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Practical Guide to Transfer Learning in TensorFlow for Multiclass Image Classification

Clearly-explained step-by-step tutorial for implementing transfer learning in image classification

Kenneth Leung
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14 min readDec 27, 2022

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Often we do not have access to a wealth of labeled data or computing power to build image classification deep learning models from scratch.

Fortunately, transfer learning empowers us to develop robust image classifiers for our specific classification tasks, even if we have limited resources.

In this easy-to-follow walkthrough, we will learn how to leverage pre-trained models as part of transfer learning in TensorFlow to classify images effectively and efficiently.

Table of Contents

Motivation and Benefits of Transfer Learning (Optional)
About the Dataset
Step-by-Step Guide
Wrapping it up

The accompanying GitHub repo to this article can be found here.

(1) Motivation and Benefits of Transfer Learning

OPTIONAL READING

Transfer learning is a powerful method that uses pre-trained models as the starting point for creating new models instead of building them from scratch.

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Kenneth Leung
Kenneth Leung

Written by Kenneth Leung

Senior Data Scientist at Boston Consulting Group | Top Tech Author | 2M+ reads on Medium | linkedin.com/in/kennethleungty | github.com/kennethleungty

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