[mlpack] GSOC Dataset and Experimentation tools

[Chinmaya Bhat]

Hi,

I have shared my draft proposal for dataset and experimentation tools on
the GSOC site. Please do review it.

Regards,
Chinmaya

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Ryan Curtin <ryan at ratml.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 08:15:35PM +0530, Chinmaya Bhat wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am a 2nd year undergraduate student in Computer Science from BMS
>> > Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India and am currently doing a
course
>> > on Machine Learning on Coursera. I can code well in C and C++.
>> >
>> > I had subscribed to the mailing lists and irc channels (nickname on
irc :
>> > csbqwerty or Chinmaya) but I could not do much in these 2 weeks due to
my
>> > exams.
>> > Now that they are complete, I want to contribute to mlpack.
>> >
>> >
>> > I am very interested in sending my proposals on 2 topics :
>> >
>> >    1. Dataset and experimentation tools
>> >    2. More diverse build slaves (OSX an Windows)
>> >
>> > I loved the idea for dataset and experimentation tools as I had some
>> > difficulty while using mlpack and using it and I think it would be
highly
>> > used and helpful to many users.
>>
>> Hi Chinmaya,
>>
>> >    - How do I make the interface in the command line program? Can you
>> >    direct me to something similar?
>>
>> Take a look at one of the other programs mlpack implements, and you can
>> see the PARAM_STRING() and PARAM_DOUBLE() and other macros and also the
>> PROGRAM_INFO() macro that are used:
>>
>>
https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/blob/master/src/mlpack/methods/hmm/hmm_train_main.cpp
>>
>> Then there is the CLI class which is used for accessing parameters:
>>
>> http://mlpack.org/docs/mlpack-git/doxygen.php?doc=classmlpack_1_1CLI.html
>>
>> Hopefully that clarifies things a little bit.  Let me know if it
>> doesn't.
>>
>> >    - Also, is it too late for me to apply as I really wanted to do a
lot
>> >    more and I feel that I dont have the time ?
>>
>> The application deadline is March 25, so you still have a week to
>> prepare an application.  If you have more time now that your exams are
>> complete (hopefully they went well!), it's definitely possible to do
>> enough research and reading and prepare a good application.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Curtin    | "Think!  What to do!"
>> ryan at ratml.org |   - The Master
>
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