[mlpack] GSoC 2016 - Introductory Email

[Mehul Smriti Raje]

Hi Ryan

Thanks for the resources. I'll get back to you after reading up  on mlpack.

Thanks and Regards
Mehul

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Ryan Curtin <ryan at ratml.org> wrote:

> Oe Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 04:10:51AM +0530, Mehul Smriti Raje wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am Mehul Smriti Raje, a 4th Year (Senior) Bachelor of Technology,
> > Computer Science student. I am doing my undergraduate studies from
> Manipal
> > Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. I am interested in participating
> > in GSoC 2016 with your organisation. My are of interests include Neural
> > Networks and Language Processors. I have collaborated with my college
> mates
> > over projects on these topics in the past. Please refer to my resume
> > <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1QoXi41ce-IeW0wZm5QOXhuc0E> for more
> > details about my prior work experience and personal projects.
> >
> > I have worked on some personal open source projects, most notably this
> one
> > <https://engineering-projects.firebaseapp.com/>. I am now looking
> towards
> > contributing more actively in the Open Source Community.
> >
> > I went through the project listing on your GSoC Ideas Page. I am
> extremely
> > interested in taking up the 'Neuroevolution Algorithms' project.
> >
> > I took up Neural Networks in my 7th Semester in college (currently, I'm
> in
> > my 8th semester). I found the subject very interesting and scored an A+
> in
> > it as well. I want to work on a research-based project on this topic as I
> > want to learn more about this field. (I hope to pursue a Masters in it,
> in
> > future.) This project will give me the opportunity to work on expanding
> my
> > knowledge in a mentored environment.
> >
> > I would love to be a part of your Open Source initiative. Could you
> please
> > guide me with the future steps? How can I be a GSoC participant and
> write a
> > great proposal for this project?
>
> Hi Mehul,
>
> Good to meet you.  There's some more information about the
> neuroevolution algorithms project that Marcus wrote in another mailing
> list post:
>
> https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/pipermail/mlpack/2016-March/000824.html
>
> That has some good background papers that you could read to bring
> yourself up to speed on the project.
>
> More information for how to get started with mlpack can be found here:
>
> http://www.mlpack.org/involved.html
>
> https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Application-Guide
>
> http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsocstudentguide/what-is-google-summer-of-code/
>
> I hope these links are helpful.  Let me know if I can clarify anything.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ryan
>
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