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A fast learning algorithm for deep belief nets

At a glance

Made deep networks easier to train by teaching them one layer at a time.

In one paragraph

Made training deep neural networks more practical by teaching them one layer at a time, then refining the whole network to recognize handwritten digits.

Authors 3

  1. Geoffrey Hinton
  2. Simon Osindero
  3. Yee Whye Teh