Getting Started with TensorFlow
Chapter 1: TensorFlow Fundamentals and Setup
Introduction to TensorFlow 2.x
Setting Up Your Development Environment
CPU vs GPU Considerations
Verifying Your Installation
The TensorFlow Ecosystem Overview
Quiz for Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Core TensorFlow Concepts
Understanding Tensors
Tensor Operations
Variables in TensorFlow
Automatic Differentiation with GradientTape
Introduction to tf.function
Practice: Tensor Manipulation and Gradients
Quiz for Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Building Models with Keras
Keras: TensorFlow's High-Level API
The Sequential Model API
Common Keras Layers
Activation Functions
The Functional API for Complex Models
Custom Layers and Models (Introduction)
Hands-on Practical: Building a Classifier
Quiz for Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Training and Evaluating Models
Compiling the Model: Loss Functions
Compiling the Model: Optimizers
Compiling the Model: Metrics
Training with model.fit()
Evaluating Model Performance with model.evaluate()
Making Predictions with model.predict()
Using Callbacks during Training
Visualizing Training with TensorBoard
Practice: Training and Monitoring
Quiz for Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Data Input Pipelines with tf.data
Why tf.data?
Creating Datasets from Tensors, NumPy, and Generators
Working with TFRecord Files
Applying Transformations: map()
Batching and Shuffling
Prefetching for Performance
Integrating tf.data with model.fit()
Image Data Augmentation with tf.data
Hands-on Practical: Building an Image Data Pipeline
Quiz for Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Saving and Loading Models
Why Save and Load Models?
Saving Checkpoints during Training
Saving Weights Only
Saving the Entire Model (Architecture + Weights + Optimizer State)
TensorFlow SavedModel Format
Loading Pre-trained Models
Introduction to TensorFlow Hub
Practice: Saving and Restoring Training
Quiz for Chapter 6
Applying Transformations: map()
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- Build TensorFlow input pipelines with tf.data, TensorFlow Authors, 2023 - An official guide explaining how to construct efficient data input pipelines using
tf.data, with practical examples of transformations likemap()and general usage. - tf.data.Dataset, TensorFlow Authors, 2023 - The official API documentation for
tf.data.Dataset, providing detailed information on its methods, includingmap(), and their parameters. - Better performance with the tf.data API, TensorFlow Authors, 2023 - This guide focuses on optimizing
tf.datapipelines for performance, including best practices for usingmap()with parallel calls (tf.data.AUTOTUNE) and the implications oftf.py_function.