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The MNIST Database of Handwritten Digit Images for Machine Learning Research [Best of the Web]

Authors: Li Deng

Published: 2012 (Journal Paper)

Source: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2012.2211477

Summary

Abstract

In this issue, “Best of the Web” presents the modified National Institute of Standards and Technology (MNIST) resources, consisting of a collection of handwritten digit images used extensively in optical character recognition and machine learning research.