Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit Explained

Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit
Developer:	Microsoft Research
Latest Release Version:	2.7.0
Programming Language:	C++
Operating System:	Windows,^[1] Linux
Genre:	Library for machine learning and deep learning
License:	MIT License^[2]

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

Further reading

• Book: Willem. Meints. 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. 978-1789802993.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit - Cognitive Toolkit - CNTK . learn.microsoft.com . en-us.
2. https://github.com/Microsoft/CNTK/blob/master/LICENSE.md CNTK/LICENSE.md at master · Microsoft/CNTK
3. Web site: Microsoft releases beta of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit for deep learning advances . Linn . Allison . 25 October 2016 . microsoft.com . Microsoft . 30 January 2017 . Title: Microsoft releases beta of [no 'The' here] Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit . https://web.archive.org/web/20170128175454/http://blogs.microsoft.com/next/2016/10/25/microsoft-releases-beta-microsoft-cognitive-toolkit-deep-learning-advances/ . 28 January 2017 . dead .
4. Web site: CNTK_2_7_Release_Notes - Cognitive Toolkit - CNTK. chrisbasoglu. docs.microsoft.com. en-us. 2020-02-24.