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Hi,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have shared my draft proposal for dataset and experimentation tools on the GSOC site. Please do review it. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,<br>
Chinmaya<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Ryan Curtin <<a href="mailto:ryan@ratml.org">ryan@ratml.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 08:15:35PM +0530, Chinmaya Bhat wrote:<br>
>> > Hi,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I am a 2nd year undergraduate student in Computer Science from BMS<br>
>> > Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India and am currently doing a course<br>
>> > on Machine Learning on Coursera. I can code well in C and C++.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I had subscribed to the mailing lists and irc channels (nickname on irc :<br>
>> > csbqwerty or Chinmaya) but I could not do much in these 2 weeks due to my<br>
>> > exams.<br>
>> > Now that they are complete, I want to contribute to mlpack.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > I am very interested in sending my proposals on 2 topics :<br>
>> ><br>
>> > 1. Dataset and experimentation tools<br>
>> > 2. More diverse build slaves (OSX an Windows)<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I loved the idea for dataset and experimentation tools as I had some<br>
>> > difficulty while using mlpack and using it and I think it would be highly<br>
>> > used and helpful to many users.<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Chinmaya,<br>
>><br>
>> > - How do I make the interface in the command line program? Can you<br>
>> > direct me to something similar?<br>
>><br>
>> Take a look at one of the other programs mlpack implements, and you can<br>
>> see the PARAM_STRING() and PARAM_DOUBLE() and other macros and also the<br>
>> PROGRAM_INFO() macro that are used:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/blob/master/src/mlpack/methods/hmm/hmm_train_main.cpp">https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/blob/master/src/mlpack/methods/hmm/hmm_train_main.cpp</a><br>
>><br>
>> Then there is the CLI class which is used for accessing parameters:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://mlpack.org/docs/mlpack-git/doxygen.php?doc=classmlpack_1_1CLI.html">http://mlpack.org/docs/mlpack-git/doxygen.php?doc=classmlpack_1_1CLI.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> Hopefully that clarifies things a little bit. Let me know if it<br>
>> doesn't.<br>
>><br>
>> > - Also, is it too late for me to apply as I really wanted to do a lot<br>
>> > more and I feel that I dont have the time ?<br>
>><br>
>> The application deadline is March 25, so you still have a week to<br>
>> prepare an application. If you have more time now that your exams are<br>
>> complete (hopefully they went well!), it's definitely possible to do<br>
>> enough research and reading and prepare a good application.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> Ryan<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Ryan Curtin | "Think! What to do!"<br>
>> <a href="mailto:ryan@ratml.org">ryan@ratml.org</a> | - The Master<br>
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