-Term Memory UnitsPyTorch Primitives for RNN ModelsImplementing a Sentiment Analysis ModelSolving seq2seq Tasks with Recurrent Neural NetworksAugmenting Recurrent Networks with AttentionDissecting a Neural Translation NetworkSelf-Attention and TransformersSummary

10. Generative Models
Generative Adversarial NetworksVariational AutoencodersImplementing a VAEScore-Based Generative ModelsDenoising Autoencoders and Score MatchingSummary
11. Methods in Interpretability
OverviewDecision Trees and Tree-Based AlgorithmsLinear RegressionMethods for Evaluating Feature ImportancePermutation Feature ImportancePartial Dependence PlotsExtractive RationalizationLIMESHAPSummary
12. Memory Augmented Neural Networks
Neural Turing MachinesAttention-Based Memory AccessNTM Memory Addressing MechanismsDifferentiable Neural ComputersInterference-Free Writing in DNCsDNC Memory ReuseTemporal Linking of DNC WritesUnderstanding the DNC Read HeadThe DNC Controller NetworkVisualizing the DNC in ActionImplementing the DNC in PyTorchTeaching a DNC to Read and ComprehendSummary
13. Deep Reinforcement Learning
Deep Reinforcement Learning Masters Atari GamesWhat Is Reinforcement Learning?Markov Decision ProcessesPolicyFuture ReturnDiscounted Future ReturnExplore Versus Exploit ϵ -GreedyAnnealed ϵ -GreedyPolicy Versus Value LearningPole-Cart with Policy GradientsOpenAI GymCreating an AgentBuilding the Model and OptimizerSampling ActionsKeeping Track of HistoryPolicy Gradient Main FunctionPGAgent Performance on Pole-CartTrust-Region Policy OptimizationProximal Policy OptimizationQ-Learning and Deep Q-NetworksThe Bellman EquationIssues with Value IterationApproximating the Q-FunctionDeep Q-NetworkTraining DQNLearning StabilityTarget Q-NetworkExperience ReplayFrom Q-Function to PolicyDQN and the Markov AssumptionDQN’s Solution to the Markov AssumptionPlaying Breakout with DQNBuilding Our ArchitectureStacking FramesSetting Up Training OperationsUpdating Our Target Q-NetworkImplementing Experience ReplayDQN Main LoopDQNAgent Results on BreakoutImproving and Moving Beyond DQNDeep Recurrent Q-NetworksAsynchronous Advantage Actor-Critic AgentUNsupervised REinforcement and Auxiliary LearningSummary
Index
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Overview

We're in the midst of an AI research explosion. Deep learning has unlocked superhuman perception to power our push toward creating self-driving vehicles, defeating human experts at a variety of difficult games including Go, and even generating essays with shockingly coherent prose. But deciphering these breakthroughs often takes a PhD in machine learning and mathematics.

The updated second edition of this book describes the intuition behind these innovations without jargon or complexity. Python-proficient programmers, software engineering professionals, and computer science majors will be able to reimplement these breakthroughs on their own and reason about them with a level of sophistication that rivals some of the best developers in the field.

Learn the mathematics behind machine learning jargon
Examine the foundations of machine learning and neural networks
Manage problems that arise as you begin to make networks deeper
Build neural networks that analyze complex images
Perform effective dimensionality reduction using autoencoders
Dive deep into sequence analysis to examine language
Explore methods in interpreting complex machine learning models
Gain theoretical and practical knowledge on generative modeling
Understand the fundamentals of reinforcement learning

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