Assignment Task

Download the MNIST data set (both training and test sets and labels)

The database contains 70,000 28×28 black and white images representing the digits zero through nine. The data is split into two subsets, with 60,000 images belonging to the training set and 10,000 images belonging to the testing set. As it can be seen from the image above, the handwritten digits consist of varying styles and complexities.

1. Number Classification. Train a CNN model using a Training Set. Then use Testing Set for classification. What is the performance of the trained model in terms of accuracy?

2. Repeat Test 1 with a Validation Process. What is the performance of the trained model in terms of accuracy?

3. Repeat Tests 1 and 2 with different classification methods. What is the performance of the trained model in terms of accuracy? Be sure to compare them against each other in these tasks.