What is transfer learning in Keras?

Updated May 16, 2026

Short answer

Transfer learning reuses pretrained models for new tasks.

Deep explanation

It leverages learned features from large datasets to improve performance on smaller datasets.

Real-world example

Using ImageNet models for medical image classification.

Common mistakes

  • Not freezing base layers when needed.

Follow-up questions

  • What is fine-tuning?
  • Why use pretrained models?

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