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# Preface

## About the book

This book will cover the essential topics in computer vision and some aspects of image processing, machine learning and deep learning that intersects with computer vision. The approach will be to cover the necessary theory and practical examples. Ideally balancing both. The goal for this book is to serve as essential guide for anyone interested in the field of computer vision by explaining the underlying concepts in a simple, intuitive way and show step-by-step hands on coding examples to apply the concepts to build real world applications.

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## About the author

Arun Ponnusamy is a Software Engineer passionate about image processing, computer vision and machine learning. Lifelong learner. He loves to explain complex topics in a simple, intuitive way that is understandable for everyone. He has 5 years of experience working for startups on computer vision and deep learning. He is also the author of the open source library [cvlib](http://cvlib.net) - a simple, high level, easy-to-use Python package for computer vision.