Francois Chollet

François Chollet is the creator of Keras, one of the most widely used deep learning frameworks. He is currently a software engineer at Google, where he leads the Keras team. In addition, he does research on abstraction, reasoning, and how to achieve greater generality in artificial intelligence.

books & videos by Francois Chollet

Deep Learning with Python, Third Edition Video Edition

Deep Learning with Python, Third Edition makes the concepts behind deep learning and generative AI understandable and approachable. This complete rewrite of the bestselling original includes fresh chapters on transformers, building your own GPT-like LLM, and generating images with diffusion models. Each chapter introduces practical projects and code examples that build your understanding of deep learning, layer by layer.

Deep Learning with R, Second Edition Video Edition

Deep Learning with R, Second Edition is a hands-on guide to deep learning using the R language. As you move through this book, you’ll quickly lock in the foundational ideas of deep learning. The intuitive explanations, crisp illustrations, and clear examples guide you through core DL skills like image processing and text manipulation, and even advanced features like transformers. This revised and expanded new edition is adapted from Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition by François Chollet, the creator of the Keras library.

Deep Learning with Python Video Edition

Deep Learning with Python introduces the field of deep learning using the Python language and the powerful Keras library. Written by Keras creator and Google AI researcher François Chollet, this book builds your understanding through intuitive explanations and practical examples. You'll explore challenging concepts and practice with applications in computer vision, natural-language processing, and generative models. By the time you finish, you'll have the knowledge and hands-on skills to apply deep learning in your own projects.

Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition Video Edition

  • Course duration: 8h 58m

Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition introduces the field of deep learning using Python and the powerful Keras library. In this revised and expanded new edition, Keras creator François Chollet offers insights for both novice and experienced machine learning practitioners. As you move through this book, you’ll build your understanding through intuitive explanations, crisp color illustrations, and clear examples. You’ll quickly pick up the skills you need to start developing deep-learning applications.

Deep Learning with R, Third Edition

  • April 2026
  • ISBN 9781633435186
  • 648 pages
  • printed in black & white

Deep Learning with R, Third Edition gets you up to speed with the current state of deep learning practice. Using Keras 3 with R, you’ll build and train neural networks from scratch, work with transformers, fine-tune pretrained models and explore large language models and diffusion-based image generation. By following carefully constructed examples that build insight step-by-step, you’ll develop a deep understanding of why these models work—not just how to use them.

Deep Learning with Python, Third Edition

  • September 2025
  • ISBN 9781633436589
  • 648 pages
  • printed in color

Deep Learning with Python, Third Edition makes the concepts behind deep learning and generative AI understandable and approachable. This complete rewrite of the bestselling original includes fresh chapters on transformers, building your own GPT-like LLM, and generating images with diffusion models. Each chapter introduces practical projects and code examples that build your understanding of deep learning, layer by layer.

Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition

  • October 2021
  • ISBN 9781617296864
  • 504 pages
  • printed in color

Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition introduces the field of deep learning using Python and the powerful Keras library. In this revised and expanded new edition, Keras creator François Chollet offers insights for both novice and experienced machine learning practitioners. As you move through this book, you’ll build your understanding through intuitive explanations, crisp color illustrations, and clear examples. You’ll quickly pick up the skills you need to start developing deep-learning applications.

Deep Learning with R

  • January 2018
  • ISBN 9781617295546
  • 360 pages
  • printed in black & white

Deep Learning with R introduces the world of deep learning using the powerful Keras library and its R language interface. Initially written for Python as Deep Learning with Python by Keras creator and Google AI researcher François Chollet and adapted for R by RStudio founder J. J. Allaire, this book builds your understanding of deep learning through intuitive explanations and practical examples. You'll practice your new skills with R-based applications in computer vision, natural-language processing, and generative models.

Deep Learning with Python

  • November 2017
  • ISBN 9781617294433
  • 384 pages
  • printed in black & white

Deep Learning with Python introduces the field of deep learning using the Python language and the powerful Keras library. Written by Keras creator and Google AI researcher François Chollet, this book builds your understanding through intuitive explanations and practical examples. You'll explore challenging concepts and practice with applications in computer vision, natural-language processing, and generative models. By the time you finish, you'll have the knowledge and hands-on skills to apply deep learning in your own projects.