[mlpack] GSOC Dataset and Experimentation tools

[Chinmaya Bhat]

Hi ,

This might be a duplicate email. I have uploaded my draft proposal for
dataset and experimentation tools.

Here's the link.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EYcEMRHNrcvtUaRZgLuByiBk_f1CFn9HncXp15HC2so/edit?usp=docslist_api

Cheers!
Chinmaya
On Mar 18, 2016 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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