Re: GPU, neural networks and APU

On 08/05/2016 12:51 AM, Karen Shaeffer wrote:

> Hi Ivan,
> thanks for your comments and suggestions.

> Coursera is offering a free course taught by Geoffrey Hinton on Deep Learning
> that is open to all and starting very soon. Geoffrey Hinton's research and

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> Very busy. Must not become distracted.

I bought most Packt books on the subject (mostly python, R, some 
Haskell). I'm not sure they are at university level. Most probably they 
shouldn't be at research level. I've read one or 2 and just skimmed the 
index of all the others.
The quality is good and they are reasonably cheap but you may be beyond 
their level. Still if you need a more detailed review let me know.

BTW a friend of mine is a researcher and teacher at university of 
Catania, he uses GPU to simulate lava flow. BTW He would like to change 
job...

Recently I've literally wasted my time with 2 MIT opencourseware on 
quantum mechanics. When I'm not learning something for work, where I'm 
pressured by time and I have to check my understanding with results, I 
try to be humble and that makes me stubborn. I still miss few more 
lessons from the second course and I'm stuck.
I'm not motivated enough to finish them but I feel guilty to jump on 
other subjects.
That was the first and it will probably be the last time I follow video 
courses. It's much harder to skim them.
Video courses seems to be more popular than I would expect.

If I really really had to entertain me I've Clifford "Algebra to 
geometric calculus" waiting me. A friend of mine told me "if you're 
doing hard science you CAN'T ignore it". I suspect he is just a 
Relativity geek.

-- 
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it http://www.borgonovo.net