Deep Learning For Computer Vision PDF
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Computer Vision, often shortened to CV, is defined as a field of study that seeks to develop techniques to
help computers “see” and understand the content of digital images such as photographs and videos.
The problem of computer vision appears simple because it is trivially solved by people, even children.
One reason is that we don’t have a strong grasp of how human vision works.
Another reason why it is such a challenging problem is the complexity inherent in the visual world.
A true vision system must be able to see in any of an infinite number of scenes and still extract something
meaningful.
Some of the first large demonstrations of the power of deep learning were in computer vision, specifically
image recognition. More recently in object detection and face recognition.
The five promises of deep learning for computer vision are as follows:
The Promise of Automatic Feature Extraction. Features can be automatically learned and
extracted from raw image data.
The Promise of End-to-End Models. Single end-to-end models can replace pipelines of
specialized models.
The Promise of Model Reuse. Learned features and even entire models can be reused across
related tasks.
The Promise of Superior Performance. Techniques demonstrate better skill than classical
methods on challenging tasks.
The Promise of General Method. A single general method (e.g. convolutional neural networks)
can be used on a range of related tasks.
Let’s look at three examples to give you a snapshot of the results that deep learning is capable of achieving
in the field of computer vision:
Deep learning models can trivially classify photos of dogs and cats with 99% accuracy, a
previously unsolved problem.
Deep learning object detection tasks are now so good and so fast that they can be used on real-
time video.
Deep learning face recognition models can now outperform humans on the same tasks.
You can see that developing systems capable of these tasks would be valuable in a wide range of domains
and industries.
So, how can you get started and get good at using deep learning for computer vision fast?
…introducing:
“Deep Learning for Computer Vision“
This is the book I wish I had when I was getting started with deep learning for visual recognition.
How can I get you proficient with deep learning for computer vision as fast as possible?
The Machine Learning Mastery method suggests that the best way of learning this material is by doing.
This means the focus of the book is hands-on with projects and tutorials. This also means not covering
some topics, even topics covered by “everyone else” like DSP theory or modeling math.
This book was designed to teach you step-by-step how to bring modern deep learning methods to your
computer vision projects.
You will be led along the critical path from a practitioner interested in computer vision to a practitioner that
can confidently apply deep learning methods to computer vision problems.
This is the fastest process that I can devise for getting you proficient with deep learning for computer
vision.
…you will:
Develop Real Practical Skills That You Can Apply Immediately,
such as:
Image Data Preparation Image Classification
Standard Libraries. Discover how to load From Scratch. Discover how to develop
and handle image data using PIL/Pillow. image classification models from scratch
Keras Image Handling. Discover how to for benchmark datasets.
handle image data using the Keras deep Model Regularization: Discover how to
learning library. add regularization methods like dropout
Scale Pixels. Discover how to normalize and data augmentation to reduce
and standardize pixel data. overfitting and lift model performance.
Load Large Datasets. Discover how to Pre-Trained Models. Discover how to
progressively load large image datasets harness world-class pre-trained models to
from file. accelerate learning on new problems.
Image Augmentation. Discover how to Dogs vs Cats. Develop a top-performing
use image data augmentation to improve model to classify photographs of dogs and
model performance. cats.
Amazon Rainforest. Develop a top-
Convolutions and Pooling performing model to label aerial
photographs of the Amazon rainforest.
Channel Ordering. Discover intuitions
behind channels-first and last ordering and Object Detection
how to change the ordering.
Convolutional Layers. Discover intuitions Object Recognition. Discover the field of
behind convolutional layers and how filters object recognition and the subproblems of
work. localization and detection.
Padding and Stride. Discover intuitions R-CNN. Discover the region-based
behind stride, the effect of filter size and convolutional neural network model and
how to fix border effects with padding. how to use a pre-trained model for object
Pooling Layers. Discover intuitions detection.
behind pooling and how average, max, YOLO. Discover the you-only-look-once
and global pooling works. convolutional neural network model and
how to use a pre-trained model for object
Convolutional Neural Networks detection.
Kangaroo Detection. Discover how to
ImageNet. Discover the ImageNet dataset develop, train, evaluate and use an object
and ILSVRC competition and the detection model to locate and detect
impressive results it has promoted. kangaroos in photographs.
Architectural Innovations. Discover the
key model architectural innovations such Face Recognition
as Inception and ResNet.
Code Architectures. Discover how to Face Detection. Discover the problem of
code key model architectural innovations face detection and how to use the MTCNN
from scratch. model to detect faces in photographs.
1×1 Convolutions. Discover the intuitions VGGFace2. Discover the top-performing
behind the 1×1 convolution and how to use VGGFace2 model from Oxford and how to
it to manage model complexity. use it for face verification and face
identification.
Pre-Trained Models. Discover the benefit FaceNet. Discover the top-performing
behind using pre-trained models and how FaceNet model from Google and how to
they can be used for transfer learning. use it for face verification and face
identification.
This book is for developers that know some applied machine learning and some deep learning.
Maybe you want or need to start using deep learning for visual recognition on your research project or on a
project at work. This book was written to help you do that quickly and efficiently by compressing years of
knowledge and experience into a laser-focused course of hands-on tutorials.
This guide was written in the top-down and results-first style that you’re used to from Machine Learning
Mastery.
You need to know your way around basic You do not need to be a math wiz!
Python. You do not need to be a deep learning
You may know a little of basic modeling expert!
with scikit-learn. You do not need to be a master of
You may know a little of basic modeling computer vision!
with Keras.
This book will NOT teach you how to be a research scientist nor all the theory behind why specific methods
work. For that, I would recommend good research papers and textbooks.
This new understanding of applied deep learning methods will impact your practice of working through
computer vision problems in the following ways:
You will be able to confidently load and prepare image data ready for modeling.
You will be able to develop effective convolutional neural network models quickly.
You will be able to effortlessly harness world-class pre-trained models on new problems.
This book is not a substitute for an undergraduate course in deep learning or computer vision, nor is it a
textbook for such courses, although it could be a useful complement. For a good list of top textbooks and
other resources, see the “Further Reading” section at the end of each tutorial lesson.
There are a lot of things you could learn about deep learning and computer vision, from theory to abstract
concepts to APIs. My goal is to take you straight to developing an intuition for the elements you must
understand with laser-focused tutorials.
The tutorials were designed to focus on how to get results with deep learning methods. As such, they will
give you the tools to both rapidly understand and apply each technique or operation. There is a mixture of
both tutorial lessons and projects to both introduce the methods and give plenty of examples and
opportunity to practice using them.
Each of the tutorials is designed to take you about one hour to read through and complete, excluding the
extensions and further reading.
You can choose to work through the lessons one per day, one per week, or at your own pace. I think
momentum is critically important, and this book is intended to be read and used, not to sit idle. I would
recommend picking a schedule and sticking to it.
Part 1: Foundations. Discover a gentle introduction to computer vision, and the promise of deep
learning in the field of computer vision, as well as tutorials on how to get started with Keras.
Part 2: Data Preparation. Discover tutorials on how to load images, image datasets, and
techniques for scaling pixel data in order to make images ready for modeling.
Part 3: Convolutions and Pooling. Discover insights and intuitions for how convolutional neural
networks actually work, including convolutions, filter size, padding, and pooling.
Part 4: Convolutional Neural Networks. Discover the major model architectural innovations in
the development of convolutional neural networks and how to code each from scratch, including
VGG, Inception and ResNet
Part 5: Image Classification. Discover how to develop, tune, and evaluate deep convolutional
neural networks for image classification, including problems like Fashion MNIST and CIFAR-10
and entirely new datasets.
Part 6: Object Detection. Discover deep learning models for object detection such as Mask R-
CNN and YOLOv3 and how to both use pre-trained models and train models for new object
detection datasets.
Part 7: Face Recognition. Discover deep learning models for face recognition, including FaceNet
and VGGFace2, and how to use pre-trained models for face identification and face verification.
Table of Contents
Lessons Overview Ebook Table of Contents
Below is an overview of the step-by-step tutorial The screenshot below was taken from the PDF
lessons you will complete: Ebook.
Each lesson was designed to be completed in It provides you a full overview of the table of
about 30-to-60 minutes by the average developer. contents from the book.
Front Matter
I. Introduction
Part 1: Foundations
Lesson 01: Introduction to Computer Vision
Lesson 02: Promise of Deep Learning for
Computer Vision
Lesson 03: How to Develop Deep Learning
Models With Keras
Appendix
Appendix A: Getting Help Deep Learning for Computer Vision Table of Contents
Learn by Doing
The tutorials were not designed to teach you
everything there is to know about each of the
methods.
Preparing Data.
Transforming Data.
Defining Models.
Fitting Models.
Evaluating Models.
Making Predictions.
Image Classification.
Object Localization.
Object Detection.
Face Identification.
Face Verification.
Face Classification.
I live in Australia with my wife and sons. I love to read books, write
tutorials, and develop systems.
I get a lot of satisfaction helping developers get started and get really
good at applied machine learning.
I teach an unconventional top-down and results-first approach to machine learning where we start by
working through tutorials and problems, then later wade into theory as we need it.
I'm here to help if you ever have any questions. I want you to be awesome at machine learning.
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