MNIST With Not-So-Deep Neural Networks

UCSB Hacks 2018, LogMeIn Machine Learning Workshop

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the workshop resources from Github with git clone https://github.com/frankwang95/sbhacks_mnist
2. Get the Anaconda Python distribution.
   1. Download:
      • Mac: curl https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda3-5.0.1-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -o anaconda_install.sh
      • Linux: wget https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda3-5.0.1-Linux-x86_64.sh -O anaconda_install.sh
      • Windows: Come back after you install Linux.
   2. Install:

chmod +x anaconda_install.sh
./anaconda_install.sh

3. Create a new virtual environment and switch to it.

conda create --name mnist --clone root
source activate mnist

4. Install Tensorflow and Plotly with pip install tensorflow plotly
5. Start a Jupyter Notebook with jupyter notebook
6. Hit up localhost:8888 in your browser if it doesn't go there itself.