Stanford Seminar - Fastai: A Layered API for Deep Learning

Explore a Stanford seminar on fastai, a deep learning library providing high-level components for state-of-the-art results and low-level components for researchers to build new approaches. Discover how fastai's layered architecture expresses common patterns in deep learning and data processing through decoupled abstractions. Learn about its key features, including a new type dispatch system, GPU-optimized computer vision library, refactored optimizer, novel 2-way callback system, and data block API. Understand how fastai leverages Python's dynamism and PyTorch's flexibility to create a powerful tool for research, industry, and teaching. Gain insights into how this library has been used to create a comprehensive deep learning course with clearer and more efficient code.