April 2021 HDG UK - Machine Learning

Our first ever HDG UK event will take place on Tuesday 20th April from 5pm GMT (22:30 pm IST / 12am EST / 9 am PST).

We'll be welcoming Alexey Zinoviev and Giovanni Laquidara for a special event on Machine Learning.

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Schedule:

[5.00 pm] - Welcome

[5.05 pm] - Alexey Zinoviev - Deep Learning with KotlinDL

[~5.45 pm] - Giovanni Laquidara - Machine Learning superpowers with HMS ML Kit

[6.15 pm] - Wrap Up & Close

--- Alexey Zinoviev - Deep Learning with KotlinDL

I think that many of you know the Keras library, which runs on top of Tensorflow. Tensorflow itself has stable C API, and therefore there are several high-level deep learning frameworks in other languages ​​inspired by Keras, such as TFJS, Keras.NET, Tensorflow in Go. Today I want to introduce you to a Keras-like machine learning framework written in Kotlin.
Currently, the KotlinDL framework can boast that this is the only way to construct and train complex neural networks on JVM, such as VGG, ResNet, or MobileNet. There is also support for transfer learning for the popular models trained in Keras (or available in Keras. applications).
For image preprocessing, several functions are available that allow you to avoid complex and routine work on the JVM.
Finally, I’ll show you how you can build, train, and use a convolutional neural network (CNN) entirely in Kotlin with the help of KotlinDL, and we discuss how to use KotlinDL models in production.

-- Bio --

Tempered in the crucible of Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark, the last few years, Alex is working on Machine Learning frameworks for JVM programming languages (Java, Scala, and Kotlin).
2020 was a year when Alexey actively contributed to the new Deep Learning framework creation (Kotlin DL https://github.com/JetBrains/KotlinDL).

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/zaleslaw

--- Giovanni Laquidara - Machine Learning superpowers with HMS ML Kit

Are You tired of the ordinary image classification app used as a sample? Do you want to make your app smarter?
You don't need to be a scientist to give your app Machine Learning Superpowers.
Let's discover together how to make your app user experience like magic using HMS ML Kit.
We will go through practical use cases and a lot of code that will help you figure out what you can do with these innovative services.