[mlpack] Interested in two projects floated for GSOC15
Ryan Curtin
ryan at ratml.org
Mon Feb 16 11:52:30 EST 2015
On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 11:04:17PM +0530, Jaskaran Singh wrote:
> Hi
> I'm interested in contributing to mlpack in any of the following projects:
>
> 1)Implement various Tree Types:
>
> I am currently going through the binary_space_tree and cover_tree codes.
> I've understood the two types of bounding boxes being used and have gone
> through most of the code in the tree folder to gather a gist of what is
> happening.
> I will soon be checking the assigned tickets to this project.
>
> Is there a rectangle_tree folder too?Or is it yet to be implemented?
>
> 2)Spectral based manifold learning:
>
> I have already implemented MDS and isomap in MATLAB as programming
> assignments for a machine learning course at my college.So, I have some
> idea about manifold learning.I'm ready to read literature if need be.
>
> The problem is which one should I go with, as my GSOC project?
> And if I select either of them, how should I proceed from here?
Hi Jaskaran,
I can't advise you on which project to go with; you should select the
project you are most interested in and best suited for.
The rectangle tree was implemented last year by Andrew Wells and it is
located in src/mlpack/core/rectangle_tree/. If you look through the
mailing list archives last year, you can find lists of other potential
tree types:
https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/pipermail/mlpack/
Since we have not even applied to be a mentoring organization yet, I am
not yet even sure if Google will select us to be a part of Google Summer
of Code this year. How you should proceed from here, then, is probably
best a function of what you enjoy working on instead of the expected
outcome of Summer of Code.
I am working (slowly) on implementing a version of eigs() for Armadillo
that allows the decomposition of more general systems like Ax =
Bx\lambda. Once that's done, it will probably make some of the manifold
learning projects somewhat easier.
Thanks,
Ryan
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