Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit

Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit

Developer(s)	Microsoft Research
Initial release	25 January 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-25)
Stable release	2.7.0 / 26 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-26)
Repository	github.com/Microsoft/CNTK
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows,[1] Linux
Type	Library for machine learning and deep learning
License	MIT License[2]
Website	www.microsoft.com/en-us/cognitive-toolkit/

Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit,^[3] previously known as CNTK and sometimes styled as The Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, is a deprecated^[4] deep learning framework developed by Microsoft Research. Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit describes neural networks as a series of computational steps via a directed graph.

See also

• Comparison of deep learning software
• ML.NET
• Open Neural Network Exchange

References

1. "The Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit - Cognitive Toolkit - CNTK". learn.microsoft.com.
2. CNTK/LICENSE.md at master · Microsoft/CNTK
3. Linn, Allison (25 October 2016). "Microsoft releases beta of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit for deep learning advances". microsoft.com. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017. Title: Microsoft releases beta of [no 'The' here] Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit
4. chrisbasoglu. "CNTK_2_7_Release_Notes - Cognitive Toolkit - CNTK". docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.

Further reading

• Meints, Willem (2019). Deep Learning with Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit Quick Start Guide: A practical guide to building neural networks using Microsoft's open source deep learning framework. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1789802993.