Perceptrons, Sigmoid, Oh My!
So one of my takeaways from last weekend's Women Techmaker Summit 2017 was this great resource on neutral networks and deep learning - Neural Networks and Deep Learning . Machine learning, big data and artificial intelligence are hot topics currently in the technology world. There are a lot of online and offline resources out there. What I most like about neutral networks and deep learning is that its a free online book and accessible to anyone with a computer and Internet access (free is almost always a good thing!) the conversational writing style of the author Michael Nielsen Nielsen's philosophy to build on the core concepts and theory rather than become a Jack or Jill of all trades and learn some long list of concepts. He wants the reader to build and develop a solid (and deep) understanding of key concepts. I love the analogy he keeps in the introduction on learning the core concepts of a programming languages. Once you know the fundamentals, you can pick up differ...