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Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by craigacp on Sunday September 20, 2020 @06:14PM (#24537888)
The Tensorflow Java project is alive and well. The next version of the API based on TF 2 is coming out soon. (Full disclosure, I'm a member of the SIG that's building it). I'm a firm believer in the utility of type systems for building machine learning projects.

https://github.com/tensorflow/java

Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by jszymborski on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:00AM (#24544230)
Can you train models with TF Java? I was under the impression it was for inference only
Re:Java Turns 25 – Whats Next? [pdf] by craigacp on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:08PM (#24545855)
You can with some hoop jumping in the current release (e.g. using 1.14 you need to define the model and optimizer in Python - https://github.com/oracle/tribuo/blob/main/Interop/Tensorflo...). With the upcoming alpha release from the TF Java group you can train purely from Java without invoking any Python - https://github.com/tensorflow/java-models/blob/master/tensor...