<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Developers,<br><br></div>I would like to work on 'Implement tree types' project for GSoC'16. How should I go about drafting a proposal? Are there any patches required to demonstrate my skills in C++ and/or Data Structures? <br><br></div>Ryan, can you please tell what should I do, for my proposal to have more weight?<br><br></div>Thanks<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Ryan Curtin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryan@ratml.org" target="_blank">ryan@ratml.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 07:30:58PM +0530, Ibrahim Dalal wrote:<br>
> Dear mlpack community,<br>
><br>
> I am a sophomore at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India<br>
> pursuing my Bachelor of Technology in the department of Computer Science<br>
> and Engineering. I am interested in contributing to mlpack under GSoC'16.<br>
><br>
> I have an intermediate level proficiency in C++ and have also done decent<br>
> amount of coding in Python. Have recently completed Andrew Ng's ML on<br>
> Coursera. As a part of my research internship, have gone through various<br>
> face/object detection algorithms specially Viola-Jones'.<br>
><br>
> As stated on getting involved page, I have installed mlpack and have<br>
> started playing around with various command line tools. Can someone please<br>
> guide me to my first patch? I request you to be as specific as possible, as<br>
> the size of source code is a bit daunting to me.<br>
<br>
</span>Hi Ibrahim,<br>
<br>
mlpack is indeed a large project so it can be difficult to know where to<br>
get started. Still, you will need to find something that is interesting<br>
and engaging to you---I am not you, so I don't know what you will find<br>
exciting.<br>
<br>
Maybe you have already seen this page, but if not, I think it is a good<br>
guide for how to get involved:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.mlpack.org/involved.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.mlpack.org/involved.html</a><br>
<br>
Finding a bug to fix can be done (like it says on that page) by taking a<br>
look at the Issues list on Github:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.github.com/mlpack/mlpack/issues/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.github.com/mlpack/mlpack/issues/</a><br>
<br>
Note that issues are often tagged with some information, like a<br>
difficulty, which might be helpful in finding something to work on.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Ryan<br>
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