AI engineering glossary · Computer vision

What is CIFAR-10?

CIFAR-10: A benchmark dataset of 60,000 small 32 x 32 colour images across 10 classes such as aeroplane, cat and truck, with 50,000 for training and 10,000 for testing. It is a quick test bed for new architectures and training tricks.

Level: beginnerTopic: Computer vision

CIFAR-10: an example

Students compare a plain CNN against ResNet on CIFAR-10 because each run finishes in minutes on one GPU.

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Where you learn it

CIFAR-10 is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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