Glossary

Glossary

Term	Our definition of it
Neural network	An analysis network which structure was inspired by the network found in the brain, namely that of connected nodes and communication channels
Notebook	A notebook refers to a Jupiter notebook. They allow the running of Python code, especially in the online environment provided by Google Colab
Epoch	An epoch is a particular step during training of a network. Usually, a sequence of epochs are running sequentially during which a subset of the training dataset is used to improve the network performance. Typically, at the end of each epoch the loss function is calculated on the validation dataset
Training	The training of a network is the stage at which the network is presented with a so-called training dataset and from which the network learns to perform the task at stake efficiently. During training, the network is able to adjust its own internal parameters and improve its capacity.
Training dataset
Validation dataset
Loss function
Batches (and number thereof)
Patches (and number thereof)
Steps (and number thereof)