Image Recognition Workshop (using Apache Spark with BigDL)

[Dave Nielsen]

Hey folks,

You are invited to Alex Kalinin's Image Recognition Workshop - He joined our group about 3 weeks ago and put this workshop together pretty quickly. This will be his 2nd time delivering it so you're not the first = ) You will learn how to get started with Image Recognition in Apache Spark with BigDL. We will help you setup your laptop, or we will provide you a free instance on AWS

Date: Tomorrow (Tuesday) 4:00 pm at Intel in Santa Clara, CA

Register on SVBigData Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/SVBigData/events/244061870

Agenda:  Intro to Image Recognition with BigDL for Apache Spark 

3:30 - 4:00 pm Registration: Arrive early if you want help setting up Spark, Jupyter or BigDL on your laptop 

4:00 - 4:10 pm Hello, Introductions and Setup 

4:10 - 5:00 pm Presentation "Your first Deep Learning model in Apache Spark using BigDL with MNIST database of handwritten digits" 

5:00 - 6:00 pm Hands-on Workshop with help from Instructor and volunteers 

6:00 - 6:30 pm Q&A - Continue working on workshop as needed

Instructor: Alex Kalinin

Address: Intel - 2200 Mission College Blvd, Mountain View, CA - We are in RNB #123.

Parking: Park in visitor parking. Or Garage B. Enter through main Intel Entrance.