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Using a TensorFlow Neural Network to Style Images

Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Up to 1 hour and 10 minutes
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Lab Overview

Neural networks have been used for many applications throughout the deep learning revolution. In this Lab, you will use the AWS Deep Learning AMI using a GPU instance (g4dn.xlarge). You will perform neural style transfers - an algorithm for combining the content of one image with the style of another image. This process involves using convolutional neural networks (CNN). You will then be able to examine the GPU performance and cost associated with the CNN as it runs.

Lab Objectives

Upon completion of this Lab you will be able to:

  • Perform neural style transfers using the AWS Deep Learning AMI
  • Publish GPU metrics to Amazon CloudWatch 
  • Examine GPU performance in Amazon CloudWatch 

Lab Prerequisites

You should be familiar with:

  • Working with Linux on the command-line
  • Graphics processing unit (GPU) concepts
  • Knowledge of the Python programming language is beneficial, but not required

Lab Environment

Before completing the Lab instructions, the environment will look as follows:

After completing the Lab instructions, the environment should look similar to:

 

Updates

May 13, 2025 - Updates to use TensorFlow as MXNet has been deprecated

July 17th, 2024 - Updated the instructions to reflect the latest UI

October 30th, 2023 - Resolved an issue that caused the lab to fail to provision on rare occasions

December 5th, 2022 - Added checks to track lab progress

September 8th, 2022 - Recovered the GPU monitoring script functionality

August 31st, 2020 - Updated screenshots for the new EC2 user interface

January 10th, 2019 - Added a validation Lab Step to check the work you perform in the Lab

Covered topics

Amazon Web Services
Artificial Intelligence for AWS
TensorFlow on AWS
AWS Deep Learning AMIs
Machine Learning for AWS
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
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Lab steps

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  1. Logging In to the Amazon Web Services Console
  2. Connecting to the Virtual Machine using SSH
  3. Using the Neural Network to Style an Image
  4. Downloading the Images Styled by the Neural Network
  5. Inspecting the GPU Metrics in Amazon CloudWatch

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