CS5720 - Week 9
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Google Colab: Free GPU Access

What is Google Colab?

Google Colaboratory is a cloud-based Jupyter notebook environment that provides free access to GPUs and TPUs for machine learning research and education.
Perfect for Deep Learning:

No setup required - runs in your browser
Free GPU access - NVIDIA Tesla K80, T4, P4, P100
Pre-installed libraries - TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.
Google Drive integration - easy file access
🎓 Educational Focus:
Designed specifically for machine learning education and research, making it perfect for this course!

Key Advantages

  • 💰
    Completely Free
    No credit card required, up to 12 hours continuous use
  • 🚀
    Powerful Hardware
    Access to GPUs and Google's custom TPUs
  • 🤝
    Easy Sharing
    Share notebooks like Google Docs, collaborate in real-time
  • 📦
    Pre-installed Libraries
    All major ML frameworks ready to use

Getting Started with Colab

1
Access Colab
Visit colab.research.google.com and sign in with your Google account
2
Create Notebook
Start a new notebook or upload an existing .ipynb file
3
Choose Runtime
Select GPU or TPU hardware accelerator from Runtime menu
4
Start Coding
Write and execute your deep learning code with GPU acceleration
Prepared by Dr. Gorkem Kar