Deep learning with convolutional neural networks

In this post, we'll be discussing convolutional neural networks. A convolutional neural network, also known as a CNN or ConvNet, is an artificial neural network that has so far been most popularly used for analyzing images for computer vision tasks. Although image analysis has been the most wide spread use of CNNs, they can also be used for other data analysis or classification as well. Most generally, we can think of a CNN as an artificial neural network that has some type of specialization for being able to pick out or detect patterns. This pattern detection is what makes CNNs so useful for image analysis.