Foreword

Deep learning is revolutionizing AI, and over the next several decades, it will change the world radically. AI powered by deep learning will be on par in scale with the industrial revolution. This, understandably, has created excitement and fear about the future. But the reality is that just like the industrial revolution and machinery, deep learning will improve industrial capacity and raise the standards of living dramatically for humankind. Rather than replace jobs, it will create many more jobs of a higher stand. This is why this book is so important and timely. Readers of this book will be introduced to deep learning for computer vision, its power, and many applications. This book will give readers a grounding in the fundamentals of an emerging industry that will grow exponentially over the next decade.

Rajalingappaa Shanmugamani is a great researcher whom I have worked with previously on several projects in computer vision. He was the lead engineer in designing and delivering a complex computer vision and deep learning system for fashion search that was deployed in the real world with great success. Among his strengths is his ability to take up state-of-the-art research in complex problems and apply them to real-world situations. He can also break down complex ideas and explain them in simple terms as is demonstrated in this book. Raja is a very ambitious person with great work ethics, and in this book, he has given a great overview of the current state of computer vision using deep learning, a task not many can do in today's industry. This book is a great achievement by Raja and I’m sure the reader will enjoy and benefit from it for many years to come.

 

Dr. Stephen Moore

Chief Technology Officer, EmotionReader, Singapore