Deep Learning in Science

Pierre Baldi is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. His main research interest is understanding intelligence in brains and machines. He has made seminal contributions to the theory of deep learning and its applications to the natural sciences, and has written four other books.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Concepts; 3. Shallow Networks and Shallow Learning; 4. Two-Layer Networks and Universal Approximation; 5. Autoencoders; 6. Deep Networks and Backpropagation; 7. The Local Learning Principle; 8. The Deep Learning Channel; 9. Recurrent Networks; 10. Recursive Networks; 11. Applications in Physics; 12. Applications in Chemistry; 13. Applications in Biology and Medicine; 14. Conclusion; Appendix A. Reinforcement Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning; Appendix B. Hints and Remarks for Selected Exercises; References; Index.

'A splendid and timely contribution to the oeuvre in a rapidly burgeoning field. The text takes the reader on a brisk tour of deep learning from its origins in neuroscience to the current state of the art and future directions, all buttressed with a palette of rich applications in the natural sciences. A noteworthy feature of the exposition is the focus on not only the mechanisms themselves but on the explication of the guiding principles behind them. This text will support readers of various persuasions, from students who wish to absorb the basic principles informing the current approaches to deep learning, to practitioners in the natural sciences who wish to explore what deep learning has to offer in a panoply of complex problems.' Santosh S. Venkatesh, Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania