To machine learning pioneer Terry Sejnowski, the mathematical technique called stochastic gradient descent is the “secret sauce” of deep learning, and most people don’t actually grasp its ...

Find out why backpropagation and gradient descent are key to prediction in machine learning, then get started with training a simple neural network using gradient descent and Java code.

In this course, you’ll learn theoretical foundations of optimization methods used for training deep machine learning models. Why does gradient descent work? Specifically, what can we guarantee about ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains stochastic gradient descent (SGD) neural network training, specifically implementing a bio-inspired optimization technique called differential ...

The Data Science Lab Kernel Ridge Regression with Stochastic Gradient Descent Training Using C# Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the kernel ridge regression ...

DIMITRIS VARTZIOTIS, BENJAMIN HIMPEL, EFFICIENT MESH OPTIMIZATION USING THE GRADIENT FLOW OF THE MEAN VOLUME, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 52, No. 2 (2014), pp. 1050-1075 ...

Adaptive optimization algorithms promise better results and deeper insight into why certain designs perform better than ...

Optimization methods for machine learning, including neural networks, typically use some form of gradient descent algorithm to drive the back propagation, often with a mechanism to help avoid ...