Deep Learning Architectures and Tools

Abstract

Deep learning is one of the popular machine learning strategies that learns in a supervised or unsupervised manner by forming a cascade of multiple layers of non-linear processing units. It is inspired by the way of information processing and communication pattern of the typical biological nervous system. The deep learning algorithms learn through multiple levels of abstractions and hierarchy of concepts; as a result, it is found to be more efficient than the conventional non-deep machine learning algorithms. This chapter explains the basics of deep learning by highlighting the necessity of deep learning over non-deep learning. It also covers discussion on several recently developed deep learning architectures and popular tools available in market for deep learning, which includes Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras, Caffe, Deeplearning4j, Pylearn2, Theano, CuDDN, CUDA-Convnet, and Matlab.