Hands-On Python Deep Learning for the Web

Setting up a deep-learning-based cloud environment

Before we begin setting up a cloud-based deep learning environment, we might wonder why would we need it or how a cloud-based deep learning environment would benefit us. Deep learning requires a massive amount of mathematical calculation. At every layer of the neural network, there is a mathematical matrix undergoing multiplication with another or several other such matrices. Furthermore, every data point itself can be a vector instead of a singular entity. Now, to train over several repetitions, such a deep learning model would require a lot of time just because of the number of mathematical operations involved.

A GPU-enabled machine would be much more efficient at executing these operations ...