Plenary Lecture

Deep Learning, the Superstar of AI

Professor Evangelos A. Yfantis
Computer Science Department
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
USA
Email: yfantis@cs.unlv.edu

Abstract: In this research paper we examine neural networks, their implementation, and their impact in science, technology and society at large. It is estimated that over the next 10 years AI will generate over 15 trillion dollars for the world economy, and it will impact a very large number of applications, including medicine, automation, robotics, machine learning, transportation, hospitality, agriculture, banking industry, retail business, smart cities, news industry, entertainment, military, and many other areas. In this work we present some of our work in the area pertaining to optimal wait initialization for neural networks, some working ways of defining the super parameters of neural network architectures, and our new convolutional neural network architecture with over 99.5% probability of correct classification. We demonstrate our work using the MNIST handwritten characters. For every neural network architecture presented in this research we have three computer programs. One pertaining to the training, another pertaining to the testing, and yet another with graphics user interface demonstrating how the neural network works on newly generated data.

Brief Biography of the Speaker: Dr. Evangelos A. Yfantis, is a professor of Computer Science at UNLV, (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA). Dr. Yfantis. Prior to UNLV, he was associate professor of Computer Science at NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology), is the author of over 200 research papers, and technical reports. He has been the key note speaker for several scientific conferences, including IEEE, ACM, and many others. He has also been a program chair and part of the organizing committee of many conferences including IEEE, ACM and many others. He has been a consultant for many companies and government agencies in the USA, including NASA, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Sandia National Labs, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, USEPA, USDoE, Naval Ocean System Center, Exxon corp. SGI, Nevada Gaming Control Board, Lockheed, and many others. He was educated in Mathematics at the University of Athens, Greece, and Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck New Jersey, USA, in Statistics and Statistical Signal Processing, at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J., USA and University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo., USA, in Electronics at Columbia University, N.Y., N.Y., USA, in Computer Science at NJIT, Newark, N. J., USA, and in Aeronautics and Airplane flying at Teterboro, Airport, N.J., USA. Dr. Yfantis, is a certified airplane pilot, and a certified scuba diver by PADI. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, Experimental Aircraft Association, USA, and American Owners and Pilot Association (AOPA)

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