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35 | | - "Welcome to Intro to Computer Vision! This will be a three part workshop series focused on building an overview of the underlying algorithms and applications of Computer Vision. For today's workshop, we'll be focusing on PyTorch - a machine learning framework used for AI applications - and neural networks - the foundational concept underlying computer vision algorithms such as CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks) that power visual imagery analysis. Let's get started!" |
| 35 | + "Welcome to Intro to Computer Vision! This will be a three part workshop series focused on building an overview of the underlying algorithms and applications of Computer Vision. For our first workshop, we'll be focusing on PyTorch - a machine learning framework used for AI applications - and neural networks - the foundational concept underlying computer vision algorithms such as CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks) that power visual imagery analysis. \n", |
| 36 | + "\n", |
| 37 | + "Let's get started!" |
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43 | 45 | "What is Computer Vision? \n", |
44 | 46 | "\n", |
45 | | - "Computer Vision is a subfield of AI that focuses on computers deriving and understanding information based on visual data - images, videos, etc" |
| 47 | + "Computer Vision is a subfield of AI that focuses on computers deriving and understanding information based on visual data - images, videos, etc. The applications are numerous including but not limited to autonomous vehicles, facial recognition, and medical imaging. " |
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| 55 | + "Terminology \n", |
| 56 | + "\n", |
| 57 | + "Before diving into Computer Vision, we have to understand the terminology relevant to AI. Often times, we hear these words being tossed around, and even used interchangeably: Artificial Intellignece, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, etc. What do they mean and what's their relationship with each other? \n", |
| 58 | + "\n", |
| 59 | + "Artificial Intelligence is a field that aims to enable computers to think like humans. \n", |
| 60 | + "\n", |
| 61 | + "Machine Learning is a subset of AI. It's a process of using mathematical models and data to train computers to learn without direct instruction. \n", |
| 62 | + "\n", |
| 63 | + "Deep Learning is a subset of ML. Deep Learning models are modeled after human brains in order to increase machine performance in complex tasks. \n", |
| 64 | + "\n", |
| 65 | + "Neural Networks are the backbone of deep learning. They're structured as interconnected nodes. The 'deep' in DL refers to multiple layers of neural networks to form a structure resembling the human brain\n", |
| 66 | + "\n", |
| 67 | + "Computer Vision is simply the application of AI to visual data. \n" |
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| 75 | + "Now that we're clear o the terminology, let's talk about the default method to mimic human intelligence, Machine Learning. In doing so, you will see why neural networks and deep learning exist - and their necessity in Computer Vision. We'll be using the MNIST dataset to demostrate ML. " |
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