Keras is a deep learning API developed by Google for implementing Neural Networks (NNs). It’s a high level Python API, meant to simplify NN implementation. Kerals calls itself “an API for human beings”, meaning that it aims to be intuitive to humans. More specifically, the Keras framework is implemented with the purpose of minimizing the … Read more
Introduction TensorFlow is an open-source, high performance library for numerical computation that uses directed acyclic graphs (DAGs). A tensor is an N-dimensional array of data. It’s currently the most popular ML library on Github due to the community around it. TensorFlow is normally used to design and build Neural Networks (NNs). Google TensorFlow is an … Read more
GCP offers various tools that can be utilized to develop and deploy ML applications. Most notably, Google offers Vertex AI, a PaaS service used for development of ML applications. Vertex AI Vertex AI is Google’s flagship PaaS for development of ML products. It includes fully-managed ML tools to simplify ML model creation, deployment, and evaluation. … Read more
This is a summary of the list of products and services, provided by Google Cloud Provider (GCP). They will be categorized into different categories, depending on their use case. Storage Data Processing Development Machine Learning
Common Activation Functions Placeholder Failure modes for Gradient Descent Problem Gradients can vanish Gradients can explode ReLu layers can die Insight Each Additional layer can reduce the signal vs. noise Learning rates are important here Monitor fraction of zero weights in TensorBoard Solution Using ReLu instead of sigmoid/tanh can help Batch normalization (useful knob) can … Read more
Here I am listing the material needed to be able to complete the MLE exam. Most of these include an understanding of Google Cloud Products and Services, and when to use them. Hence, I will do concepts and product breakdowns. I hope this will help you on your way! NOTE, it is important understand the … Read more
To understand the differences between the Database offerings, one has to have a basic understanding of how Databases work. I have narrowed it down to be able to grasp the following bullet points: What is SQL? Serverless vs. Managed Instance For Managed vs. Server Instance, I’ll just drop this image here:
It is important to understand the differences between the service models, in order to figure out how the available software or cloud services work at their fundamentals and who will utilize them, and for what purposes. Basic Service Models There are four main service models: 1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) : The Cloud Service … Read more
This is how I practice for the GCP Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) certification. To Start, there are a multitude of sources out there that can help you get started with practicing. Before we dive into the practical steps, I’d like to first highlight why this certification is useful. Why MLE? Machine Learning Engineering is one … Read more