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Hands-On Machine Learning on Google Cloud Platform

You're reading from Hands-On Machine Learning on Google Cloud Platform Implementing smart and efficient analytics using Cloud ML Engine

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788393485

Length 500 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Concepts

Machine Learning

Authors (3):

Perrier

Giuseppe Ciaburro

V Kishore Ayyadevara

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Title Page

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Contributors

Preface

1. Introducing the Google Cloud Platform FREE CHAPTER

2. Google Compute Engine

3. Google Cloud Storage

4. Querying Your Data with BigQuery

5. Transforming Your Data

6. Essential Machine Learning

7. Google Machine Learning APIs

8. Creating ML Applications with Firebase

9. Neural Networks with TensorFlow and Keras

10. Evaluating Results with TensorBoard

11. Optimizing the Model through Hyperparameter Tuning

12. Preventing Overfitting with Regularization

13. Beyond Feedforward Networks – CNN and RNN

14. Time Series with LSTMs

15. Reinforcement Learning

16. Generative Neural Networks

17. Chatbots

Index

Setting up a data science stack on the VM

So, now we have a VM running and we're able to send files to it, connect to it, and modify it. Everything is ready for us to set it up for data science!

We will install the Python Miniconda stack from continuum, much smaller than the full Conda distribution. Do SSH into your instance.

Install the mini sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bzip2 wget from https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh using the following command:

bash Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh

And then install the Python stack with conda:

$ conda install scikit-learn pandas jupyter ipython

Don't forget to do this:

$ source .bashrc

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Authors (3)

Perrier

Perrier

Alexis Perrier is a data science consultant with experience in signal processing and stochastic algorithms. He holds a master's in mathematics from Universit Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI and a PhD in signal processing from Tlcom ParisTech. He is actively involved in the DC data science community. He is also an avid book lover and proud owner of a real chalk blackboard, where he regularly shares his fascination of mathematical equations with his kids.

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Giuseppe Ciaburro

Giuseppe Ciaburro

Giuseppe Ciaburro holds a PhD and two master's degrees. He works at the Built Environment Control Laboratory - Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli". He has over 25 years of work experience in programming, first in the field of combustion and then in acoustics and noise control. His core programming knowledge is in MATLAB, Python and R. As an expert in AI applications to acoustics and noise control problems, Giuseppe has wide experience in researching and teaching. He has several publications to his credit: monographs, scientific journals, and thematic conferences. He was recently included in the world's top 2% scientists list by Stanford University (2022).

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V Kishore Ayyadevara

V Kishore Ayyadevara

Kishore Ayyadevara is an entrepreneur and a hands-on leader working at the intersection of technology, data, and AI to identify and solve business problems. With over a decade of experience in leadership roles, Kishore has established and grown successful applied data science teams at American Express and Amazon, as well as a top health insurance company. In his current role, he is building a start-up focused on making AI more accessible to healthcare organizations. Outside of work, Kishore has shared his knowledge through his five books on ML/AI, is an inventor with 12 patents, and has been a speaker at multiple AI conferences.

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