[mlpack] [gsoc16]Getting in touch

[Ibrahim Dalal]

Hi Developers,

I would like to work on 'Implement tree types' project for GSoC'16. How
should I go about drafting a proposal? Are there any patches required to
demonstrate my skills in C++ and/or Data Structures?

Ryan, can you please tell what should I do, for my proposal to have more
weight?

Thanks

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Ryan Curtin <ryan at ratml.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 07:30:58PM +0530, Ibrahim Dalal wrote:
> > Dear mlpack community,
> >
> > I am a sophomore at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
> > pursuing my Bachelor of Technology in the department of Computer Science
> > and Engineering. I am interested in contributing to mlpack under GSoC'16.
> >
> > I have an intermediate level proficiency in C++ and have also done decent
> > amount of coding in Python. Have recently completed Andrew Ng's ML on
> > Coursera. As a part of my research internship, have gone through various
> > face/object detection algorithms specially Viola-Jones'.
> >
> > As stated on getting involved page, I have installed mlpack and have
> > started playing around with various command line tools. Can someone
> please
> > guide me to my first patch? I request you to be as specific as possible,
> as
> > the size of source code is a bit daunting to me.
>
> Hi Ibrahim,
>
> mlpack is indeed a large project so it can be difficult to know where to
> get started.  Still, you will need to find something that is interesting
> and engaging to you---I am not you, so I don't know what you will find
> exciting.
>
> Maybe you have already seen this page, but if not, I think it is a good
> guide for how to get involved:
>
> http://www.mlpack.org/involved.html
>
> Finding a bug to fix can be done (like it says on that page) by taking a
> look at the Issues list on Github:
>
> http://www.github.com/mlpack/mlpack/issues/
>
> Note that issues are often tagged with some information, like a
> difficulty, which might be helpful in finding something to work on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan
>
>
> --
> Ryan Curtin    | "Aw, Brian's doing it again, dude.  Brian, you ain't
> ryan at ratml.org | no pimp, dude."   "Where's my money?"
>
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