Advanced TensorFlow Techniques
Chapter 1: TensorFlow Execution and Graphs
TensorFlow's Execution Modes: Eager vs. Graph
Understanding tf.function and AutoGraph
Tracing Mechanics and Graph Representation
Implementing Control Flow in Graphs
Automatic Differentiation with tf.GradientTape
Managing Resources and Memory
Debugging TensorFlow Programs
Practice: Optimizing Function Tracing
Chapter 2: High-Performance TensorFlow
Profiling TensorFlow Code with TensorBoard Profiler
Optimizing GPU Utilization
Mixed Precision Training Techniques
Introduction to Tensor Processing Units (TPUs)
XLA (Accelerated Linear Algebra) Compilation
Performance Considerations for tf.data Pipelines
Hands-on Practical: Profiling and Accelerating a Model
Chapter 3: Scaling Training with Distributed Strategies
Fundamentals of Distributed Machine Learning
Overview of tf.distribute.Strategy
MirroredStrategy for Single-Node, Multi-GPU Training
MultiWorkerMirroredStrategy for Multi-Node Training
ParameterServerStrategy Concepts
TPUStrategy for Training on TPUs
Handling Data Parallelism Effectively
Debugging Distributed Training Jobs
Practice: Implementing Distributed Training
Chapter 4: Advanced API Usage and Custom Components
Subclassing tf.keras.Model for Flexibility
Creating Custom tf.keras Layers
Implementing Custom Loss Functions
Developing Custom Metrics
Writing Custom Training Loops
Working with Ragged Tensors and Sparse Tensors
Using TensorFlow Addons for Specialized Operations
Hands-on Practical: Building a Custom Model Pipeline
Chapter 5: Production ML Pipelines with TFX
Introduction to TensorFlow Extended (TFX)
TFX Standard Components Overview
Data Ingestion and Validation
Feature Engineering with Transform
Model Training and Tuning
Model Validation and Analysis
Serving and Deployment with Pusher
Orchestrating TFX Pipelines
Practice: Building a Simple TFX Pipeline
Chapter 6: Model Deployment and Optimization
Saving and Loading Advanced Model Formats
Introduction to TensorFlow Serving
Deploying Models with TF Serving via REST and gRPC
Model Optimization Techniques
Introduction to TensorFlow Lite (TF Lite)
Converting Models for TF Lite
Optimizing for On-Device Inference
Hands-on Practical: Deploying a Model with TF Serving
Chapter 7: Implementing Advanced Architectures
Building Attention Mechanisms from Scratch
Implementing Transformer Blocks
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) Concepts
Coding a Simple GAN in TensorFlow
Graph Neural Network (GNN) Basics with TF
Reinforcement Learning Agents with TF-Agents
Practice: Implementing a Transformer Encoder Layer
Data Ingestion and Validation
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- TensorFlow Extended (TFX) documentation, Google, 2024 - A comprehensive guide to TFX, explaining its architecture and core components like ExampleGen, StatisticsGen, SchemaGen, and ExampleValidator.
- Hidden Technical Debt in Machine Learning Systems, D. Sculley, Gary Holt, Daniel Golovin, Eugene Davydov, Todd Phillips, Dietmar Ebner, Vinay Chaudhary, Michael Young, Jean-François Crespo, Dan Dennison, 2015 Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 28 (Neural Information Processing Systems) - A foundational paper discussing the challenges of building and maintaining production ML systems, highlighting data dependencies and system-level issues that TFX components address.
- TensorFlow Data Validation (TFDV) documentation, Google, 2024 (Google) - Provides detailed explanations of data statistics computation, schema generation, and anomaly detection using TFDV, the underlying library TFX components leverage for data validation.
- Building Machine Learning Pipelines, Hannes Hapke, Catherine Nelson, Rahul Raizada, 2020 (O'Reilly Media) - A practical book covering the design and implementation of production ML pipelines with TFX, including thorough discussions on data ingestion, validation, and schema management.