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Dog Vision Demo

This project contains a Jupyter notebook for dog breed classification using machine learning techniques.

Contents

• Prerequisites
• Environment Setup
  • For Apple Silicon
  • For Windows/Linux PCs
• Data Preparation
• Running the Notebook
• Alternative IDEs

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Miniconda or Anaconda
• Git (for cloning this repository)

Environment Setup

For Apple Silicon

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/dog-vision-demo.git
   cd dog-vision-demo
   

2. Create the conda environment:

   conda env create -f env-dog-vision-apple.yml
   

3. Activate the environment:

   conda activate dog-vision-apple
   

For Windows/Linux PCs

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/dog-vision-demo.git
   cd dog-vision-demo
   

2. Create the conda environment:

   conda env create -f env-dog-vision-pc.yml
   

3. Activate the environment:

   conda activate dog-vision-pc
   

Data Preparation

The dog-vision-demo.ipynb notebook requires a specific dataset to run. Please follow these steps to prepare your data:

1. Download the dog breed dataset from Kaggle's Dog Breed Identification competition.
2. Extract the downloaded files into a data folder in the project directory.
3. Ensure your data folder structure looks like this:

   data/
   ├── train/
   │   └── (training images)
   ├── test/
   │   └── (test images)
   ├── labels.csv
   └── sample_submission.csv
   

Running the Notebook

1. Ensure you've activated the correct conda environment (dog-vision-apple or dog-vision-pc).

2. Start Jupyter Notebook:

   jupyter notebook
   

3. In the Jupyter interface, navigate to and open dog-vision-demo.ipynb.

4. Run the cells in the notebook sequentially to execute the dog breed classification demo.

Alternative IDEs

While Jupyter Notebook is recommended, you can also run this notebook using:

• Visual Studio Code with the Jupyter extension
• JetBrains DataSpell

To use these IDEs, open the project folder and select the appropriate conda environment as the kernel for the notebook.