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Niloy Purkait
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Niloy Purkait is a technology and strategy consultant by profession. He currently resides in the Netherlands, where he offers his consulting services to local and international companies alike. He specializes in integrated solutions involving artificial intelligence, and takes pride in navigating his clients through dynamic and disruptive business environments. He has a masters in Strategic Management from Tilburg University, and a full specialization in data science from Michigan University. He has advanced industry grade certifications from IBM, in subjects like signal processing, cloud computing, machine and deep learning. He is also perusing advanced academic degrees in several related fields, and is a self-proclaimed lifelong learner.
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Feeding a neural network

Essentially, all of the data that enters and propagates through the network is represented by a mathematical structure known as a tensor. This applies to audio data, images, video, and any other data we can think of, to feed our data-hungry network. In mathematics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics), a tensor is defined as an abstract and arbitrary geometric (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry) entity that maps aggregations of vectors in a multi-linear (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_map) manner to a resulting tensor. In fact, vectors and scalars are considered simpler forms of tensors. In Python, tensors are defined with three specific properties, as follows:

  • Rank: Specifically, this denotes the number axes. A matrix is said to have the rank 2, as it represents a two-dimensional tensor. In Python libraries, this is often indicated as...
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Niloy Purkait

Niloy Purkait is a technology and strategy consultant by profession. He currently resides in the Netherlands, where he offers his consulting services to local and international companies alike. He specializes in integrated solutions involving artificial intelligence, and takes pride in navigating his clients through dynamic and disruptive business environments. He has a masters in Strategic Management from Tilburg University, and a full specialization in data science from Michigan University. He has advanced industry grade certifications from IBM, in subjects like signal processing, cloud computing, machine and deep learning. He is also perusing advanced academic degrees in several related fields, and is a self-proclaimed lifelong learner.
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