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SE Radio 594: Sean Moriarity on Deep Learning with Elixir and Axon

Dec 14, 2023
Sean Moriarity, creator of the Axon deep learning framework and author of Machine Learning in Elixir, discusses deep learning for fraud detection, the history of deep learning, feed-forward neural networks, decision trees, logistic regression, and ensemble models. They also explore the process of training a model for fraud detection and the importance of data quality in machine learning projects.
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Quick takeaways

  • Elixir's functional programming allows for simplified complex mathematics in machine learning.
  • Machine learning is necessary for solving complex problems with exceptions and achieving better accuracy.

Deep dives

Deep learning is a way to learn hierarchical representations of inputs

Deep learning is the composition of functions with learned parameters that allows for the transformation of inputs into structured representations. These representations can be used to classify images or other types of data.

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