<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Bang,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for getting in touch.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Probably one of the most important things to do is read the following paper and</div><div class="">make sure you are familiar with it:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- HyperNEAT-GGP: <a href="http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/downloads/papers/hausknecht.gecco12.pdf" class="">http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/downloads/papers/hausknecht.gecco12.pdf</a></div><div class="">- NEAT: <a href="http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/?stanley:ec02" class="">http://nn.cs.utexas.edu/?stanley:ec02</a></div><div class="">- CMA-ES: <a href="http://image.diku.dk/igel/paper/NfRLUES.pdf" class="">http://image.diku.dk/igel/paper/NfRLUES.pdf</a></div><div class="">- CoSyNE: <a href="ftp://ftp.cs.utexas.edu/pub/neural-nets/papers/gomez.ecml06.ps" class="">ftp://ftp.cs.utexas.edu/pub/neural-nets/papers/gomez.ecml06.ps</a></div><div class="">- Multi-Objective Neuroevolution in Super Mario Bros.: <a href="http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:676807/FULLTEXT01.pdf" class="">http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:676807/FULLTEXT01.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We also suggest that everyone who wishes to apply for this project, try to</div><div class="">compile the source code and explore the source code, especially the neural</div><div class="">network code and the code to communicate with the emulator.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The application guide should cover your question:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Application-Guide" class="">https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-Application-Guide</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let me know if I can clarify anything.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks</div><div class="">Marcus</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 03 Mar 2016, at 06:57, bang liu <<a href="mailto:lbldtb@gmail.com" class="">lbldtb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nice to meet you guys! My name is Bang, and I am a PhD student in University of Alberta. I am highly interested in making contribution to mlpack community through this year's GSoC. One of the ideas that highly fascinates me is "Neuroevolution algorithms" listed in the IDEAS page. I have great passion for taking and finishing one of the projects and is absolutely willing to learn corresponding professional or programming knowledges.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have programming experience in C, C++, Python, Java, Matlab, etc. Also, I have research experience related to machine learning. More details about me can be found in my homepage:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/~bang3/" class="">https://www.ualberta.ca/~bang3/</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">May I ask how I can start preparing for submitting a good proposal for being accepted to the project? Looking forward to any suggestions! Thanks!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Bang</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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