From jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com Wed Aug 1 09:58:44 2018 From: jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com (Jeff Fischer) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 06:58:44 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] This months meeting: Introduction to Deep Learning and TensorFlow Message-ID: *BayPiggies August Meeting* *Thursday August 23, 2018* 7 pm to 9 pm LinkedIn, Unify Meeting Room, 950 West Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA *RSVP* Please RSVP at our meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/252005411/ *Speaker:* Oswald Campesato *Talk Description* A fast-paced introduction to Deep Learning concepts, such as activation functions, cost functions, back propagation, and then a quick dive into CNNs. Basic knowledge of vectors, matrices, and derivatives is helpful in order to derive the maximum benefit from this session. Then we'll see a short introduction to TensorFlow and TensorBoard. (Bonus points if you know Zorn's Lemma, the Well-Ordering Theorem, and the Axiom of Choice.) *Speaker Bio* Oswald is a former PhD Candidate (ABD) in Mathematics, an education junkie (6 degrees), and an author of 19 technical books. He has worked for Oracle, AAA, and Just Systems of Japan, along with various startups. He has lived/worked in 5 countries on three continents, and in a previous career he worked in South America, Italy, and the French Riviera, and has traveled to over 70 countries on six continents. He has worked from C/C++/Java developer to CTO, comfortable in 4 languages, and dreams of becoming fluent in Japanese. Currently he is working in an AI start-up, and is an instructor at UCSC for a Deep Learning (100% TensorFlow) course, and conducts training in Deep Learning and Android. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It doesn't start, officially, until Sept 7; but you can register and start now: http://course.ucsc-extension.edu/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=5591127&SectionID=6141083 ****>>> The exciting news, for me at least, is that I'll be teaching a new course: "Python For Data Analysis", in the lab at UCSC Extension in Santa Clara, Dec 10 - 14 plus 2 weeks online to complete class Reviews and ask questions. http://course.ucsc-extension.edu/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=6240437&SectionID=6240451 The tools: Jupyter Notebooks, Pandas, and underlying libraries have set me on fire and sent me back to my science roots to learn and teach these modern day miracles. Let's bring truth forward! The Python For Programmers class happens again Dec 3 - 6, + 10 days online: http://course.ucsc-extension.edu/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=5591127&SectionID=6217855 ---- All courses are hands-on with short lectures, and lots of relevant exercises, and, we study the solutions after some lab time. Questions are always welcome; discussion and pair-programming are encouraged. Please come, and send students! Marilyn Davis, Ph.D. Python Instructor http:www.pythontrainer.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com Tue Aug 21 15:56:54 2018 From: jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com (Jeff Fischer) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 12:56:54 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] This Thursday's meeting: Introduction to Deep Learning and TensorFlow Message-ID: Unable to attend PyBay this past weekend? Attended it, but want to keep in that Python flow? Then, come to the BayPiggies monthly MeetUp this Thursday at 7 pm. Hope to see you there! *BayPiggies August Meeting* *Thursday August 23, 2018* 7 pm to 9 pm LinkedIn, Unify Meeting Room, 950 West Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA *RSVP* Please RSVP at our meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/252005411/ *Speaker:* Oswald Campesato *Talk Description* A fast-paced introduction to Deep Learning concepts, such as activation functions, cost functions, back propagation, and then a quick dive into CNNs. Basic knowledge of vectors, matrices, and derivatives is helpful in order to derive the maximum benefit from this session. Then we'll see a short introduction to TensorFlow and TensorBoard. (Bonus points if you know Zorn's Lemma, the Well-Ordering Theorem, and the Axiom of Choice.) *Speaker Bio* Oswald is a former PhD Candidate (ABD) in Mathematics, an education junkie (6 degrees), and an author of 19 technical books. He has worked for Oracle, AAA, and Just Systems of Japan, along with various startups. He has lived/worked in 5 countries on three continents, and in a previous career he worked in South America, Italy, and the French Riviera, and has traveled to over 70 countries on six continents. He has worked from C/C++/Java developer to CTO, comfortable in 4 languages, and dreams of becoming fluent in Japanese. Currently he is working in an AI start-up, and is an instructor at UCSC for a Deep Learning (100% TensorFlow) course, and conducts training in Deep Learning and Android. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From glen at glenjarvis.com Tue Aug 21 23:16:44 2018 From: glen at glenjarvis.com (Glen Jarvis) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 03:16:44 +0000 Subject: [Baypiggies] Has anyone at BAyPIGgies written a Coursera course before? Message-ID: <4lYnNL-3qZIs_VT9bh3Bv5N15WHoh8FUVrkfKgrx5C_W8sK4BkhC9gU2Ur-TrVcv7Banl5qdxMvCS7Fpv-fkeq8JSreytcmBahESOHItX08=@glenjarvis.com> Has anyone at BAyPIGgies written a Coursera course before? If so, could I pick your brain about a couple of issues? [Off list] Kindest Regards, Glen Jarvis -- Glen Jarvis Training & Consulting, LLC https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenjarvis/ Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: