Gain insights into JAX and Flax's features for deep learning. Learn about optimizers, functions, data loading, and model training. Explore hands-on projects for practical experience.

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This course comprehensively introduces JAX and Flax, two open-source libraries that have gained prominence for their efficiency, flexibility, and scalability in deep learning applications. 

In this course, you’ll explore deep learning principles and understand the unique features of JAX and Flax. You will learn the basics of JAX, optimizers using JAX and Flax, and loss and activation functions. You’ll also learn how to load datasets, perform classification using distributed learning, and use ResNet and LSTM models. In the end, you will complete a project for hands-on experience using JAX and Flax for transfer learning. 

By the end of the course, you’ll be proficient in implementing and customizing neural network models using JAX and Flax, equipped with hands-on skills in advanced optimization and distributed training.

Deep Learning with JAX and Flax

Which neural network library is designed explicitly for JAX?


Which neural network library is designed explicitly for JAX?

Which deep learning library has a large ecosystem of tools and resources?

Which deep learning library has a large ecosystem of tools and resources?

Both have a large ecosystem of tools and resources.

In what way are Flax and TensorFlow similar?

In what way are Flax and TensorFlow similar?

Which library expects pure functions without any side effects?

Which library expects pure functions without any side effects?

It uses probability for random number generation.

It introduces stateless pseudo-random number generators.

It relies on the random number generator from NumPy.

It sets global and function-level seeds for random numbers.

How does JAX handle random number generation in Flax?

How does JAX handle random number generation in Flax?

Take a short quiz to gauge your learning.

Course Introduction

Basics of JAX

Optimizers in JAX and Flax

Loss and Activation Functions

Load Datasets in JAX

Image Classification and Distributed Training

TensorBoard and State Handling

LSTM in JAX and Flax

Flax vs. TensorFlow

Using ResNet Model in Flax

Transfer Learning in JAX and Flax

Conclusion

Appendix

Quiz: Flax vs. TensorFlow