Now that's deep... Deep Learning! "Deep Learning Methods and Applications" free eBook from MSR

inside Big Data  - Data Science 101: Deep Learning Methods and Applications

Microsoft Research... A recent publication is available for download (PDF): “Deep Learning: Methods and Applications” by Li Deng and Dong Yu, two prominent researchers in the field.

The 134 page book is aimed to provide an overview of general deep learning methodology and its applications to a variety of signal and information processing tasks. The application areas are chosen with the following three criteria: ...

 Microsoft Research - DEEP LEARNING: Methods and Applications

Some snaps of the PDF;

Abstract
This book is aimed to provide an overview of general deep learning methodology and its applications to a variety of signal and information processing tasks. The application areas are chosen with the following three criteria: 1) expertise or knowledge of the authors; 2) the application areas that have already been transformed by the successful use of deep learning technology, such as speech recognition and computer vision; and 3) the application areas that have the potential to be impacted significantly by deep learning and that have gained concentrated research efforts, including natural language and text processing, information retrieval, and multimodal information processing empowered by multi-task deep learning.

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Light reading for the coming weekend... :/