TensorFlow: Powerful
Predictive Analytics with
TensorFlow
A fast-paced guide on supervised, unsupervised, and
reinforcement learning with TensorFlow
Md. Rezaul Karim
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
TensorFlow: Powerful Predictive Analytics with
TensorFlow
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Credits
This book is a blend of text and quizzes, all packaged up keeping your journey in
mind. It includes content from the following Packt product:
• Predictive Analytics with TensorFlow by Md. Rezaul Karim
Meet Your Expert
We have the best work of the following esteemed author to ensure that your learning
journey is smooth:
Md. Rezaul Karim has more than 8 years of experience in the area of research and
development with a solid knowledge of algorithms and data structures in C/C++,
Java, Scala, R, and Python focusing big data technologies: Spark, Kafka, DC/OS,
Docker, Mesos, Zeppelin, Hadoop, and MapReduce and deep learning technologies:
TensorFlow, DeepLearning4j, and H2O-Sparking Water. His research interests
include machine learning, deep learning, semantic web/linked data, big data, and
bioinformatics. He is a research scientist at Fraunhofer FIT, Germany. He is also a
Ph.D. candidate at the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. He holds a BSc
and an MSc degree in computer science. Before joining the Fraunhofer FIT, he had
been working as a researcher at Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland. Before
that, he worked as a lead engineer with Samsung Electronics' distributed R&D
Institutes in Korea, India, Vietnam, Turkey, and Bangladesh. Before that, he worked
as a research assistant in the Database Lab at Kyung Hee University, Korea. He also
worked as an R&D engineer with BMTech21 Worldwide, Korea. Even before that, he
worked as a software engineer with i2SoftTechnology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is the
author of the following book titles with Packt Publishing:
• Large-Scale Machine Learning with Spark
• Deep Learning with TensorFlow
• Scala and Spark for Big Data Analytics
• Predictive Analytics with TensorFlow
