Deep Learning for Computer Vision

Deep Learning for Computer Vision: Expert techniques to train advanced neural networks using TensorFlow and Keras

Learn how to model and train advanced neural networks to implement a variety of Computer Vision tasks

Key Features

• Train different kinds of deep learning model from scratch to solve specific problems in Computer Vision
• Combine the power of Python, Keras, and TensorFlow to build deep learning models for object detection, image classification, similarity learning, image captioning, and more
• Includes tips on optimizing and improving the performance of your models under various constraints

Book Description

Deep learning has shown its power in several application areas of Artificial Intelligence, especially in Computer Vision. Computer Vision is the science of understanding and manipulating images, and finds enormous applications in the areas of robotics, automation, and so on. This book will also show you, with practical examples, how to develop Computer Vision applications by leveraging the power of deep learning.

In this book, you will learn different techniques related to object classification, object detection, image segmentation, captioning, image generation, face analysis, and more. You will also explore their applications using popular Python libraries such as TensorFlow and Keras. This book will help you master state-of-the-art, deep learning algorithms and their implementation.

What you will learn

• Set up an environment for deep learning with Python, TensorFlow, and Keras
• Define and train a model for image and video classification
• Use features from a pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network model for image retrieval
• Understand and implement object detection using the real-world Pedestrian Detection scenario
• Learn about various problems in image captioning and how to overcome them by training images and text together
• Implement similarity matching and train a model for face recognition
• Understand the concept of generative models and use them for image generation
• Deploy your deep learning models and optimize them for high performance

Who This Book Is For

This book is targeted at data scientists and Computer Vision practitioners who wish to apply the concepts of Deep Learning to overcome any problem related to Computer Vision. A basic knowledge of programming in Python-and some understanding of machine learning concepts-is required to get the best out of this book.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting Started
Chapter 2. Image Classification
Chapter 3. Image Retrieval
Chapter 4. Object Detection
Chapter 5. Semantic Segmentation
Chapter 6. Similarity Learning
Chapter 7. Image Captioning
Chapter 8. Generative Models
Chapter 9. Video Classification
Chapter 10. Deployment