[mlpack] [GSOC query] Regarding the project "Alternatives to neighborhood-based collaborative filtering"

[Marcus Edel]

Hello Yogesh,

Thanks for getting in touch.  If you are looking for how to get started,
these two pages may be helpful:

http://www.mlpack.org/gsoc.html
http://www.mlpack.org/involved.html

In addition, it might be a good idea to take a look at the list archives for
previous posts about this project:

http://lists.mlpack.org/pipermail/mlpack/

Here are two posts that should be helpful:

http://knife.lugatgt.org/pipermail/mlpack/2016-March/002591.html
http://knife.lugatgt.org/pipermail/mlpack/2016-March/002578.html

Thanks,
Marcus

> On 18. Mar 2018, at 02:35, yogesh sharma <yogesh.sharmaakaruler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My name is Yogesh Sharma. I am a 3rd-year student pursuing a dual degree in Computer science with masters in Robotics from IIIT Hyderabad, India.
> 
> I have been looking at all the ideas specified in the wiki from past few days. I find implementing "Alternatives to neighborhood-based collaborative filtering" a good learning opportunity.
> 
> I have done GSoC last year under Oppia <https://github.com/oppia/oppia>. I work in Robotics lab and took a course on Statistical Methods in AI, the last semester. So, I have an understanding of major Machine learning algorithms and how content-based filtering and collaborative filtering are used in recommender systems.
> 
> I am reading a survey paper on Collaborative Filtering Algorithms as we want to implement Matrix Factorization based CF algorithms.
> 
> Since I am very late to start, it would be great if I can get some advice on how to move forward. 
> 
> Should I get familiar with codebase first or should I start with reading various applicable methods? And any other specific advice as I move in to research more on the topic.
> 
> Thanks,
> Yogesh
> 
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