January 2017

Volume 32 Number 1

January 2017 Code Downloads

Data Points - EF Core 1.1: A Few of My Favorite Things

Julie Lerman explores the latest version of Entity Framework Core -- the 1.1 Preview, taking note of fixes, additions that bring it closer to EF6, and some brand new capabilities.

Machine Learning - Exploring the Microsoft CNTK Machine Learning Tool

The Microsoft Computational Network Tool Kit is a very powerful, command-line system that can create neural network prediction systems. In this article I walk through the process of installing CNTK, setting up a demo prediction problem, creating a neural network model, making a prediction, and interpreting the results.