Working with TensorFlow Models

TensorFlow is an open-source ML framework developed by Google. It's designed to facilitate the development and deployment of deep learning models. TensorFlow provides a comprehensive ecosystem of tools, libraries, and resources that enable researchers and developers to build and train various types of ML models.

The core component of TensorFlow is its computational graph, which represents the flow of mathematical operations performed on multidimensional arrays called tensors. These graphs define the structure of a model and the relationships between different operations. TensorFlow allows users to define, manipulate, and optimize these graphs efficiently.

TensorFlow supports a wide range of ML tasks, including but not limited to neural networks, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and natural language processing. It provides a high-level API called Keras that simplifies the process of building and training models by providing an intuitive and user-friendly interface.

TensorFlow is known for its scalability and ability to handle large-scale ML tasks. It offers distributed computing capabilities, allowing users to train models on multiple GPUs or across multiple machines. This makes it suitable for both research experimentation and production deployment.

In addition to its core functionality, TensorFlow offers various tools and extensions, such as TensorFlow Serving for model deployment, TensorFlow Lite for deploying models on mobile and embedded devices, and TensorFlow.js for running models in web browsers.

Overall, TensorFlow has become one of the most popular and widely used frameworks in the field of ML due to its flexibility, scalability, and extensive community support.

Using TensorFlow models in ML.NET

While ML.NET has various deep learning APIs that use TensorFlow inside of them, we can also use TensorFlow models directly in the ML.NET code. The following playground will demonstrate how to do it: