TensorFlow 2.x in the Colaboratory Cloud: An Introduction to Deep Learning on Google's Cloud Service

Use TensorFlow 2.x with Google's Colaboratory (Colab) product that offers a free cloud service for Python programmers. Colab is especially well suited as a platform for TensorFlow 2.x deep learning applications. You will learn Colab’s default install of the most current TensorFlow 2.x along with Colab’s easy access to on-demand GPU hardware acceleration in the cloud for fast execution of deep learning models. This book offers you the opportunity to grasp deep learning in an applied manner with the only requirement being an Internet connection. Everything else―Python, TensorFlow 2.x, GPU support, and Jupyter Notebooks―is provided and ready to go from Colab. 

Dr. David Paper is a full professor at Utah State University (USU) in the Management Information Systems department. He has over 30 years of higher education teaching experience. At USU, he has over 26 years teaching in the classroom and distance education over satellite. Dr. Paper has taught a variety of classes at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate levels, but he specializes in technology education. He has competency in several programming languages, but his focus is currently on deep learning (Python) and database programming (PyMongo). Dr. Paper has published three technical books for industry professionals, including Web Programming for Business: PHP Object-Oriented Programming with Oracle, Data Science Fundamentals for Python and MongoDB (Apress), and Hands-on Scikit-Learn for Machine Learning Applications: Data Science Fundamentals with Python (Apress). He has authored more than 100 academic publications. Besides growing up in family businesses, Dr. Paper has worked for Texas Instruments, DLS, Inc., and the Phoenix Small Business Administration. He has performed IS consulting work for IBM, AT&T, Octel, Utah Department of Transportation, and the Space Dynamics Laboratory.