Generative Adversarial Networks for Image-to-image Translation

Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) have started a revolution in Deep Learning, and today GAN is one of the most researched topics in Artificial Intelligence. Generative Adversarial Networks for Image-to-Image Translation provides a comprehensive overview of the GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) concept starting from the original GAN network to various GAN-based systems such as Deep Convolutional GANs (DCGANs), Conditional GANs (cGANs), StackGAN, Wasserstein GANs (WGAN), cyclical GANs, and many more. The book also provides readers with detailed real-world applications and common projects built using the GAN system with respective Python code. A typical GAN system consists of two neural networks, i.e., generator and discriminator. Both of these networks contest with each other, similar to game theory. The generator is responsible for generating quality images that should resemble ground truth, and the discriminator is accountable for identifying whether the generated image is a real image or a fake image generated by the generator. Being one of the unsupervised learning-based architectures, GAN is a preferred method in cases where labeled data is not available. GAN can generate high-quality images, images of human faces developed from several sketches, convert images from one domain to another, enhance images, combine an image with the style of another image, change the appearance of a human face image to show the effects in the progression of aging, generate images from text, and many more applications. GAN is helpful in generating output very close to the output generated by humans in a fraction of second, and it can efficiently produce high-quality music, speech, and images.

• Introduces the concept of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), including the basics of Generative Modelling, Deep Learning, Autoencoders, and advanced topics in GAN
• Demonstrates GANs for a wide variety of applications, including image generation, Big Data and data analytics, cloud computing, digital transformation, E-Commerce, and Artistic Neural Networks
• Includes a wide variety of biomedical and scientific applications, including unsupervised learning, natural language processing, pattern recognition, image and video processing, and disease diagnosis
• Provides a robust set of methods that will help readers to appropriately and judiciously use the suitable GANs for their applications

Dr. Arun Solanki is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Gautam Buddha University. He has supervised more than 60 M.Tech. Dissertations under his guidance. His research interests span Expert System, Machine Learning, and Search Engines. Dr. Solanki is an Associate Editor of the
International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies from IGI Global. He has been a Guest Editor for special issues of Recent Patents on Computer Science, from Bentham Science Publishers. Dr. Solanki is the editor of the books Green Building Management and Smart Automation and Handbook of Emerging Trends and Applications of Machine Learning, both from IGI Global.

Dr. Anand Nayyar is Professor in the School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Duy Tan University, Vietnam, where he serves as Vice-Chairman (Research) and Director of the IoT and Intelligent Systems Laboratory. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, swarm intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, cybersecurity, healthcare informatics, big data, drones, and wireless communications. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, and scholarly books, and is an inventor with patents and copyrights in multiple jurisdictions. Dr. Nayyar is actively engaged in international research collaborations, research-funded projects, and postgraduate supervision. He serves on editorial boards and technical committees for international journals and conferences and contributes extensively to peer review and research evaluation activities. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and ACM.

Dr. Mohd Naved is an Associate Professor at Jaipuria Institute of Management in Noida, India, with over a decade of experience in Business Analytics, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence. His research focuses on the applications of business analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence across various industries.