YOLOv4 Object Detection Course

I started out wanting to learn AI Object Detection in Computer Vision...

... I used to check a lot of GitHub repos, they were very vague and required for me to be competent in software development/programming and understand all of the jargon –

Now even though I have a masters degree in electronic engineering (M.Eng). It was still challenging for me to figure out. I had a lot of questions like...

• ...What to do to get my code working?

• Do I have the right hardware

• Windows or Linux – If linux, do I use Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS, ROS

• If Ubuntu, what version 16.04, 18.04, What kernel do I need?

• If I am training, what format does my dataset need to be in?

• Do I use Python or C++

• If python What dependencies do I need?

• Which frameworks do I use? PyTorch, TensorFlow 1.0 or 2.0

• What commands do I type to infer or train a convolutional neural network

• How big my dataset needs to be?

• How do I run on GPU, and does my GPU support the framework?

• How to train YOLOv4

• How create cross platform apps using Yolov4 and PyQt

I was unsure of what to do. Sometimes I would look at the instructions and because the instructions were so vague, I would skip to the next repo and the next, until I found one that resonates with me or one that had a clear set of instructions that I could understand and follow, or had a video tutorial on it. And video tutorials on this particular topic are very scarce.

The other problem was, I would follow the instructions, but I would run in trivial issues, like not having the correct dependencies or I did not have the correct hardware or OS etc. When things don’t work. This would beat me down and make me loose confidence of whether or not this repository would work. Now I had 2 options, I could either spend tons of hours searching the web to debug the issue or move on to the next repo which also may or may not work.

Then, I thought, if me with a masters degree in electronic engineering had all these issues with getting started in AI, surely other people would be having this same issue as me. People such as:

• non-programmers/non computer science ,

• Hobbyists, Students, researcher, employees.

• People starting out in AI....

The YOLOv4 Object Detection Course

When YOLOv4 was released in April 2020, my team and I worked effortlessly to create a course in which will help you implement YOLOv4 with ease. We created this Nano course in which you will learn the basics and get started with YOLOv4. This is all about getting object detection working with YOLOv4 in your windows 10 PC. 

You will learn how to install all the dependencies, including Python, CUDA and OpenCV. Once you’ve managed to compile it successfully, we go on to execute YOLOv4 on images and videos. Then to ensure that you understand whats going on, we delve deeper into the darknet python script and show you how to also run YOLOv4 on a webcam.

Within this nano-course, we shall also create our first weapon against COVID-19 which is our social distancing monitoring app. Which essentially monitors the physical distance between people to ensure that they’re keeping safe distancing from each other. It also displays the number of people at risk at any given time

The YOLOv4  Course provides you with a gentle introduction to the world of computer vision with YOLOv4, first by learning how to install darknet, building libraries for YOLOv4 all the way to implementing YOLOv4 on images and videos in real-time.

From here you will even solve current and relevant real-world problems by building your own social-distancing monitoring app.

Requirements

Please ensure that you have the following:

• Basic understanding of Computer Vision

• Python Programming Skills

• Mid to high range PC/ Laptop

• Windows 10

• CUDA-enabled GPU - Important*

Forward Thinking

Imagine, if a week from now, once you have completed this course, that you are able to implement and implement your own Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN's) with YOLOv4 object detection pre-trained model. Imagine all the applications you could do with these skills!

You could be take your new found expertise and be:

• Solving real world problems,

• Freelancing AI projects,

• Getting that job/opportunity in AI,

• Tackling your research guns blazing!

• Saving time, money, &

• Wishing you had done this course sooner.

The world is your oyster... Ask yourself...What cool things would you do once you have skills in AI?

So what are you waiting for?