The advent of powerful and versatile deep learning frameworks in recent years has made it possible to implement convolution layers into a deep learning model an extremely simple task, often achievable in a single line of code. However, understanding convolutions, especially for the first time can often feel a bit unnerving, with terms like kernels, filters, channels and so … [Read more...] about Intuitively Understanding Convolutions for Deep Learning
Intuitively Understanding Variational Autoencoders
In contrast to the more standard uses of neural networks as regressors or classifiers, Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) are powerful generative models, now having applications as diverse as from generating fake human faces, to producing purely synthetic music. This post will explore what a VAE is, the intuition behind why it works so well, and its uses as a powerful … [Read more...] about Intuitively Understanding Variational Autoencoders