The Science of Deep Learning

'In the avalanche of books on Deep Learning, this one stands out. Iddo Drori has mastered reinforcement learning - in its technical meaning and in his successful, commonsense approach to teaching and understanding.' Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 'This book covers an impressive breadth of foundational concepts and algorithms behind modern deep learning. By reading this book, readers will quickly but thoroughly learn and appreciate foundations and advances of modern deep learning.' Kyunghyun Cho, New York University 'This book offers a fascinating tour of the field of deep learning, which in only ten years has come to revolutionize almost every area of computing. Drori provides concise descriptions of many of the most important developments, combining unified mathematical notation and ample figures to form an essential resource for students and practitioners alike.' Jonathan Ventura, Cal Poly 'Drori's textbook goes under the hood of deep learning, covering a broad swath of modern techniques in optimization that are useful for efficiently training neural networks. The book also covers regularization methods to avoid overfitting, a common issue when working with deep learning models. Overall, this is an excellent textbook for students and practitioners who want to gain a deeper understanding of deep learning.' Madeleine Udell, Stanford University 'This textbook provides an excellent introduction to contemporary methods and models in deep learning. I expect this book to become a key resource in data science education for students and researchers.' Nakul Verma, Columbia University 'This new book by Professor Drori brings fresh insights from his experience teaching thousands of students at Columbia, MIT, and NYU during the past several years. The book is a unique resource and opportunity for educators and researchers worldwide to build on his highly successful deep learning course.' Claudio Silva, New York University