Python Machine Learning By Example: Unlock machine learning best practices with real-world use cases, Edition 4

· Packt Publishing Ltd
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About this ebook

Author Yuxi (Hayden) Liu teaches machine learning from the fundamentals to building NLP transformers and multimodal models with best practice tips and real-world examples using PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and pandasKey Features
  • Discover new and updated content on NLP transformers, PyTorch, and computer vision modeling
  • Includes a dedicated chapter on best practices and additional best practice tips throughout the book to improve your ML solutions
  • Implement ML models, such as neural networks and linear and logistic regression, from scratch
  • Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF copy
Book DescriptionThe fourth edition of Python Machine Learning By Example is a comprehensive guide for beginners and experienced machine learning practitioners who want to learn more advanced techniques, such as multimodal modeling. Written by experienced machine learning author and ex-Google machine learning engineer Yuxi (Hayden) Liu, this edition emphasizes best practices, providing invaluable insights for machine learning engineers, data scientists, and analysts. Explore advanced techniques, including two new chapters on natural language processing transformers with BERT and GPT, and multimodal computer vision models with PyTorch and Hugging Face. You’ll learn key modeling techniques using practical examples, such as predicting stock prices and creating an image search engine. This hands-on machine learning book navigates through complex challenges, bridging the gap between theoretical understanding and practical application. Elevate your machine learning and deep learning expertise, tackle intricate problems, and unlock the potential of advanced techniques in machine learning with this authoritative guide.What you will learn
  • Follow machine learning best practices throughout data preparation and model development
  • Build and improve image classifiers using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and transfer learning
  • Develop and fine-tune neural networks using TensorFlow and PyTorch
  • Analyze sequence data and make predictions using recurrent neural networks (RNNs), transformers, and CLIP
  • Build classifiers using support vector machines (SVMs) and boost performance with PCA
  • Avoid overfitting using regularization, feature selection, and more
Who this book is for

This expanded fourth edition is ideal for data scientists, ML engineers, analysts, and students with Python programming knowledge. The real-world examples, best practices, and code prepare anyone undertaking their first serious ML project.

About the author

Yuxi (Hayden) Liu was a Machine Learning Software Engineer at Google. With a wealth of experience from his tenure as a machine learning scientist, he has applied his expertise across data-driven domains and applied his ML expertise in computational advertising, cybersecurity, and information retrieval. He is the author of a series of influential machine learning books and an education enthusiast. His debut book, also the first edition of Python Machine Learning by Example, ranked the #1 bestseller in Amazon and has been translated into many different languages.

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