50 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know - Second Edition

Delve into the realm of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) while exploring modern deep learning techniques, including LSTMs, GRUs, RNNs with new chapters included in this 50% new edition overhaul

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.

Key Features

• Familiarize yourself with advanced deep learning architectures
• Explore newer topics, such as handling hidden bias in data and algorithm explainability
• Get to grips with different programming algorithms and choose the right data structures for their optimal implementation

Book Description

The ability to use algorithms to solve real-world problems is a must-have skill for any developer or programmer. This book will help you not only to develop the skills to select and use an algorithm to tackle problems in the real world but also to understand how it works.

You'll start with an introduction to algorithms and discover various algorithm design techniques, before exploring how to implement different types of algorithms, with the help of practical examples. As you advance, you'll learn about linear programming, page ranking, and graphs, and will then work with machine learning algorithms to understand the math and logic behind them.

Case studies will show you how to apply these algorithms optimally before you focus on deep learning algorithms and learn about different types of deep learning models along with their practical use.

You will also learn about modern sequential models and their variants, algorithms, methodologies, and architectures that are used to implement Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT.

Finally, you'll become well versed in techniques that enable parallel processing, giving you the ability to use these algorithms for compute-intensive tasks.

By the end of this programming book, you'll have become adept at solving real-world computational problems by using a wide range of algorithms.

What you will learn

• Design algorithms for solving complex problems
• Become familiar with neural networks and deep learning techniques
• Explore existing data structures and algorithms found in Python libraries
• Implement graph algorithms for fraud detection using network analysis
• Delve into state-of-the-art algorithms for proficient Natural Language Processing illustrated with real-world examples
• Create a recommendation engine that suggests relevant movies to subscribers
• Grasp the concepts of sequential machine learning models and their foundational role in the development of cutting-edge LLMs

Who this book is for

This computer science book is for programmers or developers who want to understand the use of algorithms for problem-solving and writing efficient code.

Whether you are a beginner looking to learn the most used algorithms concisely or an experienced programmer looking to explore cutting-edge algorithms in data science, machine learning, and cryptography, you'll find this book useful.

Python programming experience is a must, knowledge of data science will be helpful but not necessary.

Table of Contents

1. Overview of Algorithms
2. Data Structures Used in Algorithms
3. Sorting and Searching Algorithms
4. Designing Algorithms
5. Graph Algorithms
6. Unsupervised Machine Learning Algorithms
7. Traditional Supervised Learning Algorithms
8. Neural Network Algorithms
9. Algorithms for Natural Language Processing
10. Understanding Sequential Models
11. Advanced Sequential Modeling Algorithms
12. Recommendation Engines
13. Algorithmic Strategies for Data Handling
14. Cryptography
15. Large-Scale Algorithms
16. Practical Considerations

Imran Ahmad has been a part of cutting-edge research about algorithms and machine learning for many years. He completed his PhD in 2010, in which he proposed a new linear programming-based algorithm that can be used to optimally assign resources in a large-scale cloud computing environment. In 2017, Imran developed a real-time analytics framework named StreamSensing. He has since authored multiple research papers that use StreamSensing to process multimedia data for various machine learning algorithms. Imran is currently working at Advanced Analytics Solution Center (A2SC) at the Canadian Federal Government as a data scientist. He is using machine learning algorithms for critical use cases. Imran is a visiting professor at Carleton University, Ottawa. He has also been teaching for Google and Learning Tree for the last few years.